SUMMARY FOR ARTICLE

Local perceptions of land-use change: Using participatory art to reveal direct and indirect socioenvironmental effects of land acquisitions in Kilombero Valley, Tanzania. In the introduction we elaborate on the issue of large-scale land acquisitions particularly in Tanzania why local participation is needed in knowledge production about their socioenvironmental impacts and the potential value of introducing new methodological tools such as art. RESULTS Overview The outcome of the focus-group discussions interviews and painting workshops shows that in both cases local communities have experienced an increased pressure on land and water resources during the past decades. In its interactions with already existing pressures land acquisitions should be understood as both a direct and indirect force behind socioenvironmental change rather than an isolated phenomenon. The art works have also been used as boundary objects after the fieldwork in order to communicate local concerns with regard to land acquisitions to different stakeholders within and outside of academia through exhibitions.