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Author Johansson E.L., Isgren E.
Title Local perceptions of land-use change: Using participatory art to reveal direct and indirect socioenvironmental effects of land acquisitions in Kilombero Valley, Tanzania
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Johansson E.L., Isgren E.; Local perceptions of land-use change: Using participatory art to reveal direct and indirect socioenvironmental effects of land acquisitions in Kilombero Valley, Tanzania ;Ecology and Society vol:22 issue: 1 page:

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Abstract In this study, we combine conventional qualitative approaches with a more novel approach, participatory art, to explore local perceptions of land-use change and future aspirations for development in two communities in Kilombero Valley, Tanzania. We concentrate on the effects of large-scale land acquisitions on people and the environment in an ecologically important area. Leasing of land to foreign agribusinesses for the production of timber, food, and fuel crops has created a politically charged debate with strong ideologies on both sides, and people directly impacted are not the ones driving the debate. Local farmers, fishermen, and pastoralists were cued about landscape and livelihood changes through focus-group discussions, interviews, and by cocreating paintings of the past, present, and future. Findings reveal that art can make a valuable methodological contribution for understanding and communicating complex interactions between drivers of change and their socioenvironmental impacts, and for exploring desirable future visions. © 2017 by the author(s).

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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.


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