Dialogue considered as a social ensemble of voices

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-348
Author(s):  
Alain Létourneau
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Common Pool Resource ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Common Pool ◽  
Theoretical Frame ◽  
Specific Project

Abstract The aim of the paper is to use a Bakhtinian theoretical frame to analyze a dialogue episode, which is considered as a social ensemble of voices. The article starts by putting in place the disciplinary angle taken here, the action domain into which the piece is taken, which is a specific project in adaptation to climate change, a perspective that also needs to be explained. Two adjacent theoretical frames, the deliberative hybrid forum and the notion of a common pool resource, are also briefly presented. We finish by presenting and analyzing a dialogue that occurred on the phone between two persons involved in the project discussed, showing how it expresses a plurality of voices that is somehow unified by a shared practical perspective.

scholarly journals Towards Adaptive Commons: A Case Study of Agro-Pastoral Dams in Northern Ghana

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 319
Author(s):  
Ruben Weesie
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Northern Ghana ◽  
Resource Theory ◽  
Common Pool Resource ◽  
Popular Method ◽  
Water Abundance ◽  
Common Pool ◽  
User Groups

Agro-pastoral dams (APDs) are an increasingly popular method of adaptation interventions improving communal water supply in rural West Africa. However, APDs are often constructed in areas where culturally heterogeneous pastoralists and farmers compete for similar land and water resources. Lifting open access water abundance is likely to change if not intensify ongoing tensions between farmers and settling Fulani herders. The extent of collective action and inclusivity of 6 APDs in Northern Ghana are analysed, combining theory from common-pool resource management and equity and justice in climate change adaptation into a proposed Inclusive Collective Action (ICA) model. Practically, the article demonstrates that neither fully excluding Fulani pastoralists nor making dams openly accessible results in inclusive APD usage and management where collective action is successful, and more dynamic forms of regional inclusion and exclusion are needed. Theoretically, the article identifies some of the limitations of applying the enabling conditions for collective action of common-pool resource theory as it tends to overlook negative aspects of excluding certain user groups in culturally heterogeneous contexts from managing and using a commons.

Integrating Climate Change Mechanics Into a Common Pool Resource Game

2012 ◽  
Vol 44 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 427-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Fennewald ◽  
Brent Kievit-Kylar
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Common Pool Resource ◽  
Common Pool

DISSEMINATION AND USE OF INFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND VARIABILITY: A CASE STUDY OF FARMERS IN MALUGA AND CHIBELA VILLAGES IN SEMI-ARID CENTRAL TANZANIA

Mousaion ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Elia ◽  
Stephen Mutula ◽  
Christine Stilwell
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovations ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change And Variability ◽  
Semi Arid

This study was part of broader PhD research which investigated how access to, and use of, information enhances adaptation to climate change and variability in the agricultural sector in semi-arid Central Tanzania. The research was carried out in two villages using Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovations theory and model to assess the dissemination of this information and its use by farmers in their adaptation of their farming practices to climate change and variability. This predominantly qualitative study employed a post-positivist paradigm. Some elements of a quantitative approach were also deployed in the data collection and analysis. The principal data collection methods were interviews and focus group discussions. The study population comprised farmers, agricultural extension officers and the Climate Change Adaptation in Africa project manager. Qualitative data were subjected to content analysis whereas quantitative data were analysed to generate mostly descriptive statistics using SPSS.  Key findings of the study show that farmers perceive a problem in the dissemination and use of climate information for agricultural development. They found access to agricultural inputs to be expensive, unreliable and untimely. To mitigate the adverse effects of climate change and variability on farming effectively, the study recommends the repackaging of current and accurate information on climate change and variability, farmer education and training, and collaboration between researchers, meteorology experts, and extension officers and farmers. Moreover, a clear policy framework for disseminating information related to climate change and variability is required.

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