مردم جنگل بدون جنگل: پارادوکس‌های توسعه، تعلق و مشارکت باکا ('پیگمی‌ها') در کامرون شرقی

Development interventions often generate contradictions around questions of who benefits from development and which communities are targeted for intervention. This book examines how the Baka, who live in Eastern Cameroon, assert forms of belonging in order to participate in development interventions, and how community life is shaped and reshaped through these interventions. Often referred to as 'forest people', the Baka have witnessed many recent development interventions that include competing and contradictory policies such as 'civilize', assimilate and integrate the Baka into 'full citizenship', conserve the forest and wildlife resources, and preserve indigenous cultures at the verge of extinction. Development interventions often generate contradictions around questions of who benefits from development and which communities are targeted for intervention. This book examines how the Baka, who live in Eastern Cameroon, assert forms of belonging in order to participate in development interventions, and how community life is shaped and reshaped through these interventions. Often referred to as 'forest people', the Baka have witnessed many recent development interventions that include competing and contradictory policies meant to 'civilize', assimilate and integrate the Baka into 'full citizenship,' conserve the forest and wildlife resources, and preserve indigenous cultures at the verge of extinction. Book jacket Pygmies Amidst 'development' Practices In Cameroon -- Claims To Belonging : A Confrontation Of Two Versions Of Belonging In East Cameroon -- Reconstructing 'rootedness In The Soil' To Authenticate Belonging To The Roadsides -- Internal Differentiation And Inequality Among The Baka -- Development Participation Among The Baka In The East Region Of Cameroon. Glory M. Lueong. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. 'The Forest People without a Forest' explores how the Baka, who live in Eastern Cameroon, assert forms of belonging in order to participate in development interventions, and how community life is shaped and reshaped through these interventions.