Generations and access to land in post conflict northern Uganda: "Youth have no voice in land matters"
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Generations and access to land in post conflict northern Uganda : "Youth have no voice in land matters". / Whyte, Susan Reynolds; Acio, Esther.
I: African Studies Review, Bind 60, Nr. 3, 2017, s. 17-36.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Generations and access to land in post conflict northern Uganda
T2 - "Youth have no voice in land matters"
AU - Whyte, Susan Reynolds
AU - Acio, Esther
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Generational tensions are one of the many forms that land conflicts take in northern Uganda. The convention in Acholiland was that young men gained land-use rights through their fathers and young women gained them through their husbands. This pattern of generational governance has become complicated in the wake of the civil war and decades of internment in IDP camps. Lacking husbands, young women are using land of their patrilateral kin, while young men who grew up with their mothers may use that of their matrilateral relatives. This article, based on fieldwork in the Acholi subregion between 2014 and 2016, explores classic anthropological concerns about gerontocracy and patriliny in a contemporary postconflict situation. It describes the discreet land access strategies of young men and women and the ways in which they seek to complement dependence on relatives by renting or buying land. The image of the “war generation” as morally spoiled is countered by an examination of the consequences of war and internment for young people’s claims to use land.
AB - Generational tensions are one of the many forms that land conflicts take in northern Uganda. The convention in Acholiland was that young men gained land-use rights through their fathers and young women gained them through their husbands. This pattern of generational governance has become complicated in the wake of the civil war and decades of internment in IDP camps. Lacking husbands, young women are using land of their patrilateral kin, while young men who grew up with their mothers may use that of their matrilateral relatives. This article, based on fieldwork in the Acholi subregion between 2014 and 2016, explores classic anthropological concerns about gerontocracy and patriliny in a contemporary postconflict situation. It describes the discreet land access strategies of young men and women and the ways in which they seek to complement dependence on relatives by renting or buying land. The image of the “war generation” as morally spoiled is countered by an examination of the consequences of war and internment for young people’s claims to use land.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Land access
KW - Youth
KW - Generations
KW - Marriage
KW - Bridewealth
KW - Acholiland
KW - Postwar land conflicts
U2 - 10.1017/asr.2017.120
DO - 10.1017/asr.2017.120
M3 - Journal article
VL - 60
SP - 17
EP - 36
JO - African Studies Review
JF - African Studies Review
SN - 0002-0206
IS - 3
ER -
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