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2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Impacts of "excessive death" in the rural African society

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17611003
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 社会開発と文化
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

SHIMADA Shuhei  Kyoto University, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Professor (90170943)

Project Period (FY) 2005 – 2007
KeywordsExcessive death / Zambia / HIV / AIDS
Research Abstract

Only in the first stage of prevalence of successive deaths of family, farming family can afford to absorb its impact in considerable extent. However, as in addition to the direct and immediate impact of deaths, there are indirect and prolonged effects, it soon become difficult for farming family to mitigate the impacts.
Successive deaths of family members have influenced upon not only agricultural production but also daily life general. They arrange of farming labors and equipments to re-adjust for the new situation will become difficult. And foster children, to pay off debts, and to settle succession also become difficult.
In this study, I have tried to analyze the impacts of successive death which have happened in rural society in Zambia.
The mutual help system that was devised to compensate for a lack of cattle, equipment, and labor, for example was rendered dysfunctional by the prolonged effects. The mutual help system such as large farming group has become unable to absorb the burdens created by the frequent deaths. Instead, the system functioned as a catalyst that transmitted vulnerability among members of the group.
This study also made clear that the well functioned institutions in normal condition have increase vulnerability in case of abnormal situation instead of preventing it. This means that factors operate to enhance vulnerability one time may act to reduce vulnerability in other time. The orbital process of increased vulnerability is complicated.

  • Research Products

    (13 results)

All 2008 2007 2006 2005 Other

All Journal Article (2 results) Presentation (6 results) Book (5 results)

  • [Journal Article] 脆弱性の視点からアフリカ援助を考える2008

    • Author(s)
      島田 周平
    • Journal Title

      学士会会報 866

      Pages: 205-211

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 2006 How can we perceive social vulnerability : Rethinking from a case study on the impact of infectious disease on agricultural production in Zambia

    • Author(s)
      S., Shimada
    • Journal Title

      (in 'Vulnerability and resilience of social-ecological systems' FY2005 FS Project Report, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto

      Pages: 41-55

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Presentation] グローバル化の中のアフリカを考える2008

    • Author(s)
      島田 周平
    • Organizer
      日本地理学会 春季大会
    • Place of Presentation
      獨協大学(草加)
    • Year and Date
      2008-03-29
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Presentation] Back to the field study with fresh question in Geography2007

    • Author(s)
      S., Shimada
    • Organizer
      Seminar of the Graduate School of Geography
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Ibadan
    • Year and Date
      2007-11-02
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Presentation] The impact of HIV/AIDS on rural society in Africa2007

    • Author(s)
      島田 周平
    • Organizer
      The first Korean-Japan International Symposium "Present condition and perspectives of geographical studies on rural Africa"
    • Place of Presentation
      Kongju University, Korea
    • Year and Date
      2007-02-12
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Presentation] Environmental problems in rural Africa ; from political ecological point of view2007

    • Author(s)
      S., Shimada
    • Organizer
      The first Korean-Japan Inter-national Symposium "present condition and perspectives of geographical studies on rural Africa" held at Kongju University
    • Place of Presentation
      Korea
    • Year and Date
      2007-02-12
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Presentation] The impact of HIV/AIDS on rural society in Africa2007

    • Author(s)
      S., Shimada
    • Organizer
      The first Korean-Japan Inter-national Symposium "present condition and perspectives of geographical studies on rural Africa" held at Kongju University
    • Place of Presentation
      Korea
    • Year and Date
      2007-02-12
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Presentation] 2006 Current situation of HIV/AIDS infection in Southern Africa, especially in agricultural society in Zambia2006

    • Author(s)
      S., Shimada
    • Organizer
      NHK International Broadcasting Pro gram
    • Year and Date
      2006-12-28
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] アフリカ 可能性を生きる農民:環境-国家-村の比較研究2007

    • Author(s)
      島田 周平
    • Total Pages
      270
    • Publisher
      京都大学学術出版会
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Book] 現代アフリカ農村:変化を読む地域研究の試み2007

    • Author(s)
      島田 周平
    • Total Pages
      182
    • Publisher
      古今書院
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Book] Rural transition in modern Africa : Challenge of area study to read change (Japanese)2007

    • Author(s)
      S., Shimada
    • Publisher
      Kokon Shoin, Tokyo
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] African farmers who live on possibilities (Japanese)2007

    • Author(s)
      S., Shimada
    • Publisher
      Kyoto University Press
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] 「過剰な死」が農村社会に与える影響(高梨和紘綿『アフリカとアジア-開発と貧困削減の展望-』89-114号2005

    • Author(s)
      島田 周平
    • Total Pages
      476
    • Publisher
      慶應義塾大学出版会
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より

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Published: 2010-02-04  

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