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SUMMARY:Frank Matose: "Forests and the Power of Marginalised People in Sout
 hern Africa: Politics of Chronic Liminality"
DESCRIPTION:Decades after independence and the end of apartheid\, why have 
 forest communities in Zimbabwe and South Africa not been able to recover t
 he land and resource rights they lost under colonialism?  This lecture\, 
 based on Frank Matose's recent book\, examines the politics of conservatio
 n in southern Africa through the lens of chronic liminality\, a “state o
 f in-betweenness” or “waiting”\, to explain the status quo in local 
 people–state forest relationships and why progress has been so slow.\\r\
 \nFrank Matose is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology an
 d a Co-Director of the Environmental Humanities South Centre at the Univer
 sity of Cape Town\, South Africa. His research interests are in environmen
 tal sociology with a particular focus on Southern Africa\, placing emphasi
 s on the intersection of local people\, the state\, capital\, forest and r
 esource conservation\, and the political economy of protected areas. He is
  an active team member of the "Living Landcapes" Project.
X-ALT-DESC:<p>Decades after independence and the end of apartheid\, why hav
 e forest communities in Zimbabwe and South Africa not been able to recover
  the land and resource rights they lost under colonialism?&nbsp\; This lec
 ture\, based on Frank Matose's recent book\, examines the politics of cons
 ervation in southern Africa through the lens of chronic liminality\, a “
 state of in-betweenness” or “waiting”\, to explain the status quo in
  local people–state forest relationships and why progress has been so sl
 ow.</p>\n<p><strong>Frank Matose</strong> is an Associate Professor in the
  Department of Sociology and a Co-Director of the Environmental Humanities
  South Centre at the University of Cape Town\, South Africa. His research 
 interests are in environmental sociology with a particular focus on Southe
 rn Africa\, placing emphasis on the intersection of local people\, the sta
 te\, capital\, forest and resource conservation\, and the political econom
 y of protected areas. He is an active team member of the "<a href="https:/
 /www.plaas.org.za/living-landscapes-south-africa/"><u>Living Landcapes</u>
 </a>" Project.</p>
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