Meteorologists meeting rainmakers: Indigenous knowledge and climate policy processes in Kenya

cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1759-5436.2011.00228.xen
cg.issn0265-5012en
cg.issue3en
cg.journalIDS Bulletinen
cg.subject.ilriCLIMATE CHANGEen
cg.subject.ilriENVIRONMENTen
cg.subject.ilriKNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATIONen
cg.volume42en
dc.contributor.authorGuthiga, Paul M.en
dc.contributor.authorNewsham, A.en
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-09T14:33:12Zen
dc.date.available2011-10-09T14:33:12Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/10244
dc.titleMeteorologists meeting rainmakers: Indigenous knowledge and climate policy processes in Kenyaen
dcterms.abstractThis article seeks to shed light on policy processes arising from interaction between indigenous rainmakers and meteorologists, in participatory action research aimed at increasing the capacity of a local community to adapt to climate change. Policy processes were analysed from the perspective of actors, their narratives and interests. At the beginning of the project, the interactions between the meteorologists and rainmakers was characterised by mutual scepticism. The two groups negotiated on modalities of working together and successfully made joint seasonal weather forecasts that showed good convergence. The analyses using the three lenses of actor-narrative-interest enabled the study to tease out policy dynamics that are often ignored in climate change mitigation studies. Understanding these dynamics is important to ensure that climate change strategies are designed in congruence with local policy dynamics.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.available2011-05-05en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGuthiga P and Newsham A. 2011. Meteorologists meeting rainmakers: Indigenous knowledge and climate policy processes in Kenya. IDS Bulletin 42(3):104-109.en
dcterms.extentp. 104-109en
dcterms.issued2011-05en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherWileyen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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