Research - Madagascar

My research in Madagascar was a collaborative effort (partnered with the Malagasy government and both national and international NGOs) to evaluate agricultural change in the eastern Madagascar province of Toamasina. To understand the cultural aspects of changing agricultural practices, I compared three sample populations that include a small town, a village and scattered communities, which all had differing relationships with conservation organizations. The hypothesis examined in my dissertation was whether the information conservation organizations are giving to the local populations on non-indigenous agricultural practices is displacing knowledge of indigenous agricultural practices.

Hume, Douglas W. 2020. “Transmission of Swidden Farming Ritual Knowledge among Households in Eastern Madagascar.” Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science 4 (1): 45–57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41809-019-00041-5. Cite - Download

Hume, Douglas W. 2012. “Madagascar.” In Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change, edited by S. George Philander, 2nd ed., 2:875–76. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. Cite - Download

Hume, Douglas W. 2012. “Malagasy Swidden Agriculture: The Influence of Conservation Organizations on Indigenous Knowledge.” Kentucky Journal of Anthropology and Sociology 2 (1): 37–54. Cite - Download

Hume, Douglas W. 2009. “Vary Gasy: Meanings of Rice and Implications for Agricultural Development in Eastern Madagascar.” Etudes Océan Indien, Plantes et Sociétés dans L’Océan Indien Occidental, 42/43: 243–56. https://doi.org/10.4000/oceanindien.812. Cite - Download

Hume, Douglas W. 2009. “Belief Systems and Stakeholders in Madagascar’s Swidden Farming.” Current Conservation 2 (4): 14. Cite - Download

Hume, Douglas W. 2008. “Geographic Overviews, Africa (East): Madagascar and Surrounding Islands.” In Encyclopedia of Archaeology, edited by Deborah M. Pearsall, 1:17–19. New York: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012373962-9.00175-8. Cite - Download

Hume, Douglas W. 2008. “Madagascar.” In Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change, edited by S. George Philander, 1st ed., 2:611–12. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. Cite - Download

Hume, Douglas W. 2008. “Political Ecology Society (PESO) Panel on Plants and People in Madagascar.” Society for Applied Anthropology Newsletter 19 (3): 57–58. Cite - Download

Hume, Douglas W. 2006. “Swidden Agriculture and Conservation in Eastern Madagascar: Stakeholder Perspectives and Cultural Belief Systems.” Conservation and Society 4 (2): 287–303. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26396662. Cite - Download

Hume, Douglas W. 2006. “Tanim-Bary Rituals Among the Betsimisaraka in Andasibe.” Taloha: Revue Scientifique Internationale Des Civilisations 16–17. Cite - Download

Hume, Douglas W. 2006. “Rituels Des Tanim-Bary Chez Les Betsimisaraka D’Andasibe.” Translated by L. Modeste Rakotondrasoa. Taloha: Revue Scientifique Internationale Des Civilisations 16–17. Cite - Download

Hume, Douglas W. 2005. “Agriculture in Madagascar: Conservation and Cultural Meanings of Rice.” PhD diss., University of Connecticut. Cite - Download