In Haiti's largely agrarian society as well as in many other islands in the Caribbean, deforestation has become an issue that has long term, negative consequences for the livelihood of farmers and the ability of the nation as a whole to rebound after natural disasters, a frequent occurrence in Haiti. I examine past reforestation attempts in Haiti through a literature review using a political ecological framework, and I explore experiences with bamboo as a reforestation crop and its potential in the Haitian context. Drawing on this research, I conduct a GIS analysis of potential reforestation sites using bamboo in Haiti by (1) investigating and categorizing the ecological, economic and social conditions that are favorable for bamboo production, and, based on this research, (2) identifying areas particularly suitable for reforestation programs using bamboo. I conclude by providing planning and policy recommendations for appropriate production of bamboo for reforestation in Haiti. / text

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This study analyses the development of health care in Haiti as it has emerged from a syncretic cultural background. The historical bases of the social and cultural practices surrounding health and illness are described as four separately developing but interacting strands--domestic medicine, mercantile medicine, official medicine and Creole medicine. The thesis interprets this heterogeneity of health-care beliefs and practices using the theoretical concept of a disemic culture, in which diverse cultural codes interact, to provide occasions for the situational negotiation of health care. / Case studies of domestic groups suggest that the domestic unit is the determining factor of health status, and the necessary focus for health development policy. The resources of the health care system outside the domestic unit are shown to contribute little to the health status of the population.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Duke University, 1935. / Without thesis note. Map on lining-papers. "Bibliography of works cited": p. 293-302.

Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2009. / Title from file title page. Henry F. Carey, committee Chair; Michael Herb, Jennifer L. McCoy, committee members. Description based on contents viewed Sept. 10, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-120).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Santa Cruz, 2000. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 197-202).

Orientador: Omar Ribeiro Thomaz / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-22T13:53:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Bulamah_RodrigoCharafeddine_M.pdf: 14001558 bytes, checksum: e36033a33ebd0c8fafb8b3cfa998e349 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: O presente trabalho e uma etnografia sobre o parentesco e as praticas sociais em um povoado rural no norte do Haiti, parte das sessões rurais de Milot. Através de um trabalho de campo de três meses e meio e de uma discussão teórica sobre o parentesco, pretendo refletir sobre a formação dos grupos domésticos locais. A partir destas instituições, analisarei o modo como relações de vizinhança são estruturadas e como pessoas estabelecem e mantém redes de parentesco e amizade. A atenção dada a essas relações abriu possibilidades de se pensar também à produção e a troca dentro do povoado e as formas como bens e mercadorias circulam nos mercados da região. Por fim, minha analise se debruçara também sobre o modo como magia e parentesco se estabelecem enquanto partes complementares de um mesmo regime moral e pratico / Abstract: This thesis is ethnography of kinship and social practices in a rural village near Milo in the north of Haiti. Drawing from three and half months of fieldwork and my intellectual training in theoretical dimensions of kinship, I intend to analyze the formation of local households. Building from that foundation, I will evaluate how neighborhood relationships are structured and how people establish and maintain friendships and kinship networks. Examining these kinds of deeply personal relationships opens up unexpected possibilities for thinking about networks of production, exchange, and good/commodity circulation that connects the village to regional markets. My research will also expand to consider how ideas of magic and kinship are complementary parts of the same moral and practical regime / Mestrado / Antropologia / Mestre em Antropologia

Orientador: Valeriano Mendes Ferreira Costa / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-23T12:57:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Cajou_PierrePhilippe_M.pdf: 1527566 bytes, checksum: 4703294a6520b0e6ea7b03fdb9d6941e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: A presente pesquisa tem por tema "O processo de democratização do Haiti e suas limitações." O estudo proposto aborda o processo de mudança política do Haiti sobre o período de 1986 aos dias atuais e tenta sublinhar, desde então, suas limitações e expor suas particularidades e especificidades das quais resulta a difícil normalização das instituições democráticas. Destaca-se que a constante impossibilidade de construir uma ordem democrática viável e sustentável no país resulta, de um lado, das consequências básicas da ditadura de Duvalier, sem ir mais longe aos períodos anteriores. Por outro lado, da ausência completa de vontade das forças políticas nacionais existentes de respeitar a regra do jogo democrático, independentemente dos seus interesses pessoais, e da evidente incapacidade dos atores nacionais e internacionais na construção de tal regime. Por fim, conclui-se que: O processo de democratização do Haiti não tem levado a um regime democrático efetivo porque no seu caso existem alguns fatores específicos que transformam este processo em uma transição interminável / Abstract: This research's theme is "The democratization process of Haiti and its limitations." The proposed study deals with the process of political change in Haiti over the period of 1986 to the present day. It emphasizes its limitations and exposes the particularities and specificities from which results the difficult normalization of the democratic institutions. It is noteworthy that the constant inability to build a viable and sustainable democratic order in the country results, on the one hand, from the basic consequences of the Duvalier's dictatorship, without going further to previous periods. On the other hand, from the complete lack of willingness of national political forces to respect the rules of the democratic game, regardless of their personal interests, and from the evident inability of national and international actors to construct such regime. Finally, we conclude that the democratization process of Haiti has not led to an effective democratic regime because in this case there exist some specific factors that transform this process into a transition interminable / Mestrado / Ciencia Politica / Mestre em Ciência Política