Section outline

    • The Sikasso case illustrates that it is important to study the Agrarian History of a region to understand its organisation. But how do you go about this?

    • Vidéo : Elisabeth Rasse-Mercat reviews the Sikasso case and the working hypotheses and the presuppositions that must be kept in mind for the historical study.

    • Review of the Sikasso case: why study History? (4') File
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    • Historical study: what to look for (4'30) File
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    • Historical study presuppositions (4'30) File
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    • Written exercise: the sources of information for the historical study. You are in charge of carrying out a historical study in an area that you are just getting to know:

      1. Which resources and which people will you call upon?
      2. Which source(s) of information will you begin with?

    • Solution: How to begin a historical study in an area (15'30) File
      • Resources not to begin with
      • What to do first
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    • Exercise: the interview guide for a historical interview.
      You will first interview older farmers. Compose an interview guide:

      1. To answer the questions raised by the landscape analysis
      2. To clarify the history of the farms in the area and the factors or events that led to change

      To (re)view the interview guide preparation method, look at the lesson "Qualitative survey methods applied to natural resource management” (Module 2, lesson 4).

    • Instruction and framework File
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    • Solution of the exercise File
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