The Relationship between Peoples and Lake Albert in Uganda : Social Construction of Local Knowledge in Multi-ethnic Society

本研究将展现村落生活世界的历史建构，以及它如何被经济与文化全球化的力量所改变。我在2002年8月和2004年2、3月进行了为期两个月的实地调查。由于鱼类资源已成为政府获取外汇的重要手段，因此必须保持良好的国际贸易状况。尼罗河鲈鱼18英寸和更长的是专门用于出口。在1980和1990年代，政府决定通过改变捕鱼方法来保护尼罗河鲈鱼。一个小渔村的日常生活与国家的政治政策和国际市场等社会状况密切相关。这个村庄位于非洲大裂谷底部西北侧的阿尔伯特湖岸边。这个村庄的主要民族是来自尼罗河西部和刚果共和国以及沿着湖路线的阿穆尔人。大多数移民到这里以捕鱼为生。到目前为止，湖泊的存在保证了人们的生计，并提供了所需的一切。现在人们的生活活动与国家从渔业资源中获得的利益和国际上保护环境的意图相冲突。在这样的冲突中，人们的渔网被烧毁了，对村民来说，失去一张渔网就等于失去了生命，因为它提供了食物、金钱和一切。渔网被毁后，每个村民都在努力重建自己的生活。人们开始使用灯光捕捞小鱼。他们改变了方法以降低风险。在试图独立工作和操纵困难局面以丰富的想象力构建自己的生活之间有共同的特点。

This study will show the village's historical construction Lifeworld and how it has been altered by the power of economical and cultural globalization. I conducted the two months of fieldwork research over the following months : August 2002, and February and March 2004.Since fish resources have become an important means to acquire foreign currency, they must be maintained in good condition for international trade for the government. Nile perch eighteen inches and longer are exclusively used for export. In the 1980s and 1990s, the government decided to protect Nile perch by changing fishing methods.The everyday life of a small fishing village is closely related to such social situations as a nation's political policies and international markets. This village is located on the shores of Lake Albert in the northwest side of the bottom of the African Great Rift Valley. In this village the major ethnic group is Alur from the western part of the Nile and the Republic of Congo and along the lake routes. Most Alur immigrated here to make a living by fishing. Until now, the lake's existence guaranteed livelihoods to people and supplied all things required. Now people's living activities conflict with the nation's profits from fishing resources and international intentions to protect the environment. As a result of such conflicts, the people's fishing nets were burned.For the villagers, losing a fishing net is equivalent to losing their lives because it provided food, money, and everything. After the fishing nets were destroyed, each villager is trying to reconstruct her/his life. People began fishing for small fish using lights. They had changed their method to reduce risk. There are common features between trying to work independently and manipulating a difficult situation to construct their own lives with great imagination.