Doctoral Dissertation Research: Fire Politics: Change and Conflict in Grassland Burning in the Highlands of Madagascar

这篇博士论文研究了经济转型和社会政治关系如何影响马达加斯加高地对火的使用。这项研究将记录草原焚烧的动机和策略，因社会分层和利益分歧而分裂的农村社区如何管理焚烧，以及火如何被用作资源冲突或国家抗议的工具。马达加斯加的经济转型给农村生产者带来了新的市场刺激，导致农业向以前被烧毁的牧场扩张。研究方法包括深入的火灾民族志(基于访谈、调查和观察)，法国殖民档案馆的历史档案分析，以及马达加斯加高地的比较案例研究。这项研究的结果可能会对我们理解火灾的社会史做出重要贡献。

PELUSO, N. and KULL, C.A. This doctoral dissertation research examines the way in which economic transformations and socio-political relations affect the use of fire in the Malagasy highlands. The study will document the motivations and strategies of grassland burning, how rural communities divided by social stratification and divergent interests manage burning, and the way in which fire can be used as a tool of resource conflict or state protest. Economic transformations in Madagascar have introduced new market stimuli to rural producers, causing agricultural expansion into formerly burned pastures. Research methods include an in-depth ethnography of fire (based on interviews, surveys, and observation), historical archival analysis at the French colonial archives, and comparative case studies across the Malagasy highlands. The outcome of this research is likely to make an important contribution to our understanding of the social history of fire.