Constructing the problem of "slash-and-burn" agriculture

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dc.contributor.authorO'Brien, William Eugeneen
dc.contributor.committeechairBrowder, John O.en
dc.contributor.committeememberGrossman, Lawrence S.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHolloway, Rachel L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberRandolph, Johnen
dc.contributor.committeememberWisdom, Harold W.en
dc.contributor.departmentEnvironmental Design and Planningen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:15:49Zen
dc.date.adate2007-07-11en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:15:49Zen
dc.date.issued1996-05-17en
dc.date.rdate2007-07-11en
dc.date.sdate2007-07-11en
dc.description.abstract"Slash-and-burn" agriculture, or shifting cultivation, is perceived by many to be the leading cause of land degradation in tropical forests. Performed mainly by resource-poor farmers, shifting cultivation is the most widespread form of agriculture in the tropics. Concern over its environmental impacts has led to calls throughout the twentieth century for alternatives by policy-makers and development planners. This study employs a constructivist framework, post-colonial perspectives, and rhetorical methods to understand the images which support such assertions regarding shifting cultivation, primarily in policy-oriented depictions. Elements of Kenneth Burke's "dramatistic" method are used, including the analysis of hierarchies which structure discourse, and pentadic analysis.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.extentvii, 312 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-07112007-092856en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07112007-092856/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/38766en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V856_1996.O275.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 35594363en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectPost-colonialismen
dc.subjectKenneth Burkeen
dc.subjectShifting Cultivationen
dc.subjectDeforestationen
dc.subject"Slash-and-burn" agricultureen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1996.O275en
dc.titleConstructing the problem of "slash-and-burn" agricultureen
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineEnvironmental Design and Planningen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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