på morgonen ekar magen illamående tom. eller nej vänta. klockan är 05. det är resfeber. arlanda-hysterin verkade drabba alla utom mig. jag var cool. lät vakten glatt visitera mig i tullen och klurade på vilken pocket min reskassa skulle erbjuda mig. det blev mormors favorit: "En Dag" av David Nicholls. åhejbarra vilken mysbok!!! optimal flykplatsläsning.
på flyget sitter jag mellan tre tjattrade indiska småflickor. de är helt klart systrar, har korpsvarthår, är rika och tjattrar konstant på engelska som bara indier kan. den minsta mini-människan som sitter närmast mig berättar för mig att jag borde bo i Taj Mahal och sen gå och kolla på Mr Beans hus. Hon har långt hår till midjan med lite pärlor i och långa smala smala spagetti-armar.
jag: but he is not living in india?
hon: of course he is. where else should he be? every thing is Indian you know.
jag: aha. thank you.
mamman har en velourdress i rosa och bär på små glittriga gucciväskor och reser förstaklass. jag har nog inte råd att bo i Taj Mahal...
väl på plats känns det som att kliva in i ett stortväxthus fast lite fuktigare. ofattbart. det öser ner, som det sig bör under dessa månader. lakanen i rummet är finast, orange blommor. i ena hörnet står en ac och en tv. sängen känns lite som en sten. jag kommer däcka innom kort.
det här kommer bli ett härligt äventyr!
7.07.2011
7.06.2011
Dagen före avresa.
Plats: Elins soffa i Uppsala
Gör: Tänker och ”vilar”
Tankar: Ta mig i väg nuuuuuuu!
Lukt: Solig hud och tågsvett
Outfit: Mjukis linne och nagellack
Hopp: att uteserveringen på Bryggan ska bjuda mig på solig vänskap, vin och Hamburgare
Tror: Att jag kommer vara så nervös att jag kliver upp halv 3 inatt och åker ut till Arlanda
Vill: Dricka chai och kolla på monsunen
Det var nog en hyffsad bra sammanfattning av min nuvarande situation. The absolute day before. Iiii. Fniss. Hastalavista baby. Hejdå Sverige!
Gör: Tänker och ”vilar”
Tankar: Ta mig i väg nuuuuuuu!
Lukt: Solig hud och tågsvett
Outfit: Mjukis linne och nagellack
Hopp: att uteserveringen på Bryggan ska bjuda mig på solig vänskap, vin och Hamburgare
Tror: Att jag kommer vara så nervös att jag kliver upp halv 3 inatt och åker ut till Arlanda
Vill: Dricka chai och kolla på monsunen
Det var nog en hyffsad bra sammanfattning av min nuvarande situation. The absolute day before. Iiii. Fniss. Hastalavista baby. Hejdå Sverige!
7.02.2011
lördag innan avresa
idag är det lördag. bara pappa och jag hemma. han sa: "jaha. vad ska vi äta nu då? ja du.. kanske inte något såvärst speciellt. något litet och fjuttit." ikväll ska jag och pappa ha lördags-mys i rislandet. kanske dricka ett glarre vino och äta ngt tråkigt. fin lördag i alla fall. sveriges damlag i fotboll vann mot diktaturen i öst. josefin öqvist var snygg och bra. stina förlorade 0-2 i kubb mot T. slängde bara pinnen en gång in i rabarben.
nu ska här packas igen.
pussochhej
nu ska här packas igen.
pussochhej
6.21.2011
lite bla bla.
lägenheten ekor tom. inga människor här. packningen hopar sig, visum-nerverna spökar och carrie i sex and the city har flyttat in i min hjärna. jag har packat 130 kartongen med paket på jobbet idag. hej soffläge och ett glas rosé.. eller två! grovjobb, hö hö.
"Contemporary India" kom på posten med spöregn. Den är lite tråkig, men jag lär mig mer. Indien känns exotiskt, komplext och utmanande. Har precis träffat en av tjejerna som också ska dit, vi lunchade på Basilico och hetsade lite om pirret i magen, kursen, utflykterna och slummen.
vågade mig på en några spänsthopp idag på min powerwalk. ont i röven - JA!
Uppdatering följer.
Love
S
"Contemporary India" kom på posten med spöregn. Den är lite tråkig, men jag lär mig mer. Indien känns exotiskt, komplext och utmanande. Har precis träffat en av tjejerna som också ska dit, vi lunchade på Basilico och hetsade lite om pirret i magen, kursen, utflykterna och slummen.
vågade mig på en några spänsthopp idag på min powerwalk. ont i röven - JA!
Uppdatering följer.
Love
S
6.17.2011
5.19.2011
förberedelser...
Nu har jag fått mitt antagningsbrev till Mumbai-kursen.
S W E E T !
mumbai during monson-time. please read the 100 pages about health conditions and horrible diseases. enyoy.
S W E E T !
mumbai during monson-time. please read the 100 pages about health conditions and horrible diseases. enyoy.
4.12.2011
Identity, ethnicity, gender and citizenship in relation to land conflicts in Africa
Agriculture is very important in poor parts of Africa, but land is not only the plot where you cultivate, live or get hold of your assets. Land is so much more; it has a spiritual-, religious- and a historically meaning, connecting people to an identity. Land is also a tool of power; influencing or ruling the politics, the society, the culture, the values and the people. For very long the struggle has been all about anti-colonization and a will to create and strengthen the unity of nationalism and the right to own you own land. But this is not easy when the boundaries of the nations are created by a western ruler, taken no care of ethnicity, identity, migration or already existing local boundaries. It is very important for a nation to call upon unity and link the population to citizenship. But citizenship is hard to implement in a country were so many tribes are living side by side with their own traditions, own migration patterns, own language and their own connection to land. To improve the situation for especially poor farmers in rural areas the land rights must be upgraded to decrease the conflicts. Urban areas are often prioritized, excluding a big part of the population living in rural areas. The relations between different tribes and power holders must be developed. Conflicts are often between the government and the already existing land tenure systems, between land lords and farmers, and women are often the ones trapped in between; facing less status, less power, but more vulnerability.
It is easy to blame the conflicts over land and natural resources on diversification of ethnicities. But the authors of the book “Conflicts over Land and Water in Africa” stresses the fact that the situation is much more complex than that. (The authors’ definition of ethnicity is that it is: “historically created but sustained and changed through practice and ongoing social relations”) The conflicts are rooted much deeper in different identities changing over time, among each other and as a result of globalization. An identity is not something consistent, but it can still be very connected to land. The access to land depend on for example the social-, political-, economic-, religious identities as well as gender, age, ethnicity and place of living. Countries like South Africa and Namibia still face conflicts and clashes arisen from the color of your skin, but that originally depends on unequal status and unequal distribution of land. The identities are changing as well as the rights and the legal systems. The traditional identities are challenged by the modern world placing new generations between two options; fighting globalization and adapt modernization or encourage local traditions and preserve the culture. But the question is if it´s sustainable to choose or if it is possible to have them both?
Women in Africa are very much involved in the agriculture sector, but her status is often depending on other things such as marriage, kinship etc. Women or men should never been seen as a homogenous group since all kind of identities changes the access to land and ownership. But it is still often the case that it is the woman that works on the field and the man that has the right to own it, causing conflicts even within the family as well as in the society.
An additional thought that I want to add regarding this very complex problem of land and conflicts, is what I would call the “modern colonialism.” Rich countries like Saudi Arabia are buying agriculture land from Ethiopia to secure the food storage for their own citizens in the Middle East; with no further thoughts of what´s happening back in Ethiopia. Millions of Ethiopians are starving and already lack access to land. How could a poor peasant improve his ownership, competing against one of the richest countries in the world? The history is repeating itself and I am sure that it will cause terrible conflicts in the future. The status of “the others” (Africans) in comparison to the west is still declining. (Further readings see: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/mar/07/food-water-africa-land-grab) 2011-04-05
References
Derman Bill, Rie Odgaard, Espen Sjaastad (eds) 2007, Conflicts over Land and Water in Africa, Oxford: James Currey; East Lansing: Michigan State University Press; Pietermaritzburg: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press.
It is easy to blame the conflicts over land and natural resources on diversification of ethnicities. But the authors of the book “Conflicts over Land and Water in Africa” stresses the fact that the situation is much more complex than that. (The authors’ definition of ethnicity is that it is: “historically created but sustained and changed through practice and ongoing social relations”) The conflicts are rooted much deeper in different identities changing over time, among each other and as a result of globalization. An identity is not something consistent, but it can still be very connected to land. The access to land depend on for example the social-, political-, economic-, religious identities as well as gender, age, ethnicity and place of living. Countries like South Africa and Namibia still face conflicts and clashes arisen from the color of your skin, but that originally depends on unequal status and unequal distribution of land. The identities are changing as well as the rights and the legal systems. The traditional identities are challenged by the modern world placing new generations between two options; fighting globalization and adapt modernization or encourage local traditions and preserve the culture. But the question is if it´s sustainable to choose or if it is possible to have them both?
Women in Africa are very much involved in the agriculture sector, but her status is often depending on other things such as marriage, kinship etc. Women or men should never been seen as a homogenous group since all kind of identities changes the access to land and ownership. But it is still often the case that it is the woman that works on the field and the man that has the right to own it, causing conflicts even within the family as well as in the society.
An additional thought that I want to add regarding this very complex problem of land and conflicts, is what I would call the “modern colonialism.” Rich countries like Saudi Arabia are buying agriculture land from Ethiopia to secure the food storage for their own citizens in the Middle East; with no further thoughts of what´s happening back in Ethiopia. Millions of Ethiopians are starving and already lack access to land. How could a poor peasant improve his ownership, competing against one of the richest countries in the world? The history is repeating itself and I am sure that it will cause terrible conflicts in the future. The status of “the others” (Africans) in comparison to the west is still declining. (Further readings see: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/mar/07/food-water-africa-land-grab) 2011-04-05
References
Derman Bill, Rie Odgaard, Espen Sjaastad (eds) 2007, Conflicts over Land and Water in Africa, Oxford: James Currey; East Lansing: Michigan State University Press; Pietermaritzburg: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press.
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