A three generation perspective: its importance for ethnographic research in development studies: case studies from Cameroon and Benin

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Title:	A three generation perspective: its importance for ethnographic research in development studies: case studies from Cameroon and Benin
Author:	Ouden, Jan H.B. den
Year:	1989
Pages:	55
Language:	English
City of publisher:	Wageningen
Publisher:	Agricultural University
Geographic terms:	Benin Cameroon
Subjects:	Aja Bamileke rural development anthropological research
Abstract:	This paper explains how the author examined the everyday life of social actors in two Bamiléké chiefdoms in Cameroon (1977-1978, 1980, 1987) and in an Adja village in Benin (1986). In both areas he carried out in-depth studies of the social problems connected with agricultural change, focusing on the rights of control of men and women over land and production. An introductory chapter is followed by a chapter outlining fieldwork methods, in particular the use of a so-called 'three generation approach'. Chapter three deals with research findings and concentrates on the processes of socioeconomic differentiation found in both areas. A concluding chapter highlights the importance of a genealogical approach to studies of change.