All Outputs (5)

Resilience dynamics in a rapidly changing social-ecological system: Shifting inequalities in Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley (2021)
Book Chapter
Hodbod, J., Stevenson, E. G., & Fekadu Mulugeta, M. (2021). Resilience dynamics in a rapidly changing social-ecological system: Shifting inequalities in Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley. In J. Lautze, M. McCartney, & J. Gibson (Eds.), The Omo-Turkana Basin: Cooperation for Sustainable Water Management. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003169338

Over the past 150 years there have been four major social-ecological regimes in the Lower Omo. Each regime shift has changed the structure and function of the system. Local communities utilized diverse forms of livelihood and broad social networks to... Read More about Resilience dynamics in a rapidly changing social-ecological system: Shifting inequalities in Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley.

Ethiopia’s ‘Blue Oil’? Hydropower, Irrigation and Development in the Omo-Turkana Basin (2021)
Book Chapter
Stevenson, E. G., & Kamski, B. (2021). Ethiopia’s ‘Blue Oil’? Hydropower, Irrigation and Development in the Omo-Turkana Basin. In E. Gabbert, F. Gebresenbet, J. Galaty, & G. Schlee (Eds.), Lands of the future: Anthropological perspectives on pastoralism, land deals and tropes of modernity in Eastern Africa (292-308). Berghahn Books

Rangeland, forests and riverine landscapes of pastoral communities in Eastern Africa are increasingly under threat. Abetted by states who think that outsiders can better use the lands than the people who have lived there for centuries, outside commer... Read More about Ethiopia’s ‘Blue Oil’? Hydropower, Irrigation and Development in the Omo-Turkana Basin.

Child Well-Being: Anthropological Perspectives. (2014)
Book Chapter
Stevenson, E., & Worthman, C. (2014). Child Well-Being: Anthropological Perspectives. In A. Ben-Arieh, F. Casas, I. Frønes, & J. Korbin (Eds.), Handbook of Child Well-Being: Theories, Methods and Policies in Global Perspective (485-512). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9063-8_20

A major contribution of anthropological approaches to child well-being is that they address variation across a wide range of cultures and settings. This broad perspective is necessary because cultures vary widely both in care practices and in definit... Read More about Child Well-Being: Anthropological Perspectives..

Maternal education; an Ethiopia. (2013)
Book Chapter
Stevenson, E. (2013). Maternal education; an Ethiopia. In J. Ainsworth (Ed.), Sociology of Education: An A-to-Z Guide. SAGE Publications

Two rivers: water and power in Ethiopia. (2012)
Book Chapter
Stevenson, E., & Mekonnen, J. (2012). Two rivers: water and power in Ethiopia. In E. Mendenhall, & A. Koon (Eds.), Environmental Health Narratives: A Reader for Youth. University of new Mexico Press