
Dr. des. Annina Aeberli
Associated Researcher
Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern
Zürich, Schweiz
Biografie
Since 2021: Associated Researcher, Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern
2021: Dissertation "The Power of Ontologies: The Duty to Take Care of the Land and the Ancestors among the Kenyah", Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern
2011: Master in Development Studies, Graduate Insitute, Geneva
2008: Bachelor of Science in Geography, University of Zürich
2021: Dissertation "The Power of Ontologies: The Duty to Take Care of the Land and the Ancestors among the Kenyah", Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern
2011: Master in Development Studies, Graduate Insitute, Geneva
2008: Bachelor of Science in Geography, University of Zürich
Publikationen (2)
Our Rivers Our Lifeline: Der Aufstieg einer indigenen Bewegung.
Ob in Laos, Vietnam, Kambodscha, Myanmar, Indonesien, den Philippinen oder Malaysia, die Regierungen in Südostasien setzen auf große Stau-dammprojekte und versprechen wirtschaftliches Wachstum und Entwicklung. Der malaysische Bun-destaat Sarawak auf der Insel Borneo steht exemp-larisch für die oft überdimensionierten Staudamm-pläne von Regierungen und die Auswirkungen für die betroffenen Dörfer. Der erfolgreiche Wider-stand von Sarawaks Indigenen gegen den Baram-Staudamm gibt Hoffnung und zeigt, dass solche Projekte trotz des großen Machtgefälles gestoppt werden können.
Decentralisation Hybridized
South Sudan is undergoing a process of internationally-supported state building of which decentralisation forms part. For the people, decentralisation is understood as a right to self-rule based on native–stranger dichotomies and as a means of appropriating and incorporating an abstract and distant state into the local context. The South Sudanese government, in contrast, sees decentralisation primarily as a tool for service delivery and development. Conversely, the international community, in its desire to guarantee international stability through the creation of Western-style states all over the world, sees decentralisation as one tool in the state-building toolbox. These different interpretations of decentralization may not only lead to misunderstandings, but different groups and different ways of understanding decentralisation have interacted throughout history, and attempts to impose a particular understanding on other actors continue. Annina Aeberli examines this hybridisation of state ‘decentralisation’ and argues that the international community and the government cannot and should not try to ignore people’s understandings and expectations: a state – in whatever form – always depends on the acceptance of the people.