Dynamics of Culture and Climate Change and their Implications on Livelihoods: Experiences from Rural Zimbabwe

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dc.contributor.authorBongo, Pathias Paradzayi
dc.contributor.authorLunga, Wilfred
dc.contributor.authorSithole, Mkhokheli
dc.contributor.authorChipangura, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-16T07:41:32Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-26T12:12:08Z
dc.date.available2017-02-16T07:41:32Z
dc.date.available2023-06-26T12:12:08Z
dc.date.issued2015-07
dc.descriptionJournal articleen_US
dc.description.abstractThat climate is changing is evident in all the regions of the world, and people in those areas have been attempting to reorganize their livelihoods around the changing local contexts. One elusive issue about climate change is that it is producing mixed paradoxes – extremes of drought and dryness in other areas and extreme cold and heat in other areas, among other complex phenomena. As people engage in their livelihoods, their actions and survival strategies are informed by custom, practice and even past experience. As the impacts of climate change start getting acute with the passage of time, people are bound to interpret and respond to them within the confines of their culture, both material and immaterial. This becomes critical when these impacts spread to cause upheaval to the very cultural foundations upon which that society is built and driven. The paper examines the nature of culture’s preparedness to engage the evolving system that evidently calls for new ways of social, political, economic, environmental and ideological organization. One needs to explore the possibility of ‘cultural adaptation’ as climate change unfolds. The views of mainly rural people in Zimbabwe form the basis of issues are captured in this paper. These shed light on how the people affected by climate change are managing to survive in the four Districts of Matobo, Shamva, Chirumanzu and Gwanda. The paper highlights the need to pay attention to religious and cultural experiences, alongside scientific climate change approaches, in informing adaptation. It concludes by noting the potential benefits of cultural diversity in managing climate change in a context largely shaped by the precautionary principle.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn2186-8441 Print
dc.identifier.issn2186-845X
dc.identifier.urihttp://196.220.97.103:4000/handle/123456789/795
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherLeena and Luna Internationalen_US
dc.subjectClimateen_US
dc.subjectLivelihoodsen_US
dc.subjectextremesen_US
dc.subjectperceptionsen_US
dc.subjectcultureen_US
dc.titleDynamics of Culture and Climate Change and their Implications on Livelihoods: Experiences from Rural Zimbabween_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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