| Titre | « Pénétrer l'indigène» : arachides, paysans, agronomes et administrateurs coloniaux au Sénégal (1897-1950) | |
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| Auteur | Christophe Bonneuil | |
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Revue | Etudes rurales |
| Numéro | no 151-152, 1999 Autres temps, autres lieux | |
| Page | 199-223 | |
| Résumé anglais |
"Imbuing the natives": Groundnuts, peasants, agronomists and colonial administrators in Senegal (1897-1950) -
In the context of colonial efforts to "modernize" farming in Senegal's groundnut belt, what interactions were spawned between rural, Wolof and Serer, societies and colonial agricultural engineers and administrators? The research and farming practices developed at the Bambey Agronomic Station starkly contrasted with traditional Serer farming in the surrounding area. The strategies for bringing peasant know-how up to par with agronomic knowledge are examined. Some experimental practices at the station were imposed on peasants. At a time when colonial officials had little knowledge of, and little sway over, these local societies, seeding seemed to pro-
vide an opportunity whereby officials and experts could instill new farming practices in rural societies, and whereby the latter could be made more permeable to interventions by the colonial administration. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rural_0014-2182_1999_num_151_1_4122 |
