Abstract Moving beyond objectivist stances that for a long time have dominated the climate change research agenda, this paper explores an alternative ontology of adaptation. By tracing a travelling idea about ‘Adaptation to Climate Change’ (ACC) along multiple encounters and negotiation arenas, this paper wishes to explore the epistemological and political challenges that are entailed by this narrative in the making. It focuses on the power dynamics and (ontological) politics that are revealed by the translation that characterize the emergence of this nascent discourse in Tanzania. It is argued that this travelling idea – which is continuously co-produced and reshaped by varying actors in its journey to the ‘local’ level – brings longstanding tensions to the fore that exist between Maasai agro-pastoralists and the Tanzanian government. Whereas the government portrays the pastoralists in the debate both as victims as well as perpetrators of a changing climate, the grassroots organizations and NGOs represen...

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受害者还是适应大师？适应气候变化的想法如何在坦桑尼亚北部马赛兰省 Simanjiro 的一个村庄上下传播

摘要 超越长期以来主导气候变化研究议程的客观主义立场，本文探索了另一种适应本体论。通过在多次遭遇和谈判舞台上追踪关于“适应气候变化”（ACC）的旅行想法，本文希望探索这种叙述所带来的认识论和政治挑战。它侧重于通过翻译揭示的权力动态和（本体论）政治，这些都是坦桑尼亚这种新生话语出现的特征。有人认为，这种旅行的想法——在通往“地方”层面的旅程中由不同的参与者不断共同产生和重塑——将马赛农牧民和坦桑尼亚政府之间长期存在的紧张关系推到了前台。