ABSTRACT

Illegal grazing and the fencing of land by livestock owners, elites and non-elites alike is endemic in Namibia. Fencing violates the Communal Land Reform Act of 2002. Court cases are held to stop the illegal use of land. The institutions that according to the Act have the authority to stop these practices do not perform accordingly and their authorities frequently overlap. The legal battle to remove fences or stop illegal grazing evolves as more than a struggle for justice. The case unfolds as an ontological struggle between actors, their institutions and respective policies and discourses, pivoting on conflicting visions of modernities and interpretations of the meaning of land.

摘要

牲畜所有者、精英和非精英的非法放牧和围墙在纳米比亚很普遍。围栏违反了 2002 年的《公共土地改革法》。法院审理案件是为了制止非法使用土地。根据该法有权制止这些做法的机构没有相应地履行职责，而且它们的权力经常重叠。拆除围栏或停止非法放牧的法律斗争不仅仅是一场正义斗争。该案例展开为行动者、他们的机构以及各自的政策和话语之间的本体论斗争，围绕现代性的冲突愿景和对土地意义的解释展开。