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  • Net enclosures on Tam Giang lagoon, Vietnam.

    Domesticated Landscapes

    Tam Giang lagoon (Vietnam). Net enclosures have spread on each suitable zone, creating this strange domesticated landscape.

  • Harvesting dhal in the Garhwali Valley of North India.

    Harvesting Dhal

    A woman harvests dhal in the Garhwali Valley of North India.

  • Salt marsh: guided tour of former fall goose hunting sites.

    Salt marsh tours

    A guided tour of former fall goose hunting sites in a salt marsh, August 2005.

  • Miners sorting ore at Rosario mine.

    Cooperative Mining

    Miners sorting ore at the Rosario mine on the historic Cerro Rico de Potosí.

  • A discussion with an association of Qur'anic instructors in Western Mali.

    A Dialogue on Children's Rights in West Africa

    A discussion with an association of Qur'anic instructors in Western Mali on the topic of children's rights for Qur'anic students.

  • Lake Malawi seen from Chirombo village.

    Lake Malawi

    Lake Malawi seen from Chirombo village. June 2004, Mangochi District, Malawi.

  • Milking at mallam isa.

    Milking at mallam isa.

    Milking at mallam isa.

  • A man secures the roofline of a traditional Marquesan house

    Reconstructing a Traditional Marquesan House

    Felix Fi'i secures the roofline of a traditional Marquesan house, or fa'e enata, reconstructed for a local cultural festival.

  • Bogotá city, a view from the front window of the FNA institution.

    View from a window in Bogotá

    Located in the southern part of Bogotá city, this is the view from the front window of the FNA institution.

  • Nkabom's water girl.

    Nkabom's water girl.

    A young girl carrying water in the evening.

  • Hutterite women and girls working in a communal garden

    Hutterite communal garden.

    Hutterite women and girls working in the communal garden. Washington State; Summer 2002.

  • Proud boy exhibits his catch, protein rich crickets.

    A Good Catch

    Proud boy exhibits his catch, protein rich crickets, hunted with bow and arrow. September 2005, Phalombe District, Malawi.

  • Exchanging ideas about navigation, Wemindji, James Bay

    Exchanging ideas

    Exchanging ideas about navigation, Wemindji, James Bay

The Centre for Society, Technology and Development (STANDD) is an interdisciplinary research institution founded in 1990 to foster research on development at McGill University.

STANDD's mandate is to provide a setting for transdisciplinary research and learning at McGill regarding social and technological aspects of development. Its aims include the integration of research, having both scientific and policy significance, on the developing world.

STANDD's current research program seeks to address the implications of property systems - private, state and communal - on the use and conservation of natural resources. Other research topics include identity, the state and globalization; conflicts over natural resources; and indigenous rights, property and social movements.

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