Qualitative analysis reveals land access regimes and socio-territorial hierarchies affecting allochthones, indicating demographic pressures influence land usage rights.
This qualitative study is situated within a constructivist sociology of territorial belonging. Drawing on semi-structured interviews conducted in Semien, it examines the dynamics of land differentiation experienced by allochthones amid demographic pressure and the reactivation of lineage-based norms. The findings reveal a socio-territorial hierarchy enacted through customary legitimisation mechanisms, resulting in a conflictual territorialisation of usage rights. The analysis highlights the interplay between social memory, autochthony capital, and the power of land allocation.
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Yapi Houphouët Félix (2025) studied this question.
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