This page is dedicated to my studies of human/cultural Geography & International Development Studies (IDS). I hold a MSc. in Geography and International Development Studie. Some of my academic work is available below. I've also done some science history and science philosophy also available here, together with some poems I've written.
If the link is marked it means that english speaking people can view/read it, if it on the other hand is marked the document can only be read by danish speaking poeple.
The Political Ecology of Tenure Struggles in Sabah: Old wine in new bottles? - My thesis is finally out!!!
The Struggle for Access to Land in Sabah, Borneo - This project report is written at Roskilde University by Dorthe B. Rasmussen, Christina L. Nilsson and Brian Long.
Land Tenure in Tikolod, Sabah - This is a field report written by Heidi Skov Andersen, Jonas Henriques and Brian Long. If you want to know more, then read the abstract. The fieldreport also resulted in a research paper which has been published.
Local Knowledge in Development - This essay was written for a course in Environmental Anthropology at the University of Copenhagen in January 2000.
En vurdering af forholdet mellem social-økonomisk udvikling og verdensmarkedintegrationen - A miniproject where an evaluation of the relationship between socioeconomic development and world market integration is attempted.
Softwarebranchen og den internationale arbejdsdeling - This report is in Danish, and was written by me, Brian Long, and Mads M. Hansen. It was completed in May 98, and it is about 110 pages long. The report is about the international division og labour seen through a case study of the software/IT industry.
The Complexity of Implementing a Sustainable Development in Bukoba & Muleba Through Fair Trade Initiatives - This report i made by me, Brian Long, together with Abigaile Bromfield, Thomas Clark & Thomas Damø. The report is about 100 pages long and all in one .htm document. Furthermore the report is without figures and tables. It was compleeted in Dec. 96 as a Roskilde University (RUC) report in the dept. of geography. I hope it can contribute with some valuable information to other student working with Fair Trade within the field of human geography.
Indoesian Field Report - 1997. This report, which is about 40 pages long, was written by Abigaile Bromfield, Anders Rademacher, Brian Long and Rikke Søndergård, after compleeting a three week field course in Indonesia. The report covers three parts: 1) a city survey of Jakarta; 2) a study of a rice farming village south of Bandung; and 3) a study of the water management of Bandung.
Agriculture, environment and development. This text is a summary on three seperate writings all concerned with agriculture and the environment in a development perspective. The first summary is from chapter 11 in 'The Process of Economic Development' titled 'Agriculture & Development' by Cypher & Dietz. The second is chapter 9 from 'Samfundsperspektiver på miljø og udvikling' titled 'Befolkning landbrug og miljø' by Benjaminsen & Svarstad (red.). The last is chapter 10 in 'Society, State & Market' titled 'Focus on agricultural development' by John D. Martinussen.
Udkast til kapitel om Kuhn, d.27/2/96, af Brian Long - This was written for the report below, but never entered it. It goes through some of the new thoughts of Kuhn before his death in 1996 (R.I.P.).
Modtagelesen af Alfred Wegeners Kontinentaldriftsteori i det Britisk geologiske miljø fra 1922 til 1931. - If you read Danish, this really says it all.
Besides all the academic work I enjoy litterature and poetry. Go to the follow link below to view some of my poetry (In Danish only).
Besides my own work you can also view a list of links to sites related to geography, IDS and social science in general.
Go to my social science and development links page
The students helping hand
This webpage serves as the students helping hand, with online publishers, libraries and links to universities. The information though, is mostly directed at Danish University students.
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