Tessa Minter
Assistant Professor
- Name
- Dr. T. Minter
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 3816
- mintert@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-3440-3620
Tessa Minter is an assistant professor at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology. In her research and teaching, she focuses on environmental anthropology, with a specific interest in livelihood strategies of forest-dependent and coastal peoples in the Asia-Pacific region, and their adaptation to social and environmental change.
Research
Tessa’s research assesses under what circumstances environmental exploitation and protection benefit or harm rural people’s well-being. She particularly studies forest-dependent and coastal people’s livelihood strategies and their relationships with logging, mining and conservation activities in the Philippines and the Solomon Islands. Through her work, she aims to contribute to greater environmental justice.
In the Philippines, Tessa’s work started in 2002 and is based on long-term fieldwork with the Agta of the Northern Sierra Madre, in which she combines classical ethnographic methods with the collection of systematic records on demography, mobility, time-allocation, hunting- and fishing success, diets, and child-care. She also looks into the question of how the Agta are involved in environmental decision-making processes with a specific focus on land rights and development planning.
Since 2015 Tessa has also worked in the Solomon Islands, where she takes an ethnographic approach to study the socio-economic impacts of logging on the island of Malaita. In 2017, she received an EU Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant for her research project called Women at the Cutting Edge. Assessing the gendered impacts of industrial logging on well-being in the Solomon Islands. This three-year project aims to contribute to more gender equitable forestry practices by assessing the differential impacts of logging on men and women and by developing a guideline for integrating gender in forestry assessments in and outside the Solomon Islands.
Project outputs
Tessa recently moved back to Leiden. In the period ahead, she looks forward to working on a number of project outputs. These include scientific outputs like peer-reviewed papers based on her own field research, as well as a special issue on the social impacts of logging, which she will co-edit with her colleague Prof. Terry Sunderland from CIFOR/University of British Columbia. She will also work on outputs intended for professionals working in the forestry and environmental management sector. These include a Policy Brief, which summarizes her main research findings in accessible language, and a manual for the assessment of women’s well-being in logging concessions.
PhD Candidates
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Wardani: Food security among the Orang Rimba, Indonesia
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Darmanto: Food security on Siberut, Indonesia
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Mayo Buenafe: Water security among the Agta, Philippines
Assistant Professor
- Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
- Culturele Antropologie/ Ontw. Sociologie
- B. Griffin & T. Minter (2024), Tom N. Headland [Tom N. Headland] (translation: B. Griffin & T. Minter). United States: American Anthropological Association (AAA), Anthropology News : .
- Minter T., Naito D. & Sunderland T. (2023), A call for a wider perspective on sustainable forestry: introduction to the Special Issue on The Social Impacts of Logging, The International Forestry Review 25(S1): 1-16.
- Minter T. & Headland T.N. (2023), Why Philippine foragers have not become farmers. : Two decades of research on Agta swidden cultivation (1983 to 2004). In: Cairns M., Hill B. & Tossaporn K. (Eds.), Farmer Innovations and Best Practices by Shifting Cultivators in Asia-Pacific. Wallingford: CABI. 155-177.
- Littlejohn A.L., Boy J.D., De Musso F., Grasseni C., Kanters C.L., Luning S.W.J., Meerendonk T. van de, Minter T., Ochigame R.K. & Spierenburg M.J. (2022), Remodeling environments: anthropological perspectives on the limits of computational models. 8th Workshop on Computing within Limits 21 June 2022 - 22 June 2022.
- Diedrich A., Duce S., Eriksson H., Govan H., Harohau D., Koczberski G., Lau J., Mills D., Minter T., Steenbergen D. & Troell M. (2022), An applied research agenda for navigating diverse livelihood challenges in rural coastal communities in the tropics, One Earth 5(11): 1205-1215.
- Minter T. & Ploeg J. van der (2021), ‘Our happy hour became a hungry hour': logging, subsistence and social relations in Solomon Islands, International Forestry Review 23(4): 1-23.
- Tessa Minter (2021), A call to protect women’s rights in Solomon Islands’ forestry legislation, policy and practice [A call to protect women’s rights in Solomon Islands’ forestry legislation, policy and practice] (translation: Minter T.), CIFOR Info Brief September 2021(338): 1-8.
- Minter T. (22 June 2021), Women on the cutting edge : logging and gender in Solomon Islands. Leiden Anthropology Blog. Leiden: Leiden University. [blog entry].
- Legierse T., Notsu A., Hiemstra M., Wijk W. van & Minter T. et al. (21 December 2021), Loneliness in solidarity and solidarity in loneliness: how students in cultural anthropology and development sociology navigate the Covid-19 crisis. Leiden Anthropology Blog. Leiden: Leiden University. [blog entry].
- Hagen R.V. & Minter T. (2020), Displacement in the Name of Development. How Indigenous Rights Legislation Fails to Protect Philippine Hunter-Gatherers, Society & Natural Resources 33(1): 65-82.
- Ploeg J. van der, Sukulu M., Govan H., Minter T. & Eriksson H. (2020), Sinking islands, drowned logic; climate change and community-based adaptation discourses in Solomon Islands , Sustainability 12(17): 7225.
- Persoon G.A. & Minter T. (2020), Knowledge and practices of indigenous peoples in the context of resource management in relation to climate change in Southeast Asia , Sustainability 12(19): 7983.
- Page A.E., Minter T., Viguier S. & Migliano A.B. (2018), Hunter-gatherer health and development policy: How the promotion of sedentism worsens the Agta's health outcomes, Social Science & Medicine 197: 39-48.
- Persoon G.A. & Minter T. (2018), Can Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) Create Legal Certainty for Hunter-Gatherers?. In: Bedner A. & Oomen B. (Eds.), Real Legal Certainty and its Relevance. Essays in Honour of Jan Michiel Otto. Law, Governance, and Development. Leiden: Leiden University Press. 43-56.
- Minter T., Orirana G., Boso D. & Ploeg J. van der (2018), From happy hour to hungry hour: logging, fisheries and food security in Malaita, Solomon Islands no. 2018-07. Penang, Malaysia: WorldFish.
- Pels P., Boog I., Florusbosch H.J., Kripe Z., Minter T., Postma M., Sleeboom‐Faulkner M., Simpson B., Dilger H., Schönhuth M., Poser A., Castillo R.C., Lederman R. & Richards‐Rissetto H. (2018), Data management in anthropology: The next phase in ethics governance?, Social Anthropology 26(3): 391-413.
- Mesman J., Minter T., Angnged A., Cissé I.A.H., Salali G.D. & Bamberg Migliano A. (2018), Universality Without Uniformity: A Culturally Inclusive Approach to Sensitive Responsiveness in Infant Caregiving, Child Development Research 89(3): 837-850.
- Minter T. (2018), Zo afgesloten van de buitenwereld, hoe bestaat het.
- Minter T. (2017), Mobility and Sedentarization among the Philippine Agta, Senri Ethnological Studies 95: 119-150.
- Mesman J., Minter T. & Angnged A. (2016), Received Sensitivity: Adapting Ainsworth's Scale to Capture Sensitivity in a Multiple-Caregiver Context, Attachment & Human Development 18(2): 101-114.
- Ploeg J. van der, Aquino D.M., Minter T. & Weerd M. van (2016), Recognising land rights for conservation tenure reforms in the Northern Sierra Madre, The Philippines, Conservation and Society 14(2): 146-160.
- Hagen R., Ploeg J. van der & Minter T. (2016), How do hunter-gatherers learn? The transmission of indigenous knowledge among the Agta of the Philippines, Hunter Gatherer Research 2(4): 389-413.
- Buenafe-Ze M., Minter T. & Telan W.G. (2016), Against mining and the need for mining: conundrums of the Agta from the Northeastern Philippines, Journal fur Entwicklungspolitik 32(4): 67-91.
- Van der Ploeg J., Aquino D.M., Minter T. & Van Weerd M. (2016), Recognising Land Rights For Conservation? Tenure Reforms In The Northern Sierra Madre, The Philippines, Conservation and Society 14(2): 146-160.
- Minter T. (2016) The Agta People: A Photographic Depiction. Review of: Headland T.N., Headland J. & Uehara R.T. (2011), The Agta People: A Photographic Depiction. Dallas: SIL International. Anthropology Review Database : 229.
- Persoon G.A. & Minter T. (22 October 2015), The revival of hunter-gatherer research. Leiden Anthropology Blog. Leiden: Leiden University. [blog entry].
- Minter T. (2015), Health For All in 2015: How About Hunter-Gatherers?, ICA Gezondheid Magazine (April): 20-23.
- Minter T., Van der Ploeg J., Pedrablanca M., Sunderland T. & Persoon G.A. (2014), Limits to indigenous participation: The Agta and the Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park, the Philippines, Human Ecology 42(5): 769-778.
- Cruz J.P., Headland T.N., Minter T., Grig S., Phil M. & Aparentado M.G. (2013), Land rights and inclusive development: The struggle of marginalized peoples against APECO and the pursuit of alternative development pathways, Landscape Journal 2(12): 54-63.
- Minter T., Ke W.l. & Persoon G.A. (2012), La formacion en contextos interculturales: Lecciones aprendidas en diversos paises Bogota. Bogota: Tropenbos Internacional.
- Minter T., Van der Ploeg J., Persoon G.A., Brabander V. de & Sunderland T. (2012), Whose Consent? Hunter-Gatherers and Extractive Industries in the Northeastern Phillipines, Society & Natural Resources 25(12): 1241-1257.
- Persoon G.A. & Minter T. (2011), Code of conduct for working with indigenous and local communities. Wageningen: Tropenbos International.
- Minter T. (19 May 2010), The Agta of the Northern Sierra Madre. Livelihood strategies and resilience among Philippine hunter-gatherers (Dissertatie. Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Leiden Univeristy). Supervisor(s): Persoon G.A. & Schefold R.
- Minter T. (2009), Contemporary Relations between Agta and Their Farming Neighbours in the Northern Sierra Madre of Philippines, Senri Ethnological Studies 73: 205-228.
- Persoon G.A., Weerd M. van, Aquino D.M. & Minter T. (2009), Value from the forest. In: Persoon G.A., Masipiqueña A.B., Ploeg J. van der, Masipiqueña M.D. & Weerd M. van (Eds.), Crossing Boundaries: celebrating 20 years of environmental research in Cagayan Valley and Sierra Madre. Manila: CVPED. 107-115.
- Minter T., Pedrablanca M., Persoon G.A. & Schefold R. (2009), The Agta of the Sierra Madre. In: Persoon G.A., Masipiqueña A.B., Ploeg J. van der, Masipiqueña M.D. & Weerd M. van (Eds.), Crossing Boundaries: celebrating 20 years of environmental research in Cagayan Valley and Sierra Madre. Manila: CVPED. 63-73.
- Pedrablanca M.R., Peña N. dela, Minter T. & Van der Ploeg J. (2009), Facilitating the participation of the Agta in the management of the Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park. Masipiqueña A.B., Weerd M. van & Udto R.G. (Eds.), Changing Landscapes. Proceedings of the sixth international conference on environment and development.. The sixth international conference on environment and development. Changing Landscapes. Manilla: CVPED. 160-170.
- Persoon G.A., Est D.M.E. van & Minter T. (2006), Decentralisation of natural resource management: some themes and unresolved issues, antropologi Indonesia 29(3): 225-238.
- Perez P.L., Minter T. & Persoon G.A. (2005), Introduction: environmental change through social change?Towards understanding the role of indigenous peoples in the Philippines. In: Ploeg J. van der & Masipiqueña A.B. (Eds.), The future of the Sierra Madre: responding to social and ecological changes. Tuguegarao: Golden Press. 243-244.
- Persoon G.A., Minter T. & Visorro P. (2005), Indigenous peoples and tropical rain forest management: global discourses, local dilemmas. In: Snelder D.J. & Bernardo E.C. (Eds.), Comanagement in practice: the challenges and complexities of implementation in the Northern Sierra Madre mountain region. Manila: Ateneo de Manila University Press. 37-80.
- Minter T. & Ranay M.L. (2005), The law of the jungle: logging as sustainable livelihood activity for the Agta of the Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park?. Ploeg J. van der & Masipiquena A.B. (Eds.), The future of the Sierra Madre: responding to social and ecological changes. 5th Regional Conference on Environment and Development CVPED. Tuguegarao: Golden Press. 390-414.
- Minter T., Perez P.L. & Persoon G.A. (2005), Towards understanding the role of indigenous peoples in the Philippines: a synthesis. Ploeg J. van der & Masipiquena A.B. (Eds.), The future of the Sierra Madre: responding to social and ecological changes. 5th Regional Conference on Environment and Development CVPED Cabagan. Tuguegarao: Golden Press. 465-468.
- Minter T., Cureg M.C., Van der Ploeg J., Bagunu A.M., Aggabao T.R., Valencia J.G., Aquino D.M. & Ranay M.L. (2005), Ako ay Agta, Ako ay Filipino! Proceedings of the Agta Workshop. Cabagan: CVPED.
- Minter T., Cureg M.C., Aquino D.M. & Ranay M.L. (2005), Proceedings of Agta Workshop Ako ay Agta, Ako ay Pilipino. Tuguegarao: Golden Press.
- Minter T. & Ranay M.L. (2005), Census report and settlement map of the Agta of the Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park 2002-2005. Cabagan: Isabela State University.
- Van der Ploeg J. & Minter T. (2004), Cinereous vulture Aegypius monachus: first record for the Philippines, Forktail 20: 109.
- Persoon G.A., Minter T., Slee B. & Hammen C.M. van der (2004), The position of indigenous peoples in the management of tropical forests. Wageningen: Tropenbos International.
- Persoon G.A., Minter T. & Visorro P. (2003), Indigenous peoples and tropical rainforest management: global discourses, local dilemmas. Ploeg J. van der, Bernardo E.C. & Masipiquena A.B. (Eds.), The Sierra Madre Mountain Range: Global Relevance, Local Realities. 4th Regional Conference on Environment and Development. Tuguegarao City: Golden Press. 209-240.
- Elixhauser S., Snelder D.J.R.M., Minter T. & Persoon G.A. (2003), Ecotourism in the Northern SIerra Madre Natural Park: potentials and realities. Ploeg J. van der, Bernardo E.C. & Masipiquena A.B. (Eds.), The Sierra Madre Mountain Range: Global Relevance, Local Realities. 4th Regional Conference on Environment and Development. Tuguegarao City: Golden Press. 336-352.