On 30 September,we engaged on a virtual seminar about pastoralist communities in Kenya and how they are devising strategies for securing access to grazing resources in response to fragmentation and privatization of rangelands. Scholars have referred to this phenomenon as  “creating new pastoral commons”, or “reasserting the pastoral commons”. Traditional pastoral commons are governed by…

As part of our virtual seminar series, on 18/08/25, Poloko shared insights from his study exploring how rural communities in the Okavango Delta rely on natural resources and how this use varies along the wetland’s hydrological gradient.Using data from 143 households in three distinct zones (upper, middle, and distal), the study revealed that resource use…

On 24th February, we celebrated our first Virtual Seminar of 2024. David presented his topic: Examining the nexus between Food Sovereignty and the dependent agricultural model in Ecuador. The presentation was centered on how the coloniality of power can be used as a framework to describe the agricultural matrix, and how the peasant and farmer…

As part of our virtual seminars, Tebo shared with us the topic: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge in Community Development. Her talk emphasized the importance of an anthropological approach, valuing indigenous knowledge, and its adaptability to conditions.