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ASnA Conference

Reflections on our participation in the 2024 Anthropology Southern Africa (ASnA) conference.

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AZEF 2024

Our researchers presented their work at the Arid Zone Ecology Forum (AZEF) to contribute towards crucial discussions around climate change, economic development, and energy access in arid and semi-arid regions in South Africa.

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Book Discussion: “Dismantling Green Colonialism” (2023)

The SARChI Chair hosted a seminar where Dr Hamza Hamouchene presented his well-received book, "Dismantling Green Colonialism: Energy and Climate Justice in the Arab Region" (2023).

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September 2024 Field Trip

A few of our honours students recently visited the Strandfontein Birding Area and Rondevlei Nature Reserve. The trip provided a fitting conclusion to their elective course, which explored the complexity of nature-culture debates in times of planetary crisis.

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Book Review: Contested Karoo

Contested Karoo received a positive review by Maeder Osler. Osler founded TOVERVIEW in 2021, an operation that operates as a model for innovative approaches to rural communication by offering an autonomous viewpoint on life in the northern Karoo.

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SASA Conference 2024

The SASA 29th Annual Congress 2024 will be hosted by Stellenbosch University on 1-4 July 2024. The theme this year is "Sociology and its Publics: Institutions, Audiences, and Vocabularies in a New Era of Contestation." For more information: https://www.sociology.africa/annual-conference

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BOOK LAUNCH, 16 MAY 2024

Contested Karoo; Interdisciplinary perspectives on change and continuity in South Africa’s drylands, edited by Cherryl Walker and M Timm Hoffman and published by UCT Press, to be launched from 5-7 pm, at Hlanganani Junction, UCT library (Upper campus). RSVP using this link https://uct.ac.za.libcal.com/event/12422538

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Dr. Malope presents in Maputo

At the University of University of Eduardo Mondlane Dr. Malope presented on extractivism in the resource frontier of the Karoo. According to him "the common thread was the exploitation of people and nature in the name of profit".

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2024 Induction Fieldtrip

In early February, our team embarked on the annual induction fieldtrip. We visited Sutherland, Canarvon, Prieska, Van Wyksvlei, Williston and Calvinia. Over the course of the trip many of our new and older members identified possible research topics. A highlight was Prof. Nigel Penn, giving a seminar on top of the Hantamberg a site of historic significance.

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Conference

On the 15 November 2023 we hosted a successful workshop entitled “Engaging with Socio-Ecological Crises in the Karoo and Beyond: Perspectives from the Natural and Social Sciences”.

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