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Teaching Ethnographic Research through a Collaborative Project
I have been using collaborative course projects in my course Research Design and Ethnographic Methods for a number of years. These collaborative projects are a great way for students to learn how…
The Land We Graze: A Synthesis of Case Studies About How Pastoralists’ Organizations Defend Their Land Rights
IUCN published the report The Land We Graze: A Synthesis of Case Studies About How Pastoralists’ Organizations Defend Their Land Rights, which also includes the case study of our main collaborator…
CARPA mural
Our Cameroonian collaborators of CARPA have a wonderful new mural on their compound wall. The picture was taken by Song Liang who just returned from Cameroon. Here is a large version of the mural…
5650 Students' eating behavior on campus
Undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in 5650 Research Design and Ethnographic Methods presented the findings from our collaborative course project on students' eating behavior on campus to…
'Cholera came here': Daoundala's Story
Former student, Jessica Healy Profitós, is returning to Cameroon to study cholera in the city of Maroua. Here is a gripping photo essay from UNICEF that describes the impact of cholera on…
Sara Handa at Denman Undergraduate Research Forum
Sara Handa presented her preliminary results of her study of the mobility of herds under contract at the annual Denman Undergraduate Research Forum on March 28, 2013. Sara is examining whether…
Paper on livestock transfers published in Human Ecology
My article on livestock transfers and human careers is published in the April issue of Human Ecology. The cover shows the picture that was selected as top photo in the photo contest of the…
Paper published in Pastoralism
The paper that is based on the research of Jessica Healy, a former undergraduate in our anthropology program, has been published in the journal Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice. …
Challenges and opportunities in interdisciplinary collaborations
In September 2012 a number of us participated in the All Scientists Meeting (ASM) of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) network to make the case for the integration of anthropology in…