The following is an interview with me in my university's magazine Resource about culling elephants in Namibia and Zimbabwe: https://www.resource-online.nl/index.php/2023/06/17/we-didnt-let-them-silence-us/?lang=en. Happy to see this is out now, the interview was in October last year. Thanks Marieke Enter for all your work on this! ‘The criticism is pure colonialism’ Culling elephants in southern Africa Marieke Enter…Read more Interview in Resource about culling elephants
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New paper about Resettlement in Tsintsabis, Namibia
Moses ǁKhumûb and I wrote this paper together for International Development and Planning Review. It concerns social dynamics at a Namibian resettlement farm, in particular ethnic tensions due to in-migration and leadership. As usual, the full paper can be found under 'Publications' on this website. The abstract: After Namibian Independence in 1990, group resettlement farms…Read more New paper about Resettlement in Tsintsabis, Namibia
Short piece about romanticising Indigenous peoples in the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant
Today a short piece was published about romanticising Indigenous Peoples as stewards of nature (in Dutch), see the printscreens underneath, or the link here (may be behind a paywall): https://www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opinie/ik-deel-de-schrik-dat-er-bij-de-politie-mensen-zijn-die-geen-joodse-instellingen-willen-beveiligen~bdc3ee464/
New book chapter: History and social complexities for San at Tsintsabis resettlement farm, Namibia
Happy to share with you my latest book chapter written together with Moses ǁKhumûb, about the Tsintsabis resettlement farm, Namibia. You can find it under Publications, open access as usual. The chapter is part of a much larger project named Etosha Pan to the Skeleton Coast: Conservation Histories, Policies and Practices in North-west Namibia. Thanks…Read more New book chapter: History and social complexities for San at Tsintsabis resettlement farm, Namibia
Check out two recent articles on The Conversation
I published two articles in the well-known and academically grounded news page The Conversation over the last months. The first is about doing research among Indigenous groups and the second is about the unsustainability of the wildlife economy, which is gaining popularity in southern Africa. The latter is based on a special issue I co-edited…Read more Check out two recent articles on The Conversation