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New book chapter: COVID-19 and the Limits of Community-Based Ecotourism as a Sustainable Livelihood Diversification Strategy: The Case of the Indigenous Karo of Batu Katak, North Sumatra, Indonesia

The origins of this chapter go a few years back, when Roderick Buiskool and I decided to work it out for the important book Ecotourism impacts on indigenous peoples, edited by Wayne Babchuck and Robert Hitchcock. As usual, the chapter is open access on this website under Publications. The abstract: This chapter contributes to the…Read more New book chapter: COVID-19 and the Limits of Community-Based Ecotourism as a Sustainable Livelihood Diversification Strategy: The Case of the Indigenous Karo of Batu Katak, North Sumatra, Indonesia

New article out about Intimidation practices in the social sciences: “Intimidation as epistemological violence against social science conservation research”

The following article (https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14454) may be one of the most important ones I have written so far, together with 17 others, considering the pressure of Intimidation practices that have increased in academia over the last years, in this case for critical social scientists working in conservation. The article presents practical examples of Intimidation and how…Read more New article out about Intimidation practices in the social sciences: “Intimidation as epistemological violence against social science conservation research”

Interview in Resource about culling elephants

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

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