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
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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
Check out a short piece about Convivial Conservation on Europe For Nature
Together with my colleagues Lerato Thakholi, Robert Fletcher, Louise Carver, Bram Büscher and Shelby Matevich I wrote a piece about Convivial Conservation, you can check it here: https://europefornature.eu/convivial-conservation/
New paper out! Introduction: Fallen from grace? The legacy and state of southern African conservation
Check out my latest paper under Publications. Written together with Lerato Thakholi and Bram Buscher, we scrutinize the historical and current sustainability in southern African conservation, and its role in global biodiversity conservation. It is an Introduction to a special issue in Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, for which we were guest editors…Read more New paper out! Introduction: Fallen from grace? The legacy and state of southern African conservation
Short news piece on my university website about ethical research – codes and contracts
Please find the original article from WUR here: https://www.wur.nl/en/news-wur/show/rules-for-ethical-research-often-dont-work.htm Rules for ethical research often don't work Published on July 19, 2023 Research codes and contracts should protect indigenous and marginalised communities from exploitation and instead encourage their voices to be heard. In practice, however, they can have undesirable effects, argues anthropologist Stasja Koot. Based on…Read more Short news piece on my university website about ethical research – codes and contracts
Stasja Koot 