London trip: Book Launch

We also had an interesting meeting with Carol Kerven and Roy Behnke from the Odessa Centre, a research institute focusing on pastoralism, rangeland ecology and livestock development in semi-arid areas. After the meeting they were kind enough to invite us to a book launch for the book Pastoralism and Development in Africa: Dynamic Change at the Margins, edited by Andy Catley, Jeremy Lind and Ian Scoones. I have never been to a book launch before so it was a really interesting experience with presentations of the book by some of the contributors as well as questions from the audience.

While I haven’t as of yet read the book, the premise seems to be interesting: Continue reading “London trip: Book Launch”

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London trip: Silwood Park

IMAG0121At the end of November and beginning of December I spent a 10 days on a work related trip to London. While I spent most of my time at the Department of Anthropology at the University College of London, I was also at other places. My colleague, Dr. Bård-Jørgen Bårdsen from NINA, gave a talk at Imperial College London, Silwood Park presenting a project that unfortunatley did not receice funding from the Research Council of Noway.