Tanaya Nair

@nhm-london.bsky.social @naturerecovery.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social @oxindiacentre.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social

YouTube video by Tanaya Nair Dance Mirrors Nature: An exploration in movement and ecology in India

How does nature influence movement and traditional dance practice? In this workshop, Oonmona Das and I explore how dancing wisdom—embodied knowledge shared within communities—can help restore our intricate connection to nature. www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9ig...

We’re gathering to make a sacred space for movement and connection inside the Natural History Museum in London @nhm-london.bsky.social. Come join us on Monday night for Dance Mirrors Nature—a gentle dive into how folk and classical traditions mirror our relationship with the living world.

To have your hands in the soil and your eyes on the canopy—all the while making friendships that might last a lifetime. I’ve just been in Ghana and India collecting data for my PhD on nutrient flows in tropical forests and savannas.

Busy cooking with my artist collaborators—thinking about art-science-society connections in the Himalayas, the Western Ghats of India, Ghana, and South Africa.

ECI Ecosystems DPhil @tanayanair.bsky.social "This ‘dancing wisdom’ or embodied knowledge, which is passed down through traditional teacher-student relationships and in community is a form of restoring peoples intricate connection to nature."
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Reimagining our Relationship with Nature Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery researcher, Tanaya Nair will be taking part in a discussion between an artist, a scientist and a climate activist to explore our relationship with nature. Togethe...

Looking forward to this event as our own @tanayanair.bsky.social will be taking part. They will be 'Reimagining our Relationship with #Nature' & discussing how we can create new, healthier ways of relating to non-human species. @ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social

I'm grateful to be doing my DPhil in an environment that supports the arts as much as the science. @ecioxford.bsky.social @biodivoxford.bsky.social @oxfordecosystems.bsky.social

My Sattriya (a classical dance from Assam) dance teacher & I organised an event for the Biodiversity cluster at Oxford University titled 'Dance Mirrors Nature'. Here's a glimpse of what it was like👇https://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/indian-dance-workshop-explores-link-between-biodiversity-and-movement

Join me on 30th April at 7:00 pm at Generation Hope! @nhm-london.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social @naturerecovery.bsky.social @besmacro.bsky.social @reednetwork.bsky.social @nhcooper123.bsky.social @biodivoxford.bsky.social

I'm joining an environmental artist & activist at Generation Hope, a festival at the Natural History Museum in London to discuss how we can begin to reimagine our relationship with nature through trans-disciplinary practice. www.nhm.ac.uk/events/reima...

The life and death of Ramu/Laden, the elephant friend In remembrance of a wild tusker and his interactions with humans and non-humans in northeast India

Sharing a story by my friend Arjun Kamdar on the life and death of an elephant, Ramu/Laden, who now lives in the memories of countless people who lived in and worked at the foothills of the Himalayas in Assam. www.projectcroak.com/post/the-lif...

Thinking of how to design DPhil chapters that are relevant to current discussions in the field but is also useful & important for vulnerable communities/landscapes. And yearning to use truly transdisciplinary art & science methods from the conception to the rolling out of this research in the world.

The mighty Brahmaputra river

Sampling in stunning riverine grasslands in upper Assam. Who knew savanna field work would involve traveling by boat and watching Gangetic river dolphins on the way to our field sites.

Very excited to reflect and share on our lovely collaborative field expedition in Angola earlier this year. Come, take a walk down a catena in the miombo woodlands with us. 👇

To be in a boat full of people I love is the kind of life I want to live.

In Kerala amongst the circling Brahminy kites, the diving chestnut headed bee-eaters, the very still heron, the low flying cormorants, & the egret. The Manjaly river is sweet to taste. Is lined by mangroves. Fish farms. Wooden boats.