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Anthropologist doing features about country life, farmers, milkmen, parliamentarians, democracy, climate change, that sort of thing. Ethiopia, India, SOAS, Sheffield https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/richard-axelby

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Discover South Omo through the eyes of its people.

โ€œLearning from South Omoโ€ showcases community-led research from Ethiopiaโ€™s agro-pastoralists. On now at SOAS Gallery, London.

Free entry.

Curated by @richaxe.bsky.social, Hannah Bennet and Mercy Mulugeta

๐Ÿ”— soas.ac.uk/event/learning-south-omo

21.10.2025 08:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Mursi Voices: A film by Olisarali Olibui and Ben Young
YouTube video by SOAS University of London Mursi Voices: A film by Olisarali Olibui and Ben Young

Mursi Voices: A film by Olisarali Olibui and Ben Young that features in the @soasgallery.bsky.social exhibition Learning from South Omo youtu.be/lMA8pJOuxDY?... @soasanthro.bsky.social

10.10.2025 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today we started the installation of Learning from South Omo at @soasgallery.bsky.social. Opens 14 October 2025 to 13 December 2025 www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/... @soasanthro.bsky.social

06.10.2025 20:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Learning from South Omo: New research by agro-pastoralist communities in Southern Ethiopia Learning from South Omo highlights research by agro-pastoralist communities in Southern Ethiopia. Confronting rapid change through land appropriation, tourism and climate pressures, researchers from s...

...and coming soon to London @soasgallery.bsky.social www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...

24.09.2025 11:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Learning from South Omo: Exhibition at Gabre Kristos Desta Centre, July 2025
YouTube video by SOAS University of London Learning from South Omo: Exhibition at Gabre Kristos Desta Centre, July 2025

Learning from South Omo - exhibition at the Gabre Kristos Desta Centre, Addis Ababa youtu.be/00fuNry4sV8?... @soasuni.bsky.social @soasanthro.bsky.social

24.09.2025 11:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Remembering PhD fieldwork - me, Bhagtu and Helen in Chamba, H.P. sometime in 2002 or 2003. Sent to me by Vinayak Dhami (who was about eight when the pic was taken)

11.08.2025 20:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ›‘ Stop grouse shooting

๐Ÿ“ฃ Join our walk to protest against this cruel and environmentally destructive practice.

๐Ÿ—“ 10.30am on Sunday 10th August

๐Ÿ“Redmires Reservoir Car Park

๐Ÿฅพ Hike ~3km easygoing trail to a meeting point where we will gather for speeches and music

29.07.2025 09:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 53    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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At IPSS in Addis where researchers from South Omo are sharing their learnings with an audience of academics, government representatives, and NGOs. Turning outputs to impacts #LearningFromSouthOmo

28.07.2025 08:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sharing Learning from South Omo - a two day conference with members of agro-pastoralist communities in South Ethiopia. grnpp.org/agro-pastora... @soasanthro.bsky.social

26.07.2025 14:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Very excited about โ€˜Learning from South Omoโ€™ - an exhibition highlighting new research from Southern Ethiopia. Doors open at the Gabre Kristos Desta Centre this Thursday 16th of July. If youโ€™re in Addis then be sure to drop by. And if youโ€™re not, you can read about it here: grnpp.org/learning-fro...

14.07.2025 18:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In 2021 people in Sheffield voted to do away with the local system of strong leader governance; in 2025 the national strong leader says โ€˜sorry, people in Sheffield voted wrongโ€™ @estrangeirada.bsky.social @emmacrewe.bsky.social

28.06.2025 19:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Project Tension: An interactive art exhibition on distress in the Himalayas The exhibit blends art and anthropology to explore mental distress and ecological change in the Gaddi community.

Also happening today - Project Tension: An interactive art exhibition on distress in the Himalayas www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/... @soasanthro.bsky.social

05.06.2025 09:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
About the archive โ€“ Christina Noble Archive

and hereโ€™s a link to the online archive christinanoblearchive.com/about-the-ar...

05.06.2025 09:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Launch of the Christina Noble Archive: An online collection of photographs Marking the launch of the Christina Noble online archive, Christina will reflect on some of the key images from the collection, and recall the stories behind their creation.

Happening today 5pm in B103 @soasuni.bsky.social Christina Noble talks about her life in the Western Himalaya and launches a new online archive of her photographs dating back to the 1970s www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...

05.06.2025 09:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tigray landscapes

09.05.2025 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Had an amazing time at Adigrat University for a two day workshop on creative and collaborative approaches to the study of politics. @soasanthro.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social

05.05.2025 06:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Screening today at Adigrat University, Ethiopia: โ€˜Mugut - the wheels of democracyโ€™ starring @andyksheff.bsky.social and the campaign to save Sheffieldโ€™s Rose Garden Cafe.

04.05.2025 09:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Evening meal in Tigray

02.05.2025 15:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Morning in Tigray

02.05.2025 15:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The political economy of reinventing pastoralism This talk examines how pastoralism in Himachal Pradesh, India navigates market demand, declining youth participation, and shifting dynamics amid environmental and economic uncertainties.

Taking me back to my PhD research - Aniruddh Sheth of Centre for Pastoralism Research presenting on the political economy of reinventing pastoralism www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...

19.03.2025 17:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Listening to the brilliant @laurahammond.bsky.social make sense of her academic journey to professor of development studies at @soasuni.bsky.social

12.03.2025 17:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Celebrating 10 years of Hope For The Future www.hftf.org.uk supporting climate and nature campaigns at all scales to succeed.

13.02.2025 17:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Coke bottles are a work of art. Ethiopian แŠฎแŠซ แŠฎแˆ‹ takes that design genius to another level.

06.02.2025 15:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iโ€™ve been visiting schools around Omorate in the far south of Ethiopia englishpuhal.blog/2025/02/05/t...

05.02.2025 17:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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UK Poverty 2025: The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK This report sets out the nature of poverty in the UK in the run-up to 2024's General Election. It also sets out the scale of action necessary for the Government to deliver the change it has promised.

The growing levels of Poverty in the UK should shame us all as revealed in the @jrf-uk.bsky.social 2025 Poverty Report.
It is essential reading for us all and proves that poverty is a policy choice we can all change.
www.jrf.org.uk/uk-poverty-2...
@cpaguk.bsky.social
@ukcf.bsky.social

30.01.2025 11:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Happening tomorrow in Addis

22.01.2025 11:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Huge congrats to @posnegorg.bsky.social and all involved in the excellent โ€˜Stories of Migrationโ€™ exhibition. @soasuni.bsky.social Brunei Gallery until 22nd March.

15.01.2025 21:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iโ€™m back in Jinka in the far south of Ethiopia. With nothing to do today I went for a wander above the town.

30.11.2024 14:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Behind Trumpโ€™s victory lies a cold reality: liberals have no answers for a modern age in crisis | Nesrine Malik As authoritarians triumph by lying and scapegoating, there is no hope for centrists doubling down on a broken neoliberal system, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

โ€œThese processes [globalisation and free market capitalism] made us more similar by creating winners and losers in pretty much the same way across the world. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

18.11.2024 11:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iโ€™ll start with this coz itโ€™s new and itโ€™s open access: Open Conversations about creative collaboration and Living Democracy eprints.soas.ac.uk/42856/

18.11.2024 07:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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