[IYRPsupportgroup] Pre-Tropentag workshop: Research in pastoral systems: filling gaps and avoid methodological traps

[Dana Kelly]

Dear Ann,
That would be great. I have asked re sending you the materials - how many flyers would you need please?
The normal process for the IGC/IRC Congress is to email poster and flyer proofs to people, and then these are printed locally; so I am checking if we adapt this procedure.

Best regards
Dana

Dr Dana Kelly
President International Rangelands Continuing Committee
Adjunct Lecturer, International Water Centre, University of Queensland
M: 0418 745 889 I  E: d.kelly@<mailto:d.kelly at watercentre.org>uq.edu.au

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From: IYRPsupportgroup <iyrpsupportgroup-bounces at list.cals.arizona.edu> on behalf of Ann Waters-Bayer <waters-bayer at web.de>
Sent: 29 July 2019 20:27
To: Dana Kelly <danammkelly at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [IYRPsupportgroup] Pre-Tropentag workshop: Research in pastoral systems: filling gaps and avoid methodological traps


Dear Dana,

At the mini film festival on pastoralism and at the venue for the pre-Tropentag workshop on research in pastoral systems, we can display materials about the IRC/IGC 2020 in Nairobi and can also mention it at the end of the workshop, when we will also be mentioning the call for an IYRP.

I will also investigate with the Tropentag organisers whether we could also have a pastoralism booth during the Tropentag conference where information about pastoralism could be displayed. I will ask also several other organisations working on pastoral(ist) issues and see if we can get something together. If there are any organisations in the International Support Group that would like to display materials about their work related to pastoralism, they could also contribute. I will check to see what it would cost to set up a booth during the conference. The international research centre that is being featured at this year's Tropentag is ICARDA, but I am not sure whether they do much on pastoralism.

In any case, it would be good if you could arrange that IRC/IGC 2020 posters and flyers are sent to me for display/distribution: my postal address is Rohnsweg 56, 37085 Goettingen, Germany.

Cheers,

Ann


On 29/07/19 10:43, Dana Kelly wrote:
Hi Ann and everyone,
I am not sure if this an appropriate request. I wonder if I could ask people if they would be happy to promote the next International Rangelands & Grassland Congress which will be held in Nairobi October 2020?

I am happy to send through materials if this is OK.
Best regards
Dana


We have flyers and posters of different sizes available. These can be obtained from the Kenyan

Sent from my iPhone

On 26 Jul 2019, at 12:10 am, Ann Waters-Bayer <waters-bayer at web.de<mailto:waters-bayer at web.de>> wrote:

Dear all,

In case any of you will be in Germany in September for the Tropentag 2019 conference at the University of Kassel - or know of others who might be there and interested in this pre-conference workshop on research in pastoral systems - I send you this announcement about the event.

Of course, attention will be drawn to the proposed IYRP during the workshop and the film festival.

Cheers,
Ann

Pre-Tropentag workshop 12: Wednesday morning, 18 September

Research in pastoral systems: filling gaps and avoiding methodological traps

Organisers: Ann Waters-Bayer, Agrecol Association; Brigitte Kaufmann, DITSL (German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture); and CELEP (Coalition of European Lobbies for Eastern African Pastoralism)
Date: Wednesday, 18 September 2019, 09:00 – 12:00 h
Venue: University of Kassel, Hollaendischer Platz, lecture room to be announced

Why are there so many misunderstandings about pastoralism and rangeland management? The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) asked the UN Environment Programme to make an analysis of the gaps in data and other information on pastoralism and rangelands. This workshop takes the opportunity of a Tropentag with the theme “Filling gaps and removing traps for sustainable resources management“ to present the findings of the UNEP gap analysis and to show how the gaps could be filled while avoiding methodological traps in the process. Participants will learn about research needs and relevant methods to study pastoralism and rangeland management.

The lead author of the gap analysis, Kathrine Johnsen (Norway), will present the main findings of the study team. Panellists from Benin, Kenya, Turkey and Germany will discuss how researchers could fill some of the gaps identified in the study. They will also highlight challenges in conducting research on pastoralism, e.g. mobility and multifunctionality in common property systems of resource use, and suggest appropriate research methods for working with mobile peoples using heterogeneous rangeland resources. They will offer examples of such research in West and Eastern Africa and in the Mediterranean region. Discussion will then be opened up to the other participants.

This workshop is meant primarily for graduate and postgraduate students, researchers and lecturers dealing with issues of resource use and management by pastoralists and other stakeholders in rangeland areas. Other interested individuals are also welcome.

Programme:
9:00 – 9:40         Kathrine Johnsen, GRID-Arendal, Norway: A case of benign neglect – gaps in knowledge about pastoralism and rangelands
     (lead author of the UNEP study) – presentation and questions of clarification
9:40 – 10:00      Hussein Wario, Center for Research & Development in Drylands (CRDD) Kenya: Linking time and space in research on pastoral
                            mobility – presentation and questions of clarification
10:00 – 10:20    Georges Djohy, University of Parakou, Benin: Taking gender issues into account in research on pastoralist organisation –
            presentation and questions of clarification
10:20 – 10:35    Break
10:35 – 10:50    Engin Yilmaz, Yolda Initiative, Turkey: Investigating links between pastoral mobility and biological and cultural diversity –
                           presentation and questions of clarification
10:50 – 11:10    Brigitte Kaufmann, German Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL), Germany: Research on pastoral development:
    “a house full of trap doors” – presentation and questions of clarification
11:10 – 11:55    Discussion among panellists and with other workshop participants about emerging issues (moderation: Ann Waters-Bayer)
11:55 – 12:00    Wrap-up: Brigitte Kaufmann and Ann Waters-Bayer

Open-air film festival: To set the scene for the workshop, short films about pastoralism in various parts of the world will be shown on the eve of the workshop – on Tuesday 17 September from 19:00 h onwards – in the patio of the Periptero kiosk on Moritzstrasse (beside the LEO Learning Centre and across the street from the Campus Centre). If it rains, the films will be shown in the old Lecture Hall 1. Be prepared to be flexible and mobile – like pastoralists!

PLEASE NOTE!
The Tropentag organisers are asking for email registration for the pre-conference workshops. Registration for this pre-conference workshop is free of charge. Workshops with less than 10 persons registered by 15 August will be cancelled. The size of the room assigned to the workshop will depend on the number of persons who pre-register.

Therefore: if you intend to join the workshop on research in pastoral systems, please register by sending me an email (waters-bayer at web.de<mailto:waters-bayer at web.de>) by 15 August!

Please share this announcement with others who may be interested.

Thanks! Ann

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