[IYRPsupportgroup] Searching for a Co-chair, and Blog on sedentist bias in support of IYRP 2026

[Fernandez-Gimenez,Maria]

Maryam, I add my voice to the chorus recognizing and thanking you for all your contributions to scholarship and support for pastoral peoples and especially your leadership role in in the IYRP ISG Coalition. As we say, you are a hard act to follow! We are grateful for the wisdom, experience, communication and coordination expertise and tireless advocacy that you have brought to this effort.

Warmest regards,
María
María E. Fernández-Giménez (she/her/ella)
Senior Research Scholar and Professor (Retired)
Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1472
Maria.fernandez-gimenez at colostate.edu<mailto:Maria.fernandez-gimenez at colostate.edu>



From: IYRPsupportgroup <iyrpsupportgroup-bounces at list.cals.arizona.edu> On Behalf Of Maryam Niamir-Fuller
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Subject: [IYRPsupportgroup] Searching for a Co-chair, and Blog on sedentist bias in support of IYRP 2026


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Dear IYRP friends

After many years of being part of steering the IYRP ISG Coalition, I would like to inform  you that I have stepped down as Co-Chair. Thank you all for your support and encouragement. We are now searching for a replacement and if you are interested, please contact Co-Chair Igshaan Samuels.

I also take this opportunity to bring to your attention this short opinion in the White Horse Press which is reproduced from the Special Issue of Nomadic Peoples entitled 'Sedentist Biases in Law, Policy and Practic', edited by Greta Semplici and Cory Rodgers. The whole issue (and all 2023 content) and is published Open Access thanks to the 'Subscribe to Open' project for NP.

Mobility has many different shapes around the world. At a time when migration of peoples (more popularly known as immigration) generates so much passion and debate, let us not confuse it with "mobility", that is, the tradition, science and art of being on the move as a response and adaptation to natural variability in our environment.

WHP blog:
https://whitehorsepress.blog/2023/10/16/sedentist-biases-in-law-policy-and-practice-concluding-commentary/

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Dr. Maryam Niamir-Fuller

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