<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear all,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Of course, attention will be drawn to the proposed IYRP during the workshop and the film festival.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class="">Ann</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><a name="W12" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;">Pre-Tropentag workshop 12: Wednesday morning, 18 September</span></b></a></div><div class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 15pt; font-family: Calibri;"><br class=""></span></b></div><div class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 15pt; font-family: Calibri;">Research in pastoral systems: filling gaps and avoiding methodological traps</span></b></div><div class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><br class=""></span></b></div><div class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Organisers: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">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)</span></div><div class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Date: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Wednesday, 18 September 2019, 09:00 – 12:00 h</span></div><div class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Venue:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> University of Kassel, Hollaendischer Platz, lecture room to be announced</span></div><div class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">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 “</span><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Filling gaps and removing traps for sustainable resources management“ </span><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">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.</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">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.</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">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.</span></div><div class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><br class=""></span></b></div><div class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Programme:</span></b></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">9:00 – 9:40 Kathrine Johnsen, GRID-Arendal, Norway: </span><b class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">A case of benign neglect – gaps in knowledge </b><b class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">about pastoralism and rangelands</b><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> (lead author of the UNEP study) – presentation and </span><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">questions of clarification</span></div><div class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="text-indent: -70.8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">9:40 – 10:00 Hussein Wario, </span><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="text-indent: -70.8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Center for Research & Development in Drylands (CRDD) Kenya: <b class="">Linking time </b></span><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="text-indent: -70.8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><b class="">and space in research on pastoral</b></span></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="text-indent: -70.8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><b class=""> mobility</b></span><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="text-indent: -70.8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> – presentation and questions of clarification</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">10:00 – 10:20 Georges Djohy, University of Parakou, Benin: </span><b class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Taking gender issues into account in research </b><b class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">on pastoralist organisation</b><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> – </span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;" class="">presentation </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;" class="">and questions of clarification</span></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">10:20 – 10:35 Break</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -70.8pt;">10:35 – 10:50 Engin Yilmaz, Yolda Initiative, Turkey: </span><b class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -70.8pt;">Investigating links between pastoral mobility and biological and cultural diversity</b><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -70.8pt;"> – </span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -70.8pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -70.8pt;" class="">presentation </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -70.8pt;" class="">and questions of clarification</span></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -70.8pt;">10:50 – 11:10 Brigitte Kaufmann, German Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL), Germany: </span><b class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -70.8pt;">Research on pastoral development: </b></div><div class=""><b class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -70.8pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> “a house full of trap doors”</b><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -70.8pt;"> – presentation and questions of clarification</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -70.8pt;">11:10 – 11:55 Discussion among panellists and with other workshop participants about emerging issues (moderation: Ann Waters-Bayer)</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -70.8pt;">11:55 – 12:00 Wrap-up: Brigitte Kaufmann and Ann Waters-Bayer</span></div><div class=""><b class=""><i class=""><u class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri;"><br class=""></span></u></i></b></div><div class=""><b class=""><i class=""><u class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri;">Open-air film festival</span></u></i></b><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri;">: 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</span></i></b><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri;"> Moritzstrasse (beside the LEO Learning Centre and across the street from the Campus Centre)</span></i></b><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri;">. If it rains, the films will be shown in the old Lecture Hall 1. Be prepared to be flexible and mobile – like pastoralists!</span></i></b></div><div class=""><b class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></b></div><div class=""><b class=""><i class="">PLEASE NOTE!</i></b></div><div class="">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.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Therefore:<b class=""><i class=""> if you intend to join the workshop on research in pastoral systems, please register by sending me an email (<a href="mailto:waters-bayer@web.de" class="">waters-bayer@web.de</a>) by 15 August!</i></b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please share this announcement with others who may be interested.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks! Ann</div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>