A blog post from Nyaboke Omwega, Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Anthropology and member of the GCRF CDT. My research on gender discrimination (Transport as Gendered Employment Practice in Kenya) has led me to look at Kenyan history. It is impossible to discuss female leadership in Kenya without discussing Wangari Maathai (1940-2011). Internationally, she was […]
On the 4th January 2021 an event dubbed as a “Research Dissemination Exhibition”, was launched at the Makerere University Art gallery. Read our interview with the artist and PhD candidate: Could you tell us a bit about yourself? I am an applied sculptor and Lecturer at the College of Engineering, Art, Design and Technology (CEDAT) […]
Hamza Lakhal is a poet and activist from Western Sahara. His first poetry collection was published by L’Harmattan in 2013. He led the first campaign for university to be built in Western Sahara (there is no university until now) and he was expelled from school for 12 years (2002-2014) because of that. He established a cultural club called “The Last Wave” before it was shut down by Moroccan authorities. Hamza’s research interests lie in the role of the arts in climate change mitigation.
Department of Anthropology
The Role of the Arts in Climate Change Mitigation: Environmental Philosophies of Saharawi Refugee-Citizens
Western Sahara
Prof Sandra Bell (Department of Anthropology)
Dr Leonie Newhouse (Department of Geography)
Dr Joanna Allan (Northumbria University, Department of Social Sciences)
