About this Event
Titled: '45 Years With the Harasiis,' this lecture will examine Omani camel herders’ reflections on how their life has changed, and will feature several interviews with Omani herders discussing changes they have observed over their lifetimes. The lecture will also include several videos of Professor Chatty interviewing Omani herders.
The Harasiis camel herding tribe of Oman occupy the central desert of the country between the ‘Empty Quarter’ (Rub’ al-Khali) and the Arabian Sea. They are the most remote of all the mobile herding communities of the country occupying an area about the size of Scotland. Until the 1950s their territory was a waterless gravel plain. This presentation documents Professor Chatty’s contact with the Harasiis which began in 1979, and her continued engagement as they have responded to the profound changes in their physical and social environment, exhibiting resilience and adaptability in equal measure.
The lecture will be held at 15.00 in room 9.03 in Bush House NE. The talk is open to the public but advanced registration is required. Please use the the entrance to the NE block of Bush House which is located east of the main entrance to Bush House on Aldwych.
SPEAKER
Professor Dawn Chatty is a social anthropologist whose ethnographic interests lie in the Middle East, particularly with nomadic pastoral tribes and refugee young people. Her research interests include a number of forced migration and development issues such as conservation-induced displacement, tribal resettlement, modern technology and social change, gender and development and the impact of prolonged conflict on refugee young people. More information about Professor Chatty can be found here: https://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/people/dawn-chatty
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bush House North East Wing, King's College London - Room 9.03, 30 Aldwych, London, United Kingdom
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