IASC AFRICA VIRTUAL WEBINAR SERIES
Date: 22 May 2024
Time: 11:00 -12:00 (Pretoria Time)
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS AND THE COMMONS
Tobias Haller
Tobias Haller is a professor at the Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern, Switzerland, where he teaches ecological and economic anthropology. He has researched in Cameroon and Zambia. He also focuses on local and indigenous peoples’ different ontological environmental perceptions and more than-human (animal and plant) relations as well as the commons missing in the SDGs. Since 2021 he is regional co-coordinator (with Ilkhom Soliev) of the European and CIS Regional Chapter of the IASC.
Amos Karino Leuka
Amos Karino Leuka is a teacher and long-time activist in cultural leadership and practices. He is a young member of the Loita Council of Elders. Amos is also a Director for Living Culture and Climate Alliance (LCCA) Loita Maasai community, Loita, Narok County, Kenya. The LCCA enables indigenous communities to promote their bio-cultural rights and supports them to be economically and culturally resilient, capable of managing their land systems and biodiversity using Participatory Video, LCCA creates a space to connect all indigenous communities.
Everisto Mapedza
Everisto Mapedza, a Senior Researcher at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in South Africa and the IASC Africa Region Coordinator, will moderate the webinar.
