How do nomadic peoples live today?

Audio - Broadcast on the Research Centre

Deutschlandfunk, 31.07.2008

Four staff members of the Collaborative Research Centre respond to questions on aspects of nomadic modes of life and their current transformations. The radio reportage features experts in Geography, Islamic Studies and Modelling. It addresses the following issues:

The transformation and substitution of mobile pastoralism in Morocco
External ascriptions and self-identification of nomads in Tibet, Kazakhstan and Jordan
The collapse of the nomadic socio-economy in the 20th century and elements of cultural persistence
Tribal belonging and statehood – conflicts and negotiations
Economic and spatial interaction of nomads and sedentary people
Efforts of re-nomadisation in Mongolia
Climate change and ecological system analysis

Deutschlandfunk, „Aus Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften“, 31.07.2008
Author: Christian Forberg
Interviews: Ingo Breuer, Karin Frank, Kurt Franz, Jürgen Paul
Duration: 8:08 min
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