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The Commission on Nomadic Peoples is part of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) and is a leading academic organization working with mobile peoples, including Indigenous, traditional, nomadic, and tribal peoples.

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A Toyota and Camel: Two popular modes of transport for Bedouin in the Feynan region of Jordan. September 2022. Photo by Ariell Ahearn.

 

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Awassi sheep. Photo by Sacha Mouzin.

 

Donkey carrying newborn goat kids during the spring migration with Shah Goli and Ali Ghoabad’s family in 2023. Photo by Sacha Mouzin

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Carrying the Steppe with Me to the World Anthropological Union Congress in Guatemala

Colorful one-story homes line a quiet cobblestone street in Guatemala Oyundalai  OdkhuuMy research project investigates the masculinization of immobility and the feminization of mobility within the broader transformation of pastoral life in rural Mongolia. Male herders who remain tied to the land are often marginalized and labelled as “dirty”, “unskilled”…
09.12.25

Nomadic Peoples Journal: New Issue (Vol. 29, No. 2)

Nomadic Peoples 29.2 (2025) is now published: Link: NOMADIC PEOPLES 29.2 (2025)    Special Section: Jeremy J. Swift (1939–2024) Personal Recollections Jeremy Swift, Research Memo: The Start of the Rains Jeremy Swift’s bibliography   Research Articles Cecilia Conte, Deconstructing the Concept of the ‘Nomad’ in Central Eurasia  Lucie Buffavand, Road to Violence:…
21.09.25

The Piruzai of Afghanistan. A Visual Ethnography

Nancy Lindisfarne-Tapper studied and taught anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. Her book Bartered Brides is a classic ethnography of the Piruzai. Richard Tapper is emeritus Professor of Anthropology at SOAS. This book is a companion volume to his Afghan Village Voices, a remarkable compilation of…
15.09.25
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Nomadic Peoples Journal

Nomadic Peoples is an international open-access journal published by the White Horse Press for the Commission on Nomadic Peoples.

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Khangai mountains and steppe of Northern Bayanhongor province, Mongolia. July 2023. Photo by Ariell Ahearn.

Herder ger (traditional mobile dwelling) after a rainstorm in Bayanhongor province, Mongolia. July 2023. Photo by Ariell Ahearn

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