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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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Deserts and Dialogue: My Undergraduate Experience at Oxford’s Interdisciplinary Desert Conference

Ulrich Poehlmann (University of Edinburgh; ulrich@poehlmann.co)As an undergraduate student, I had not expected to be invited to attend, much less speak, at the Oxford Interdisciplinary Desert Conference this past March 2025. At first, I was unsure of what to expect, but I found an incredibly diverse group of scholars and…
07.08.25

New Volume from White Horse Press Explores Nordic Climate Histories: Impacts, Pathways, and Narratives

We’re excited to announce the release of Nordic Climate Histories: Impacts, Pathways, Narratives, an innovative and timely volume that brings together, for the first time, climate histories from across all the Nordic countries. Edited by Dominik Collet, Ingar Mørkestøl Gundersen, Heli Huhtamaa, Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist, Astrid Ogilvie, and Sam White,…
01.08.25

New book out! Water and land in the Sahel

Image above: Cattle grazing on the shores of Lake Chad (photo by Marina Bertoncin, 2011)  Andrea Pase, Angela Kronenburg García and Mariasole Pepa (University of Padua, Italy) The rivers and lakes of the Sahel are a vital source of life, which, over time, have allowed many activities to flourish in rhythm…
29.07.25
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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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