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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.

 

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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The Social, Political and Ecological Dimensions of Pastoral Mobilities in South Asia

Panel organisers and participants with the members of the Commission for Nomadic People at the IUAES conference. By Suraj Pratap Singh Bhati, Rashmi Singh and Ryan UnksThis blog is based on the discussions during a panel at the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Science Conference (IUAES), held between 14-20…
14.12.23

FAO’s Global Youth Dialogue on Sustainable Livestock Transformation 2023

FAO Global Youth Dialogue on Sustainable Livestock Transformation, September 2023 in Rome. Written by Abdul Wahid Khan, PhD student, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FA0) organised the first-ever Global Youth Dialogue on Sustainable Livestock Transformation on 25-27th…
12.11.23

Cactuses and goats

In the dry tropical forest of the reserve of Tehuacán in the Oaxaca State, Mexico, amongst ancient cactuses that stretch to the sky and play with the clouds, two herders, a couple, herd their pastoreña goats, while fulfilling their love for nature, remoteness, and calmness. They migrate with the changing seasons…
19.06.23

Nomadic Peoples Journal

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

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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