Saturday 6th July 2019 If you’re considering coming to University for September 2019 make sure you come along to our open day. Within the School … Read more
Category: SAC
DICE Talk: ‘IndianSnakes – Mitigating the biggest human-wildlife conflict’
Present in every nook and cranny of India, snakes play a huge role both ecologically and culturally. What started as a website to catalogue snakes, … Read more
Soapbox Science Canterbury returns this Saturday!
After last year’s success, the School of Anthropology and Conservation (SAC) are organising another Soapbox Science Canterbury event to promote women’s research to the public. … Read more
Anthropology @ Kent Day
We warmly invite you to join us for a day. The day is designed to give you a taster of what it is like to … Read more
Professor Keith Somerville – Botswana lifting the ban on safari-hunting of elephants could help stamp out poaching
Communities affected by the ban on hunting in Botswana, home to the largest population of elephants on earth, could help wildlife authorities stamp out poaching … Read more
DICE research shows palm oil’s potential to alleviate poverty depends where it’s grown
Expansion of oil palm production in remote forest areas requires careful planning and evaluation if the communities are to benefit, according to a report by … Read more
International Symposium: Cities Against Nationalism?
The Cities against Nationalism? one-day international symposium, hosted by Kent Interdisciplinary Centre for Spatial Studies (KISS) and the School of Anthropology and Conservation, aims at investigating … Read more
Dr Jonathan Mair attends exhibition on Colombia’s biodiversity and culture
Last week, Dr Jonathan Mair, Lecturer in Socio-cultural Anthropology, attended the launch of an exhibition at The Embassy of Colombia as Secretary of the Association … Read more
Dr David Roberts: “It may not be the Yeti, but bizarre species are still being discovered.”
Commenting on the recent claim by the Indian army that they found footprints of a ‘Yeti’, Dr David Roberts, an expert in extinct species at the … Read more
‘Venezuela: indigenous people are forgotten victims of crisis’: Dr Natalia Garcia Bonet writes for The Conversation
It appeared to be a confrontation between humanitarianism and military force. In February, the Venezuelan government placed troops along the country’s border with Colombia to … Read more