This week some of the REAL members came together with researchers of the National Museums of Kenya to participate in a workshop in palaeoenvironmental approaches organised by Stephen Rucina, Rob Marchant, and Colin Courtney Mustaphi. The workshop was held at the National Museums in Nairobi. Some of the REAL members enjoying the sun Colin talked […]
ESR 6: Landscape Dynamics, Struggle for Livelihood or Survival Strategies: A History of Kilimanjaro Lowlands 1850 to 2010
Project Bio: This PhD project studies ways in which the people of Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, have been dynamic in using and coping with changing availability of ecosystem services and provisions. It is my interest to study the pattern and nature of the adaptations of mountain peoples in interacting with adjacent lowland landscapes. These two landscapes, highlands […]
Stockholm GIS workshop, Feb 2014
REAL ESRs participated in the QGIS and R statistical analysis training held 10-14 February at Stockholm University. The QGIS training, organised by the department of Human Geography at Stockholm University included basic GIS exercises, followed by intermediate and advanced GIS analyses involving spatial data analysis, working with terrain data, and accessing public domain geographic data. […]
Maxmillian Chuhila contact info
Position: Marie Curie ITN-Early-Stage Researcher and PhD Candidate Address: University of Warwick History Department H029, Humanities Building CV4 7AL Coventry, Uk Email: chuhilamj@yahoo.com or M.J.Chuhila@warwick.ac.uk Website: Supervisor: Bio:
Uppsala hosts a kick-off meeting for REAL members
The Department of Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Uppsala hosted a kick-off party from 19-23 November, 2013, giving all the members of the REAL Initial Training Network a chance to meet and discuss their ongoing and upcoming projects.