Seminar on the "History of Survival Strategy of the Samburu Pastoralists of Kenya during Climate Crises"
Dear colleagues, Friends & Peers:
Please, welcome to our on-site/physical and online/virtue staff seminar, Thursday April 11th, 2024, 2.30pm EAT, in our ongoing series for this semester on the "Histories of contested spaces, Expropriation, Governance and postcolonial modernity in Kenya." The specific topic for presentation will be “Lototo, the Heritage of Walk: Survival Strategy of the Samburu Pastoralists of Kenya during Climate Crises.” Our presenter will be Mr. Peter Ezekiel Lengurnet:
Mr. Lengurnet is a PhD candidate, Institute of Social Transformation, Tangaza University College, Nairobi. He holds a BA in Philosophy and Theology from Urbaniana Pontifical University, Rome, and MA in Philosophy, Sapienza University, Rome. He served as an adjunct lecturer, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Maasai Mara University, Kenya, in 2016 -17 period. He has worked in the fields of climate change, advocacy and governance in Northern Kenya. Mr. Lengurnet’s research interests are in Sustainable Development, focusing on the Samburu pastoralist indigenous knowledge on Climate Change Adaptation. In this presentation, he makes a case for the role of Lototo Heritage, pastoral mobility informed by deep cultural knowledge in which social, economic and political life is anchored, as the key survival strategy during repeated Climate crises among the Samburu pastoralists of Kenya. Away from the warped modernist constructs that portray pastoral mobility as retrogressive and dangerous, he argues that the Lototo Heritage provides insights into the transformative climate adaptation strategies among the Samburu pastoralists, Northern Kenya. The Moderator and Discussant of this session will be Dr. Eliud Biegon, Department of History, Archaeology and Political Studies, Kenyatta University, Kenya. For PHYSICAL participants: University of Nairobi Towers, 4th Floor, Room MLT04.
For ONLINE participants: Please register on:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUsce6trD8rGN3QQIN5MvgVymhkjRNtjjMOh |
