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Billy Jones

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Personlig profil

Forskning

I am a lecturer in Ethnology and alumni of the Agenda 2030 Graduate School. 

My PhD thesis, Resilient Pastoralism, explores how pastoralists in Northern Kenya navigate a changing climate, poverty and ethnic conflict, and it critically examines the effectiveness of interventions from European aid organisations at tackling these challenges

My research advocates for making room for the voice of pastoral communities in the production and evaluation of development agendas that concern their well-being. To this end, I have teamed up with a filmmaker and a grassroots NGO in Kenya to create Hekima, a project to connect Development practitioners with marginalised voices.

Undervisning

As a lecturer in Ethnology, I teach on the undergraduate course in Ethnology and the international Masters's in Applied Cultural Analysis, which is a joint collaboration between Lund University and University of Copenhagen. My duties include course coordination, supervision, lecturing and conducting seminars.

I am currently course coordinator for two MACA courses: TKAN19 (Theories for Cultural Analysis) and TKAN20 (Composing Cultural Analysis).

I supervise bachelor dissertations on the course ETNK02 (Cultural Analytical Perspectives, Level 3).

I regularly lecture on free-standing courses (SASH59, SASH60, SASH86) on topics including Sustainable Development and Swedish Culture. 

I have experience on several other courses in Ethnology (TKAM02, TKAN22, TKAN23, TKAN25, ETNA22), Human Rights (MRSG32) and European Studies (EUHR15).

I have experience lecturing in Disaster Risk Reduction at Malmö University. 

Expertis relaterad till FN:s globala mål

2015 godkände FN:s medlemsstater 17 Globala mål för en hållbar utveckling, för att utrota fattigdomen, skydda planeten och garantera välstånd för alla. Den här personens arbete relaterar till följande Globala mål:

  • SDG 2 – Ingen hunger
  • SDG 15 – Ekosystem och biologiskt mångfald

Ämnesklassifikation (UKÄ)

  • Etnologi

Fria nyckelord

  • etnologi
  • Pastoralism
  • Relationer mellan människor och naturen
  • kulturanalys
  • Afrika
  • Ontologi
  • Fenomenologi
  • Etnisk identitet

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