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richaxe.bsky.social @richaxe.bsky.social · 2d

Today we started the installation of Learning from South Omo at @soasgallery.bsky.social. Opens 14 October 2025 to 13 December 2025 www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/... @soasanthro.bsky.social

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richaxe.bsky.social @richaxe.bsky.social · 14d

...and coming soon to London @soasgallery.bsky.social www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...

Learning from South Omo: New research by agro-pastoralist communities in Southern Ethiopia

Learning from South Omo highlights research by agro-pastoralist communities in Southern Ethiopia. Confronting rapid change through land appropriation, tourism and climate pressures, researchers from s...

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richaxe.bsky.social @richaxe.bsky.social · 14d

Learning from South Omo - exhibition at the Gabre Kristos Desta Centre, Addis Ababa youtu.be/00fuNry4sV8?... @soasuni.bsky.social @soasanthro.bsky.social

Learning from South Omo: Exhibition at Gabre Kristos Desta Centre, July 2025

YouTube video by SOAS University of London

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richaxe.bsky.social @richaxe.bsky.social · Aug 11

Remembering PhD fieldwork - me, Bhagtu and Helen in Chamba, H.P. sometime in 2002 or 2003. Sent to me by Vinayak Dhami (who was about eight when the pic was taken)

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Reclaim Our Moors @reclaimourmoors.bsky.social · Jul 29

🛑 Stop grouse shooting

📣 Join our walk to protest against this cruel and environmentally destructive practice.

🗓 10.30am on Sunday 10th August

📍Redmires Reservoir Car Park

🥾 Hike ~3km easygoing trail to a meeting point where we will gather for speeches and music

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richaxe.bsky.social @richaxe.bsky.social · Jul 28

At IPSS in Addis where researchers from South Omo are sharing their learnings with an audience of academics, government representatives, and NGOs. Turning outputs to impacts #LearningFromSouthOmo

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richaxe.bsky.social @richaxe.bsky.social · Jul 26

Sharing Learning from South Omo - a two day conference with members of agro-pastoralist communities in South Ethiopia. grnpp.org/agro-pastora... @soasanthro.bsky.social

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richaxe.bsky.social @richaxe.bsky.social · Jul 14

Very excited about ‘Learning from South Omo’ - an exhibition highlighting new research from Southern Ethiopia. Doors open at the Gabre Kristos Desta Centre this Thursday 16th of July. If you’re in Addis then be sure to drop by. And if you’re not, you can read about it here: grnpp.org/learning-fro...

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richaxe.bsky.social @richaxe.bsky.social · Jun 28

In 2021 people in Sheffield voted to do away with the local system of strong leader governance; in 2025 the national strong leader says ‘sorry, people in Sheffield voted wrong’ @estrangeirada.bsky.social @emmacrewe.bsky.social

Ruth Hubbard @itsourcity1.bsky.social · Jun 28

@danhayesjourno.bsky.social @psalocalpol.bsky.social @ariannagiovannini.bsky.social @helpsheffield.co.uk @chrisburn.bsky.social @yorkshirebylines.co.uk @pillmad.bsky.social @sarahlonglands.bsky.social @neilmcinroy.bsky.social @ruthmersereau.bsky.social @vineyzak.bsky.social @richaxe.bsky.social

Ruth Hubbard @itsourcity1.bsky.social · Jun 28

SHEFFIELD CAN’T GO BACK….

It’s Our City! public statement on the government announcement that they intend to overturn the result of Sheffield’s referendum 👇👇🏽

@se13ed.bsky.social @franbelbin.bsky.social @goodlawproject.org

itsoursheffield.co.uk/public-state...

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richaxe.bsky.social @richaxe.bsky.social · Jun 5

Also happening today - Project Tension: An interactive art exhibition on distress in the Himalayas www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/... @soasanthro.bsky.social

Project Tension: An interactive art exhibition on distress in the Himalayas

The exhibit blends art and anthropology to explore mental distress and ecological change in the Gaddi community.

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richaxe.bsky.social @richaxe.bsky.social · Jun 5

and here’s a link to the online archive christinanoblearchive.com/about-the-ar...

About the archive – Christina Noble Archive

christinanoblearchive.com

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richaxe.bsky.social @richaxe.bsky.social · Jun 5

Happening today 5pm in B103 @soasuni.bsky.social Christina Noble talks about her life in the Western Himalaya and launches a new online archive of her photographs dating back to the 1970s www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...

Launch of the Christina Noble Archive: An online collection of photographs

Marking the launch of the Christina Noble online archive, Christina will reflect on some of the key images from the collection, and recall the stories behind their creation.

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richaxe.bsky.social @richaxe.bsky.social · May 9

Tigray landscapes

richaxe.bsky.social @richaxe.bsky.social · May 5

Had an amazing time at Adigrat University for a two day workshop on creative and collaborative approaches to the study of politics. @soasanthro.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social

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richaxe.bsky.social @richaxe.bsky.social · May 4

Screening today at Adigrat University, Ethiopia: ‘Mugut - the wheels of democracy’ starring @andyksheff.bsky.social and the campaign to save Sheffield’s Rose Garden Cafe.

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richaxe.bsky.social @richaxe.bsky.social · May 2

Evening meal in Tigray

richaxe.bsky.social @richaxe.bsky.social · May 2

Morning in Tigray

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richaxe.bsky.social @richaxe.bsky.social · Mar 19

Taking me back to my PhD research - Aniruddh Sheth of Centre for Pastoralism Research presenting on the political economy of reinventing pastoralism www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...

The political economy of reinventing pastoralism

This talk examines how pastoralism in Himachal Pradesh, India navigates market demand, declining youth participation, and shifting dynamics amid environmental and economic uncertainties.

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richaxe.bsky.social @richaxe.bsky.social · Mar 12

Listening to the brilliant @laurahammond.bsky.social make sense of her academic journey to professor of development studies at @soasuni.bsky.social

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richaxe.bsky.social @richaxe.bsky.social · Feb 13

Celebrating 10 years of Hope For The Future www.hftf.org.uk supporting climate and nature campaigns at all scales to succeed.

richaxe.bsky.social @richaxe.bsky.social · Feb 6

Coke bottles are a work of art. Ethiopian ኮካ ኮላ takes that design genius to another level.

richaxe.bsky.social @richaxe.bsky.social · Feb 5

I’ve been visiting schools around Omorate in the far south of Ethiopia englishpuhal.blog/2025/02/05/t...

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Andy Kershaw Media @andyksheff.bsky.social · Jan 30

The growing levels of Poverty in the UK should shame us all as revealed in the @jrf-uk.bsky.social 2025 Poverty Report.
It is essential reading for us all and proves that poverty is a policy choice we can all change.
www.jrf.org.uk/uk-poverty-2...
@cpaguk.bsky.social
@ukcf.bsky.social

UK Poverty 2025: The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK

This report sets out the nature of poverty in the UK in the run-up to 2024's General Election. It also sets out the scale of action necessary for the Government to deliver the change it has promised.

www.jrf.org.uk

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richaxe.bsky.social @richaxe.bsky.social · Jan 22

Happening tomorrow in Addis

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richaxe.bsky.social @richaxe.bsky.social · Jan 15

Huge congrats to @posnegorg.bsky.social and all involved in the excellent ‘Stories of Migration’ exhibition. @soasuni.bsky.social Brunei Gallery until 22nd March.

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