Etosha Pan to the Skeleton Coast examines the conservation histories and concerns of one of southern Africa’s most iconic conservation regions: the variously connected ‘Etosha-Kunene’ areas of north-central and north-west Namibia. This cross-disciplinary volume brings together contributions from a Namibian and international group of scholars and conservation practitioners, working on topics ranging from colonial histories to water management, perceptions of ‘wildlife’ and the politics of belonging. Together, these essays confront a critical question: how can the conservation of biodiversity-rich landscapes be reconciled with historical injustices of social exclusion and marginalisation?

Conservation surveillance, or the monitoring of people for conservation purposes, is a core component of coercive conservation governance. Over the la…

"A Bee Song" is a new single by recording artist Banco de Gaia (https://banco.co.uk/) and Future Pasts (www.futurepasts.net) – a research project…

Based on a traditional Damara (Namibian) song that praises the honey bee, A Bee Song brings Banco de Gaia together with the Future Pasts project to create an uplifting and vibrant track full of life and humanity. With an infectious groove and a buzzing bassline, the track is guaranteed to get heads nodding and feet

“Acoustic Pasts, Echoed Futures: Auralgraph from !Huidi-ǁgams, Omaruru, 1954.” — by Welhemina Suro Ganuses & Sian Sullivan • Curated by Basler Afrika Bibliographien Archives.

We investigated intimidation of conservation social scientists, which is ongoing and aimed at silencing or discrediting research findings. Although social scientists share with conservation biologist...

One of the most influential philosophical works of the 20th century, Discipline and Punish is unsettlingly prescient in our age of digital surveillance.