Archives for December, 2009

nomads and skins

We had unsaddled beneath some acacia trees, where the wadi widened out. Soon, Arabs appeared from the pool staggering under filled water-skins, which they laid ...

0 Comments. Posted by Yaz on Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 6:17 am.

Filed under carry, inhabit, store.

3 mobility axes and taxonomy of neo-nomads

Bear with me, it all makes sense in the end. While the triple mobility framework has enabled me to identify the neo-nomad, it appears to ...

0 Comments. Posted by Yaz on Monday, December 28, 2009 at 6:00 pm.

Filed under travel.

Goal versus process

I went there to find peace in the hardship of desert travel and the company of desert peoples. [...] No, it is not the goal ...

0 Comments. Posted by Yaz on Monday, December 28, 2009 at 4:46 am.

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150 Million Climate Refugees in 2050

According to the report by the Environmental Justice Foundation: EJF (2009) No Place Like Home - Where next for climate refugees? Environmental Justice Foundation: London. ...

0 Comments. Posted by Yaz on Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 7:34 pm.

Filed under map, move.

still, displaced, re-adjusted

This is a post for Anne-Laure, since she has been asking me about this diagram... if I had published it anywhere. I am currently writing ...

2 Comments. Posted by Yaz on Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 5:41 pm.

Filed under belong.

the tourist and the Maasai

Just love the shoes made of recycled tires!

0 Comments. Posted by Yaz on Friday, December 11, 2009 at 11:57 am.

Filed under wear.