In this episode, our co-hosts take a deep dive into each other’s research on a broad range of contemporary political and economic changes in Mongolian pastoral lifeways. In particular, they explore:

1. the changing nature of work, gender, and household organization;
2. the impact of social and economic policy on herd management;
3. the connections between the Covid 19 pandemic and the rise of social media;
4. the changing value and meaning of livestock; and
5. the rise of a rights-based discourse in global conversations about pastoralism.

About this series: Taking the Pulse of Pastoralism in the 21st Century

Pastoralists face the dual challenge of a rapidly changing climate and the transformative potential of global capitalism. In this series, we check in with interdisciplinary scholars who are working with pastoralists from around the world in diverse political, economic, and cultural settings to assess current challenges and the future viability of these complex livelihoods.

About our hosts

Dan Murphy

Ariell Ahearn

Dr. Ariell Ahearn is a Departmental Lecturer in the Department of Geography at the University of Oxford.

Brie Berry

Host: Dr. Brie Berry is an Assistant Professor of Environment & Sustainability at Ursinus College. Her teaching, research, and engaged work focus on building just and equitable circular economies.

Episode 3: Enclosure & Dispossession in Secondhand Markets: A Conversation with Dr. Nicky Gregson

In this final episode of the series, Brie and Nicky discuss the long history of secondhand economies, and how enclosure and dispossession in reuse markets threaten the potential for more just and equitable circular futures.

Guest:
Dr. Nicky Gregson, Emerita Professor in the Department of Geography, Durham University.

Dr. Nicky Gregson is an Emerita Professor of Geography at Durham University. Her main research interests are in the fields of “recycling” and waste economies and consumption as devaluation.