School of Anthropology and Conservation

Newsletter 28032013

Contact usSAC Marlowe Building

University of KentCT2 7NR

01227 827056sacofficekentacuk

Happy Easter

The term is drawing to a close and Irsquom sure many of you

are ready for a break after a very busy term

Although there are exams next term and for many of you

field work is starting please do make sure you take some time to rest and enjoy spending time with friends and family

Please be aware that during this period many academic staff will be away conducting field work attending conferences or taking a well earned break - so it may be difficult to get in touch with some of them The adminsitrative offices are open throughout the Easter break so if you have any queries donrsquot hesitate to get in touch or drop by

Wishing you all a very happy Easter from all of us at SAC

If you have anything to contribute to future newlstters then please get in touch with Jennie jsh31kentacuk

Welcome to KateClerical AssistantThis week we have been joined by Kate Ayres

Kate joins the Support Team as a clerical assistant and is based in reception Kate will be providing support to reception as well as to both the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Support Officers (Emma and

Nicola) Katersquos hours are Monday 930-315

Wednesday 9-5 and Thursday 930-230

You can email Kate KAyreskentacuk but do drop by and say

hello

Easter VacationJust a quick reminder that the School will be closed for the Easter bank holidays - Friday 29th March and Monday 1st April

The library and IT support services will be open during this period - for further details visit their website

School Closure

Farewell

Professor Stuart HarropWe would like to announce that Professor Stuart Harrop who has been working at Kent since 1996 will be leaving us at the end of April to take up a position at the University of Sussex

Prior to academia Stuart qualified as a solicitor and enjoyed a wide ranging career as a corporate lawyer including working for the Stock Exchange London and as Director of Legal Services for the RSPCA

Stuart is a specialist lawyer in biodiversity preservation wild animal welfare law and climate change an area of expertise which was missing when he joined DICE

Stuart has made a significant impact on the School through his work as Director of DICE Director of Research and as Head of School for various periods of time Stuart has also continued to develop his research profile including pioneering research on legal recognition of traditional agricultural landscapes and also conservation and religion Stuart has published extensively and also generated significant income through research grants including the CHARM project focusing on conservation in the English Channel

Stuart is also a professional photographer who has presented his work at a number of exhibitions and hersquos also led photographic workshops The images on this page are just a few of the wonderful shots taken by Stuart

Stuart will also be fondly remembered for brightening up our days with his stories and anecdotes Being an exceptionally well connected man Stuart will often regale colleagues with tales of his contact with the great and the good from the world of conservation but also from show business and sport Having even been complimented for his marvellous suit by Steve Jobs Other particularly memorable encounters include those with Brian May Victoria Beckham Jeremy Irons and his role as a dalek in Dr Who (which sadly got edited out)

Richard Griffiths has also commented that he will miss future opportunities to entertain people with their Peter Cook and Dudley Moore double-act If yoursquove not seen it you must ask them before Stuart heads off in to the Kent sunset on the 30th April

We all wish Stuart the very best for the future and thank him greatly for the contributions and investments he has made to the School and University

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Caroline GrundyWe also announce today that our hugely valued Reception and Clerical Assistant Caroline Grundy is retiring and will be leaving us on the 12th April Caroline has worked at the University since

September 2003 and now leaves us to embark on an adventure of travel and relocation provoking jealously back in the office at the prospect of us not being able to retire until at least 85

Caroline has remained a dedicated and loyal team member during times of great change including having to adjust to four different managers and management styles

To attempt to show our full appreciation of Caroline some staff have reflected on what they will miss and fun things they will remember about her

ldquoCaroline is quite a private person but I have always admired her for all the things she does ie concertplaycinema watching bird song recognition courses travel she sings in the University choir One of her passions is to take a long leisurely bath after work to unwind from the day She is a hoarder of things both at work and at home she is of the mind-set where lsquoit may come in usefulrsquordquo

ldquoShe loves the photocopier and refers to it as lsquoher babyrsquordquo

ldquoShe actually does all the things that most of us only think about doing but profess to be too busyrdquo

ldquoShersquos the only one of the admin team (that we know about) who has seen Roy in his pyjamas - when he was in hospitalrdquo

ldquoCaroline has a wonderfully wicked sense of humourrdquo

ldquoI will miss her she has a wealth of knowledge about all sorts of thingsrdquo

Caroline you will be missed and should you need any pocket money herersquos a link to the Temp Bank httpwwwkentacukjobs

Farewell

Caroline GrundyWe also announce today that our hugely valued Reception and Clerical Assistant Caroline Grundy is retiring and will be leaving us on the 12th April Caroline has worked at the University since

September 2003 and now leaves us to embark on an adventure of travel and relocation provoking jealously back in the office at the prospect of us not being able to retire until at least 85

Caroline has remained a dedicated and loyal team member during times of great change including having to adjust to four different managers and management styles

To attempt to show our full appreciation of Caroline some staff have reflected on what they will miss and fun things they will remember about her

ldquoCaroline is quite a private person but I have always admired her for all the things she does ie concertplaycinema watching bird song recognition courses travel she sings in the University choir One of her passions is to take a long leisurely bath after work to unwind from the day She is a hoarder of things both at work and at home she is of the mind-set where lsquoit may come in usefulrsquordquo

ldquoShe loves the photocopier and refers to it as lsquoher babyrsquordquo

ldquoShe actually does all the things that most of us only think about doing but profess to be too busyrdquo

ldquoShersquos the only one of the admin team (that we know about) who has seen Roy in his pyjamas - when he was in hospitalrdquo

ldquoCaroline has a wonderfully wicked sense of humourrdquo

ldquoI will miss her she has a wealth of knowledge about all sorts of thingsrdquo

Caroline you will be missed and should you need any pocket money herersquos a link to the Temp Bank httpwwwkentacukjobs

Farewell

NewsResearch Grant SuccessNot only are our academic and research staff recognised for their excellent teaching and student support but they are also very active and influential researchers Our newsletter frequently features details of articles and books they have had published However they are also focused on obtaining funding to support their research work and raise funds for scholarships

Examples of recent success include

Jim Groombridge pound90000 from John Speedan Lewis Foundation for his project lsquoUncovering the genes responsible for adaptation to climatic changersquo

Freya St John pound87000 from DEFRA for her project researching environmental crime with a focus on waste crime

Zoe Davies and Bob Smith pound79000 from Natural England to work on costs benefits andtradeoffs in creating large conservation areas

Dave Roberts and Mike Fischer pound20000 NERC Pathfinder grant for a commercialisation study of their iTrade Software

Patrick Mahoney pound8500 from the British Academy Leverhulme for his work with Dr Chris Schmidt (co-

I University of Indianapolis) to combine 3D dental microscopic reconstructions with enamel histology to

determine if weaning impacted upon the health of children from different social backgrounds in

medieval Canterbury

Noreen von Cramon pound8200 from the British Academy Leverhulme for her project ldquoTesting alternative models for the settlement

of the Americas Paleoamerican crania in global microevolutionary perspective ldquo

Dave Roberts pound4000 from the Food Environment Research Agency (FERA) to work on indentifying timber origin

There are some others but these are currently under embargo so I canrsquot tell you about them

4

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NewsDICEers Gather at The ATBCThe Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation held itrsquos Asia Pacific Chapter Annual Meeting in Sumatra in March

This excellent event drawing researchers students biodiversity specialists conservation practitioners policy makers government agencies and non-government organisations from across the globe had DICE stamped all over it

Matt Linkie - DICE AlumnusMatt is now Technical Manager at Fauna and Flora International and was on the organising committee for the conference and also a symposium convener

Matt Struebig - Post Doc ResearcherTalk on Conservation planning for Borneo mammals under land-use and climate change

Mark Darmaraj - DICE AlumnusMark is now at WWF Malaysia studying tigers He did a great talk on his PhD work on Malaysian tigers

Jeanne McKay - Honorary Research AssociateJeanne is currently DICE Darwin Darwin Initiative Project Officer on Islamic beliefs and Sumatran forest management At the event Jeanne hosted a grant writing workshop for emerging SE Asian conservationists

Sanjay Gubbi - DICE AlumnusSanjay who is now Pantherarsquos Tiger Program Coordinator in India and a Times of India ldquoLeader of Tomorrowrdquo was a keynote speaker giving a plenary on tiger conservation in India

Jeanne and Matt with their workshop participants who are from all over SE Asia

NewsSAC Students Present Papers at Conference

Monica Stalio and Emma Ford MSc by Research in Biodiversity Management both presented posters

at the recent Student Conference on Conservation Science Cambridge

The conference is aimed entirely at students and itrsquos aim is lsquoto help young conservation scientists gain experience learn new ideas and make contacts that will be valuable for their future careersrsquo

Monicarsquos poster focused on the changes (ecological social and financial) occurring in Kia (Fiji) after the establishment of a marine protected area adjacent to the island

When asked about her experience of the conference Monica said ldquoMy personal experience was great I met lots of people from everywhere the world shared ideas discussed different interests and

views met academics from Cambridge and other prestigious universities and above everything I met Dr Martin Fisher (editor of Flora and Fauna International) and I attended an inspiring plenary from Monique Borgerhoff Mulder

So many people determined to make a difference I regained hope in humanityhelliprdquo

To find out more about the conference visit httpwwwsccs-camorg

AAPA Conference TennesseeDr Patrick Mahoney and PhD Student Justyna Mizkiewicz will be presenting their research on hard tissue histology at the annual conference of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists between 9-13 April in Knoxville Tennessee

Justyna won the Politzer Travel Award to enable her to attend this conference so we look forward to hearing all about it upon their return

NERC Review of Daviesrsquo PaperNatural Environment Research Council have just published an article (Volunteering slashes conservation costs) reviewing a paper written by SAC lecturer Dr Zoe Davies

Zoersquos paper lsquoOpportunities for Cost-Sharing in Conservation Variation in

Volunteering Effort across Protected Areasrsquo was published in PLoS ONE earlier this yearRead the NERC articleRead Zoersquos paper

1st Paper Published from PhDSimon Tollington completed his NERC-funded PhD in Biological Conservation in 2012 His research highlights the importance of long-term post-release monitoring of reintroduced populations Simonrsquos work also attracted two Rufford grants to develop work on disease screening and stable isotope analysis work

Tollington et al (In press) Long-term fine-scale temporal patterns of genetic diversity in the restored Mauritius parakeet reveal genetic impacts of management and associated demographic effects on reintroduction programmes Biological Conservation

6

5

NewsDICEers Gather at The ATBCThe Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation held itrsquos Asia Pacific Chapter Annual Meeting in Sumatra in March

This excellent event drawing researchers students biodiversity specialists conservation practitioners policy makers government agencies and non-government organisations from across the globe had DICE stamped all over it

Matt Linkie - DICE AlumnusMatt is now Technical Manager at Fauna and Flora International and was on the organising committee for the conference and also a symposium convener

Matt Struebig - Post Doc ResearcherTalk on Conservation planning for Borneo mammals under land-use and climate change

Mark Darmaraj - DICE AlumnusMark is now at WWF Malaysia studying tigers He did a great talk on his PhD work on Malaysian tigers

Jeanne McKay - Honorary Research AssociateJeanne is currently DICE Darwin Darwin Initiative Project Officer on Islamic beliefs and Sumatran forest management At the event Jeanne hosted a grant writing workshop for emerging SE Asian conservationists

Sanjay Gubbi - DICE AlumnusSanjay who is now Pantherarsquos Tiger Program Coordinator in India and a Times of India ldquoLeader of Tomorrowrdquo was a keynote speaker giving a plenary on tiger conservation in India

Jeanne and Matt with their workshop participants who are from all over SE Asia

NewsSAC Students Present Papers at Conference

Monica Stalio and Emma Ford MSc by Research in Biodiversity Management both presented posters

at the recent Student Conference on Conservation Science Cambridge

The conference is aimed entirely at students and itrsquos aim is lsquoto help young conservation scientists gain experience learn new ideas and make contacts that will be valuable for their future careersrsquo

Monicarsquos poster focused on the changes (ecological social and financial) occurring in Kia (Fiji) after the establishment of a marine protected area adjacent to the island

When asked about her experience of the conference Monica said ldquoMy personal experience was great I met lots of people from everywhere the world shared ideas discussed different interests and

views met academics from Cambridge and other prestigious universities and above everything I met Dr Martin Fisher (editor of Flora and Fauna International) and I attended an inspiring plenary from Monique Borgerhoff Mulder

So many people determined to make a difference I regained hope in humanityhelliprdquo

To find out more about the conference visit httpwwwsccs-camorg

AAPA Conference TennesseeDr Patrick Mahoney and PhD Student Justyna Mizkiewicz will be presenting their research on hard tissue histology at the annual conference of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists between 9-13 April in Knoxville Tennessee

Justyna won the Politzer Travel Award to enable her to attend this conference so we look forward to hearing all about it upon their return

NERC Review of Daviesrsquo PaperNatural Environment Research Council have just published an article (Volunteering slashes conservation costs) reviewing a paper written by SAC lecturer Dr Zoe Davies

Zoersquos paper lsquoOpportunities for Cost-Sharing in Conservation Variation in

Volunteering Effort across Protected Areasrsquo was published in PLoS ONE earlier this yearRead the NERC articleRead Zoersquos paper

1st Paper Published from PhDSimon Tollington completed his NERC-funded PhD in Biological Conservation in 2012 His research highlights the importance of long-term post-release monitoring of reintroduced populations Simonrsquos work also attracted two Rufford grants to develop work on disease screening and stable isotope analysis work

Tollington et al (In press) Long-term fine-scale temporal patterns of genetic diversity in the restored Mauritius parakeet reveal genetic impacts of management and associated demographic effects on reintroduction programmes Biological Conservation

6

NewsSAC Students Present Papers at Conference

Monica Stalio and Emma Ford MSc by Research in Biodiversity Management both presented posters

at the recent Student Conference on Conservation Science Cambridge

The conference is aimed entirely at students and itrsquos aim is lsquoto help young conservation scientists gain experience learn new ideas and make contacts that will be valuable for their future careersrsquo

Monicarsquos poster focused on the changes (ecological social and financial) occurring in Kia (Fiji) after the establishment of a marine protected area adjacent to the island

When asked about her experience of the conference Monica said ldquoMy personal experience was great I met lots of people from everywhere the world shared ideas discussed different interests and

views met academics from Cambridge and other prestigious universities and above everything I met Dr Martin Fisher (editor of Flora and Fauna International) and I attended an inspiring plenary from Monique Borgerhoff Mulder

So many people determined to make a difference I regained hope in humanityhelliprdquo

To find out more about the conference visit httpwwwsccs-camorg

AAPA Conference TennesseeDr Patrick Mahoney and PhD Student Justyna Mizkiewicz will be presenting their research on hard tissue histology at the annual conference of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists between 9-13 April in Knoxville Tennessee

Justyna won the Politzer Travel Award to enable her to attend this conference so we look forward to hearing all about it upon their return

NERC Review of Daviesrsquo PaperNatural Environment Research Council have just published an article (Volunteering slashes conservation costs) reviewing a paper written by SAC lecturer Dr Zoe Davies

Zoersquos paper lsquoOpportunities for Cost-Sharing in Conservation Variation in

Volunteering Effort across Protected Areasrsquo was published in PLoS ONE earlier this yearRead the NERC articleRead Zoersquos paper

1st Paper Published from PhDSimon Tollington completed his NERC-funded PhD in Biological Conservation in 2012 His research highlights the importance of long-term post-release monitoring of reintroduced populations Simonrsquos work also attracted two Rufford grants to develop work on disease screening and stable isotope analysis work

Tollington et al (In press) Long-term fine-scale temporal patterns of genetic diversity in the restored Mauritius parakeet reveal genetic impacts of management and associated demographic effects on reintroduction programmes Biological Conservation

6

SAC staff and students are research active and therefore often have new work being published Publications

Key AJM (2013) Applied force as a determining factor in lithic use-wear accrual An experimental investigation of its validity as a method with which to infer hominin upper limb biomechanics Lithic Technology 38 (1) 1 - 14

Alastair Key is a PhD Anthropology student

Lycett SJ amp von Cramon-Taubadel N (2013) Understanding the comparative catarrhine context of human pelvic form a 3D geometric morphometric analysis Journal of Human Evolution 64 (4) 300-310 View publication

Stephen is a Senior Lecturer and Noreen a lecturer in Biological Anthropology

Bowman G 2013 Popular Palestinian Practices around Holy Places and Those Who Oppose Them An Historical Introduction Religion Compass 7 69-78

A Weeping on the Road to Bethlehem Contestation over the Uses of Rachelrsquos Tomb Religion Compass 7 79-92

Glenn Bowman is a Reader in Social Anthropology

Sally Applin (with Dr Michael Fischer) presented a written paper ldquoThing Theory Connecting Humans to Location-Aware Smart Environmentsrdquo at the ACM Intelligent User Interface Conference workshop on Location Aware Mixed Dual Reality (LAMDa lsquo13) on March 19 2013 in Santa Monica CA Paper link can be found here

Sally was also one of the conference workshop organizers The conference workshop program link can be found here httpwwwdfkideLAMDaprogramhtml

Sally Applin is a PhD Anthropology student Michael Fischer is a Professor in Social Anthropology

Update From The FieldJoaquiacuten Carrizosa is an anthropologist with years of experience in the Amazonian piedmont in Colombia on issues relating to indigenous use access and rights to land Much of his work has focused in the Putumayo a region scarred by drug-related political and structural violence linked to the economies of cocaine oil and neoliberal policies In 2012 his research was awarded with the Darrell Posey (International Society of Ethnobiology) PhD fellow allowing him to support diverse ground-based strategies linked to his investigation through which local populations may achieve territorial autonomy and improved livelihoods

He is currently completing his doctoral thesis based jointly at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and the School of Anthropology and Conservation at the University of Kent (UK) This official

agreement has opened a very promising space for future students attending to these universities interested in social and environmental research in diverse regions of the Colombian Amazon

Currently he is collaborating with Dr Miguel Alexiades and People and Plants International in Mexico on diverse initiatives around territorial issues that involve indigenous schools and universities in the states of Puebla Veracruz and Guerrero 7

Other OpportunitiesSeminar at the Royal Anthropological InstituteThe RAI run a seminar series the next event is

3rd April 530pm at the RAI in London

John Burton from World Land Trust will be speaking on From the Atlantic Rainforest to the Chaco can conservationists work with anthropologists and with indigenous communities

For more information visit the RAI

Kent Union Books to AfricaWe are a Student-Led Volunteering Group at the University of Kent called Books to Africa a subgroup of the charity of the same name We commit ourselves to collecting donations of books and then shipping them to schoolslibraries in Africa to help with the struggle many young African children face in getting an education

If you have any old books whether they be educational text books or even fictional novels that are surplus to your requirements or if you would like to join our cause by becoming one of our volunteers please do not hesitate to contact us via Facebook

Conservation Volunteering in TogoInvasion Jobs advertOur partner NGO in Togo (Africa) is looking for volunteers for conservation works (reforestation of forest damaged by human activity and bush fires develop a strategy for the collect and treatment of waste) We believe it is a great opportunity for students to develop their skills value their CV and to experience the requirements of the profession as well as a different cultureMore information httpinvasionjobscominvaid

The GREEN Programme enhances your understanding of the Renewable Energy and Sustainability industries by taking you outside of the classroom and into the field By gaining exclusive access to different Renewable Energy facilities in Costa Rica and Iceland you will receive the hands-on experience you need to accelerate your career The GREEN Program provides a perfect balance of interactive online modules engaging group discussions and exclusive facility visits to inform engage and inspireMore information

Bayesian Population Analysis WorkshopThis course introduces many key models used in the analysis of distribution abundance and survival as well as their spatial and temporal patterns in a Bayesian analysis framework To be held in Switzerland in August 2013 More information

Call for Papers BIOECONTo be held at Kings College Cambridge in September this is the 15th Annual BIOECON conference lsquoConservation and Development Exploring Conflicts and Challengesrsquo

The conference will have sessions on economic development growth and biodiversity conservation and on institutions and institutional change pertaining to the management of living resources

More information

8

Please note inclusion in this section is not an endorsement by SAC