Maan started following the work of Trishant Simlai, University of Kent, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology.
Maan started following the work of Dessi Kurzydlowski, Sofia University "St.Kliment Ohridsky", European Studies.
Graduate Student, Geography
Senior Hulme Scholar
Brasenose College
Thesis Title: The Political Ecology of Human-Elephant Relationships in India
About
Academic webpage:
www.geog.ox.ac.uk/graduate/research/mbarua.html
Personal website:
https://sites.google.com/site/maanbarua/
I am a geographer working at the interface of human geography and conservation science. My current research inquiry is in three interrelated areas:
(1) Conservation beyond protected areas: my DPhil research builds upon animal / more-than-human geography perspectives to explore how humans and elephants co-inhabit space. I have just completed an interdisciplinary project on figs and patterns of frugivory in Assam, northeast India.
(2) Culture, conflicts and conservation: I am interested in developing culturally-sensitive methods for doing conservation in non-western contexts. Recent research has focused on human-wildlife conflict and mobilizing animals as flagships for conservation.
(3) Wellbeing, development and conservation: I am developing new perspectives in trying to link human wellbeing and conservation. My recently concluded fielwork touches directly upon the political impact of conservation policies on the wellbeing of the rural poor in India.
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