By Michele Nori, PASTRES (Pastoralism, Uncertainty, Resilience) project. Given at EUI on 10 April 2019.
https://steps-centre.org/event/the-future-of-the-world-is-mobile-what-can-we-learn-from-pastoralists/
2. Outline
Ian : theoretical framework
• Pastoral mobilities
• Interface with other disciplines
• TRAmed Project
Natasha: rethinking mobility on the ground
3. Pastoral mobilities
looking for greener pastures
Different articulations of livestock, land and labor (H&h)
• nomadic,
• transhumant,
• agro-pastoral,
• semi-sedentary, etc…
Dycothomy with sedentary farming
A cultural remnant waiting to disappear
7. My experience with the TRAMEd project
• Immigrant shepherds in EUMed pastoralism
Fiorino, a Romanian
shepherd active in
Triveneto (It).
TRAMed
8. My experience with the TRAMEd project
a) History repeating
b)Shepherding as a skill for
intl. labour market
a) Inconsistency btw geo-
and social mobilities
9. Conceptual and methodological challenges
similar constituency
• Mobile
• Crossing borders
• Split
• Networks
• Illegal
• Vulnerable
• Insecure
• Uncertain
• Grey
• Unofficial
10. Facing the challenges of mobility
could we learn from Migration Studies ?
Mechanical Fluidity
Structure, Policies Agency
Origin and destination Navigating, translocations
Push and pull Networks
Shifting paradigms