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BRIGID HAINS
Key Areas of Interest: Environmental and ecological ideas and
perceptions, wildlife conservation and protected areas, pastoralist land
management systems, education especially in cross-cultural settings,
history of science specially evolutionary theory.
Current Research/Work: Writing a non-academic book on
contemporary worldviews. Working for the Touchstone Trust on education
initiatives with Maasai communities in northern Tanzania.
Brief CV:
Brigid trained as an environmental historian in Australia. She taught
environmental history, public history and cultural landscape programs at
various universities in Australia. After completing the MSc in 2008,
she became involved in a Trust working with Maasai communities in
northern Tanzania especially in improving schools for children from
pastoralist backgrounds. Brigid is currently writing freelance, working
on a book while continuing to work with the Trust.
