In conclusion... :))
I'm happy to report this project has reached conclusion! TL;DR: pub here. A few updates. Thanks to the funds raised here and support from my university (and a good bit of self-funding), I collected...
Chabu elder shares stories - Video
Here is a video of Attenai Dante sharing some stories. Attenai is at least 90 years old and is a local legend among the Chabu.
Photos from last summer, 'forager-horticulturalists'
The title of this project describes the Chabu as hunter-gatherers. They have been recently described as such by others and historically have been hunter-gatherers. Since the late 1990s they have ma...
Returning to the field
On Monday I return to Ethiopia to continue my research on leadership among the Chabu. Last summer conflict in and around the town of Yeri prevented my team and I from reaching the Chabu village whe...
A brief ethnographic introduction to the Chabu - Presentation video
Hello everyone, Recently we gave a brief presentation to our bioanthropology lab group on the Chabu and our time with them this summer. This was just a quick sort of introduction and discussion to ...
Made it to the Chabu!
After much waiting we were able to make it to the Chabu! We confirmed though multiple sources that it was safe in G4, the Chabu village where we work, and along the way. ...
Playing the waiting game and being adaptive.
In evolutionary theory we talk about adaptations and adaptive behavior. Adaptations are designed features of an organism's body or behavior shaped by natural selection to perform a function that in...
Hawassa days
We've accomplished all that needed to be done here in Hawassa. Now we are waiting for our main research guide to finish his PhD defense tomorrow. We will go back to Addis to meet him and then all t...
Moving along
This campaign has ended and I just wanted to again express my sincerest gratitude to all who contributed.After spending some time in Addis we are now headed to Hawassa tomorrow. Originally we plann...