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The question of how to bring dignity and heritage to the fore of sustainable development initiatives is foundational to pastoralists鈥� contests over development. For decades East African pastoralist communities have been an epicenter of community-based activism, and development initiatives, often in conflict with official visions for pastoralist people. These contests show that pastoralist visions of prosperity and a good life, derived from three conceptual pillars of land, livestock, and culture, and founded on healthy ecosystems, hinge on dignified treatment of pastoral heritage. This project will: 1. examine how dignity and heritage can be brought to the centre of sustainable development in specific communities; 2. understand how formal policy processes that form around the SDGs and other similar international and national targets engage with heritage and dignity; and 3. explore how insights from these instances can facilitate critical scholars鈥� engagement with sustainable development agendas and alternatives to them. 

This project is funded by the British Academy and led by Dr Caroline Howe at Imperial. Dan Brockington is a Co-Investigator on this project