Stasja Koot
Wageningen
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Debate, pluralism, and power in epistemological violence: Reply to Simpson et al. (2026)
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Intimidation as epistemological violence against social science conservation research
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Resettlement in Tsintsabis, Namibia: historical background and contemporary social complexities in Haiǀǀom and !Xun development planning
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Southern Africa is seen as a leader in wildlife conservation, but its market-driven approach is deeply flawed
The Conversation Southern Africa’s wildlife economy is often hailed as a successful model. The idea behind this model is that biodiversity and wildlife are used as the basis of sustainable economic growth, through an increase in wildlife numbers and in a country’s revenue. But how successful has the model actually been in places like Botswana, Namibia and South Africa?
Opinion: Southern Africa is seen as a leader in wildlife conservation, but its market-driven approach is deeply flawed
Southern Africa's wildlife economy is often hailed as a successful model. The idea behind this model is that biodiversity and wildlife are used as the basis of sustainable economic growth, through an increase in wildlife numbers and in a country's revenue. But how successful has the model actually been in places like Botswana, Namibia and South Africa?
Southern Africa is seen as a leader in wildlife conservation, but its market-driven approach is deeply flawed
Southern Africa’s wildlife economy is often hailed as a successful model. The idea behind this model is that biodiversity and wildlife are used as the basis of sustainable economic growth, through an increase in wildlife numbers and in a country’s revenue. But how successful has the model actually been in places like Botswana, Namibia and South Africa?
The San people of southern Africa
… where ethics codes for researching indigenous people could fail them There is a long and often complicated history of researchers studying indigenous people. In 1999, education scholar Linda Tuhiwai-Smith, in her book ‘Decolonising Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples’, emphasised the colonial character of much research. She warned that it brings with it a new wave of exploration, discovery, exploitation and appropriation.
Ethics codes for researching indigenous people could fail
AFRICA There is a long and often complicated history of researchers studying indigenous people. In 1999, the education scholar Linda Tuhiwai Smith, in her book Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples, emphasised the colonial character of much research. She warned that it “brings with it a new wave of exploration, discovery, exploitation and appropriation”.
The San people of southern Africa: Where ethics codes for researching indigenous people could fail them
There is a long and often complicated history of researchers studying Indigenous people. In 1999, the education scholar Linda Tuhiwai-Smith, in her book "Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples, "emphasized the colonial character of much research.
The San people of southern Africa: where ethics codes for researching indigenous people could fail them
There is a long and often complicated history of researchers studying Indigenous people. In 1999, the education scholar Linda Tuhiwai-Smith, in her book Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples, emphasised the colonial character of much research. She warned that it brings with it a new wave of exploration, discovery, exploitation and appropriation.
The San people of southern Africa: where ethics codes for researching indigenous people could fail them
There is a long and often complicated history of researchers studying Indigenous people. In 1999, the education scholar Linda Tuhiwai-Smith, in her book Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples, emphasised the colonial character of much research. She warned that it brings with it a new wave of exploration, discovery, exploitation and appropriation.
The San people of southern Africa: where ethics codes for researching indigenous people could fail them
By Stasja Koot, Assistant Professor, Wageningen University There is a long and often complicated history of researchers studying Indigenous people. In 1999, the education scholar Linda Tuhiwai-Smith, in her book Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples, emphasised the colonial character of much research. She warned that it brings with it a new wave of exploration, discovery, exploitation and appropriation. Well into the 20th… Read complete article © The Conversation -
Research codes and contracts do not guarantee equitable research with Indigenous communities - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Research codes and contracts have been developed to protect Indigenous and marginalized peoples from exploitation and to promote inclusion, so that research will become more beneficial to them. We highlight three important but often overlooked challenges for such instruments, drawing on examples from the San of southern Africa. Research among Indigenous and other historically marginalized peoples is often exploitative.
Conservation Science and Discursive Violence: A Response to Two Rejoinders
Abstract Abstract We respond to two rejoinders to our review article “Science for Success,” which proposed fuller contextualization of epistemological approach, researcher position and interests in conservation research. This way readers—including reviewers and journal editors—can better understand and interpret findings.
Conservation Science and Discursive Violence: A Response to Two Rejoinders
Introduction In our review paper Science for Success (Koot, Hebinck, and Sullivan 2020), which went through three rounds of peer review with three anonymous reviewers, we emphasize the importance of researcher position and self-reflexivity for conservation and development professionals who do research about the programs they are involved in, as this can potentially create a conflict of interest.
Popular Philanthrocapitalism? The Potential and Pitfalls of Online Empowerment in “Free” Nature 2.0 Initiatives
Introduction “Web 2.0” refers to the Internet’s growing capacity for interactivity, as opposed to “web 1.0” in which such interactivity was largely absent. Since the turn of the century, web 2.0 has grown into a collective term encompassing contemporary social media including blogs, Wikis, user-posted videos, comments and so forth facilitating digital co-creation. Web 2.0 has thus ostensibly afforded creativity and participation by the growing numbers of Internet users.
Full article: The Limits of Economic Benefits: Adding Social Affordances to the Analysis of Trophy Hunting of the Khwe and Ju/’hoansi in Namibian Community-Based Natural Resource Management
Bribery in Bwabwata? The hunting operator who was perceived as the best choice by one actor would not necessarily also automatically be perceived as such by other actors; different interactions would lead to different social affordances between the various actors. In Bwabwata, for example, MET allowed Kyaramacan to open another trophy hunting tender in April 2009 (Kyaramacan Association Citation2009Kyaramacan Association 2009.
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