Wilhelm Ostberg (National Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm, Sweden)

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Dr. Wilhelm (Willie) Ostberg
National Museum of Ethnography
P.O. Box 27 140
S-102 52
Stockholm
Sweden

phone:   +46 8 16 4898
fax:	 +46 8 666 5070
e-mail:  wil.ostberg@etnografiska.se

Curator (Africa) in the National Museum of Ethnography, Sweden. 
Editor of "Ethnos, Journal of Anthropology". 
Affiliated researcher at the Environment and Developement Studies Unit,
School of Geography, Stockholm University, Sweden.

Research on (1) natural resource management,  (2) on expressive culture
and (3) on material culture in East Africa. 

Ethnic groups: 
Burunge (Southern Cushitic) and Rangi (Bantu) in Tanzania. 
Marakwet and Pokot (Kalenjin, Southern Nilotic) in Kenya. 
Recent publications (selection):

1. Land is Coming Up. The Burunge of Central Tanzania and Their
Environments. Stockholm University,1995.

2. Some struggle for a living, some make money - as the soil floats down
the slopes. Land Management Strategies in Burunge Hills, Central
Tanzania. Pp. 96-105 in Changing Environments. Research on Man-Land
Interrelations in Semi-Arid Tanzania, ed. by Carl Christiansson and
Idris S. Kikula. Nairobi, 1996. 

3. Uburunge ya zamani na ya sasa. [Burunge Past and Present.] Utafiti wa
binadamu na mazingira Mikoa ya kati Tanzania, Namba 14. Stockholm
University, University of Dar es Salaam: EDSU, IRA, 1997.

4. (With Carl Christiansson and Idris S. Kikula.) Research in Support of
Soil Conservation Projects - Or of Land Users? Pp. 1211-1223 in Soil and
Water Conservation. Challenges and Opportunities. Volume 2. Edited by
L.S. Bhushan, I.P. Abrol and M.S. Rama Mohan Rao. Dehra Fun: Indian
Association of Soil and Water Conservation, 1998.

5.(With Chris Reij.) "Culture and local knowledge - their roles in soil
and water conservation." Chapter for the book _Towards Sustainable land
use: furthering cooperation between people and institutions_, in press.
International Soil Conservation Organisation.