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The people who take photographs
' Lip-plates and the people who take photographs: uneasy encounters between Mursi and tourists in southern Ethiopia' by David Turton, Anthropology Today, 20: 2, April 2004.
The takeover of the Omo National Park
'The takeover of Ethiopia's Omo National Park by African Parks Foundation (APF) of the Netherlands', by David Turton, 2005.
African Parks on the Omo
'African Parks Foundation and the Omo National Park', by David Turton. Prepared for a meeting of African Parks Foundation and the IUCN National Committee for the Netherlands, 17 May, 2006.
Omo Agreement
Agreement between the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Regional State and African Parks (Ethiopia) PLC, concerning the management of the Omo National Park, November 2005.
Looking for a cool place
'Looking for a cool place: the Mursi, 1890s-1990s', by David Turton, in D. Anderson and D. Johnson (eds.), The Ecology of Survival: Case Studies from Northeast African History. Lester Crook Academic Publishing/Westview Press, London/Boulder, 1988, pp. 261-82.
Exploration in The Lower Omo Valley
'Exploration in the lower Omo valley of southwestern Ethiopia between 1890 and 1910', by David Turton. Revised version of a paper first published in Maria Caravaglios (ed.), L'Africa ai Tempi di Daniele Comboni, Atti del Congresso Internazionale di Studi Africani, Istituto Italo-Africano e Missionari Comboniani, Rome, 19-21 November, 1981.
Mursi orthography
'Latin based Mursi Orthography', by Moges Yigezu and David Turton. ELRC Working Papers, Ethiopian Languages Research Center, Addis Ababa University, Vol. 1, No. 2 December 2005, pp. 242-57.
The elephant question
'The Mursi and the Elephant question' by David Turton, in D. Chatty and M. Colchester (eds.), Conservation and Mobile Indigenous Peoples: Displacement, Forced Settlement and Sustainable Development, Berghahn Books, Oxford and New York, 2002, pp.97-118.
Response to Drought
'Mursi response to drought: some lessons for relief and rehabilitation', by David Turton, African Affairs 84,1985, pp. 331-46.
Le Mun (Mursi)
'Le Mun (Mursi)', by David Turton, in J. Perrot (ed.), Les langues dans le Monde ancien et moderne: Les langues de l'Afrique subsaharienne, pidgins et creoles. CNRS, Paris, 1981, pp. 335-349.
Mursi
'Mursi', by David Turton and M.L. Bender in M.L. Bender (ed.), The Non-Semitic Languages of Ethiopia, African Studies Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1976, pp. 533-61.
The meaning of place
'The meaning of place in a world of movement: lessons from long term field research in southern Ethiopia' by David Turton. Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture, sponsored by the Refugee Studies Centre and given at Rhodes House, University of Oxford, 12 May 2004. Also published in the Journal of Refugee Studies, 18:3, 2005, pp. 258-80.
Letter to African parks Foundation
Letter from Stephen Corry, Director of Survival International, to Peter Fearnhead, Chief Executive Officer of African Parks Foundation, 31 October 2007.
A Journey Made Them
'A journey made them: territorial segmentation and ethnic identity among the Mursi', by David Turton in Ladislav Holy (ed.), Segmentary lineage systems reconsidered, Department of Social Anthropology, Queen's University Papers in Social Anthropology, Volume 4, Queen's University, Belfast, 1979, pp. 119-43.
Mursi duelling
A photo essay by Tamás Régi, 2009.
Mursi Dictionary
Mursi-English-Amharic Dictionary, by David Turton, Moges Yigezu and Olisarali Olibui. Culture and Arts Society of Ethiopia (CASE) and Ermias Advertising, Addis Ababa, 2008.
Humanitarian Requirements Document, October 2009
'Humanitarian requirements document, October-December 2009', by the Ethiopian Government and its humanitarian partners, 22 October 2009.
The lip-plates of Mursi women
'Reflections on the lip-plates of Mursi women as a source of stigma and self-esteem', by Shauna Latosky, in Ivo Strecker and Jean Lydall (eds.) The perils of face: essays on cultural contact, respect and self-esteem in southern Ethiopia, Lit verlag, Münster, 2004.
How the missionaries came to Makki
An account by Jerry Carlson (2009) of the establishment and early years of the SIM Mission at Makki, northern Mursiland.
Pastoral Livelihoods in Danger
Pastoral Livelihoods in Danger: Cattle Disease, Drought, and Wildlife Conservation in Mursiland, South-Western Ethiopia, by David Turton. Oxfam Research Paper 12, Oxfam (UK and Ireland), 1995.
How to Make a Speech
'How to make a speech in Mursi', by David Turton, in Peter Ian Crawford and Jan Ketel Simonsen (eds.), Ethnographic film aesthetics and narrative traditions, Proceedings from NAFA 2, 1992, pp. 159-175.
The Social Organisation of the Mursi
The social organisation of the Mursi, a pastoral tribe of the lower Omo Valley, southwestern Ethiopia, by David Turton. PhD thesis, London School of Economics, University of London, 1973.
The downstream impact
The speech in English
Meles's pastoralists' Day speech, 25/1/11
USAID Northern Kenya trip report
USAID Ethiopia trip report
AFDB report on Lake Turkana
Oxford report on Lake Turkana Vol I
Oxford report on Lake Turkana Vol II
A Community-based Map of Mursiland
This map was made over a two year period by asking Mursi what features of their territory it was important to map. Being pastoralists, their first concern was with resources used by cattle, particularly saltlicks and hot springs from which cattle as well as wildlife obtain essential mineral nutrients. They also wanted to map their villages and cultivation sites. A Mursi was given GPS training to enable him to assist with the map making. When a base map of Mursi land use had been completed, this was filled in with other important features. The symbols on the map were drawn by a Mursi so that other Mursi would have an easier time identifying the map features. Many Mursi who cannot read or write can read this map. They are helped in identifying such features as grasslands and rivers by the high quality of the satellite images. A version of the map has also been made in the Mursi language using the syllabic script of Amharic, the national language of Ethiopia. The Mursi have been impressed by the way the map gives them the ability to talk about their land. They often spread it out on a cowskin to discuss its various features and never seem to tire of looking at it. The map has been endorsed by many community leaders, some of whom are using it to plan the Mursi Community Conservation Area. This is a combined conservation and tourism management project, designed to provide revenue for the Mursi community in response to the loss of grazing and water resources over the past half century, due partly to climate change and partly to the encroachment of national parks on their territory.
The Mursi and their neighbours (b)
Decision of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee at its 35th session (June 2011) on the Lake Turkana National Parks World Heritage Site (Kenya).
Ethiopian response to World Heritage Committee Decision
Kenyan Response to World Heritage Committee Decision
World Heritage Monitoring Mission Report
Runebi Rongadi's Song English translation
Ignoring abuse in Ethiopia: DFID and USAID in the Lower Omo Valley
Oakland Institute Report, 2013
Letter from Survival International to Sir Malcom Bruce
Letter from Survival International to Sir Malcom Bruce, Chair of the International Development Committee of the UK House of Commons (2014)- See more at: http://www.mursi.org/news-items/us-appropriations-act-prohibits-support-for-development-activities-in-the-lower-omo-which-2018directly-or-indirectly-involve-forced-evictions2019#sthash.uT4Bt6qy.dpuf
Daasanach War Experiences and Self Determination
War experiences and self-determination of the Daasanach in the conflict-ridden area of Northeastern Africa, by Toru Sagawa. Nilo-Ethiopian Studies, 14, pp. 19-37, 2010.
Daasanach Wives' Domestic and Political Activities
Wives' domestic and political activities at home: the space of coffee dringing among the Daasanetch of Southwestern Ethiopia, by Toru Sagawa. African Studies Monographs, 27, 2006, pp. 63-86.
What Future for Lake Turkana?
What Future for Lake Turkana? The Impact of Hydropower and Irrigation Development on the World's Largest Desert Lake, by Sean Avery. African Studies Centre, 2013.
South Omo Zone Villagization Plan
‘Face’ and the person
Ivo Strecker, ‘Face’ and the person, in Ethnographic Chiasmus: Essays on Culture, Conflict and Rhetoric. Lit Verlag, pp. 45-69 (2010)
Political discourse in an egalitarian society
Ivo Strecker, Political discourse in an egalitarian society, in Ethnographic Chiasmus: Essays on Culture, Conflict and Rhetoric. Lit Verlag, pp. 123-133 (2010)
Lomotor’s talk, or the imperial gerund
Ivo Strecker, Lomotor’s talk, or the imperial gerund, in Ethnographic Chiasmus: Essays on Culture, Conflict and Rhetoric. Lit Verlag, pp. pp.157-168 (2010)
Temptations of war and the struggle for peace
Ivo Strecker, Temptations of war and the struggle for peace, in Ethnographic Chiasmus: Essays on Culture, Conflict and Rhetoric. Lit Verlag, pp. pp.181-227 (2010)
Rhetoric’s of local knowledge
Ivo Strecker, Rhetoric’s of local knowledge, in Ethnographic Chiasmus: Essays on Culture, Conflict and Rhetoric. Lit Verlag, pp. pp. 289-314 (2010)
Villagization must be voluntary
'Villagization cannot be carried out without voluntarism: Premier', Walta information Center, 28 January 2015
Who are the Mursi?
Lugulointheno on the first Mursi crossing of the Omo
La industria lítica mursi en el valle del Mago
La industria lítica mursi en el valle del Mago (Etiopía), by Juan Salazar, Jerome Robitaille & Augustin Diez . Archivo de Prehistoria Levantina Vol. XXIX, Valencia, p. 379-396. 2012.
Cultura material y ethnografia en el valle del Omo (Etiopia) entravista con David Turton
Cultura material y ethnografia en el valle del Omo (Etiopia) entravista con David Turton, by Juan Salazar. In: Revista Valenciana d’Etnologia, p. 28-44. 2011.
Who are the Mursi?
Lugulointheno on the first Mursi crossing of the Omo
DAG letter to GoE, 18 March 2014
GoE reply to Dag letter of 18 March 2014
Do our bodies know their ways?
'Do our bodies know their ways? Villagization, food insecurity and ill-being in Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley' by E.G.J. Stevenson and L. Buffavand. In, African Studies Review. 2018, pp. 109-133.
The River: Peoples and Histories of the Omo-Turkana Area
'The River: Peoples and Histories of the Omo-Turkana Area' by T. Clack and M. Brittain. Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. 2018
Plantation Development in the Turkana Basin: The Making of a New Desert?
'Plantation Development in the Turkana Basin: The Making of a New Desert?' by Jed Stevenson. Published in the Journals, Land. 2018
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