New Herding Networks

Abstract

This chapter examines the multiple meanings that the case studies presented in this book hold for development politics, programs, and research. This analysis does not point to a winner or singular conclusion. Instead, it indicates that many herding communities are producing data, narratives, images, and films that enrich and advance academic and international understanding of moments of crisis. This chapter examines how herding communities deliberate through frames of “nomadology,” proleptic elegies, and settlement. It concludes with an examination of the roles of academics in ensuring that nomadic and mobile communities are accurately represented, discussed, consulted, and collaborated with in future research projects.