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​PURABI BOSE





Forests & Indigenous Peoples



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 CURIOUS MIND // CREATIVE SOUL 

Author. Communicator. Researcher. 
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My story is working with communities on forest and land tenure, food sovereignty, climate, energy, and gender. 
I ventured into this work with a background in food science, textile chemistry, human development, and anthropology followed by specialised fellowships in Training in Environment Education, and the Local-level Forest Governance. 
​Using anthropology, political ecology and ethnographic approach, I examine the complexity in local-level governance to explore meaningful solutions for rural communities, pastoralists, forest-dwellers. indigenous peoples, including focus on women and social diversity. 
Close to my heart is communicating the results and making science accessible to multi-stakeholder audience. I do so by using multi-media such as photo and story books, articles, write-shops, academic lectures, edited volumes, conference talks, news articles, blogs, and documentary films in indigenous languages.   
I hold an interdisciplinary Ph.D. from Wageningen University and Masters degree from Tata Institute of Social Sciences.

2021-present: I work at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) as a Senior Lecturer in Forest Policy.
I am writing an evidence-based book Indigenous Knowledge in Tropical Forests. 
​Each chapter reflects a comparative field work data that I have collected from indigenous territories of Amazonia region (Brazil, Peru, Colombia), Indonesia, Nepal, Uganda, Bolivia, Mexico, and all across mainland and Northeast India. 

​2021: Vaña Vaasiyon (Forest Dwellers) is Official Selection for CULTUREELS Ethnographic Film Festival in Finland. 
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 'KABZA' ​Purabi Bose's documentary, depicts how forest land diversion for mining has impacted indigenous tribes. 
~ Suryasarathi Bhattacharya , FIRSTPOST.COM Journalist  (Nov 5, 2019)


Read  the news article about Purabi's  Kabza  film review here 
​ https://www.firstpost.com/living/kabza-purabi-boses-documentary-depicts-how-forest-land-diversion-for-mining-has-impacted-indigenous-tribes-7555721.html

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