Evelyn Mathias
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Integrated livestock development, indigenous
knowledge
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Weizenfeld 4, 51467 Bergisch Gladbach, Germany.
Tel: +49-2202-932 921; fax +49-2202-932 922
Email: evelyn@mamud.com
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Professional
Interests
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Integrated
animal healthcare and production for smallholders. |
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Application
of indigenous knowledge for development. |
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Ethnoveterinary
medicine (traditional knowledge of animal production and health care). |
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Participatory
approaches. |
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Provision
of community-based livestock health care in developing countries. |
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Conservation of animal genetic resources. |
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Gender
issues relating to livestock.
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Skills
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Training; research; writing and editing;
networking; and organisation of workshops and conferences. |
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Computer skills: Microsoft Word, Access, Excel, FrontPage, Quicken,
Internet, WordPerfect 5.1.
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Languages
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German
(native speaker)
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English
(fluent)
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Indonesian
(good)
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French
(fair)
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Thai
(some)
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Education
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June 87–Dec 89
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MS in General Graduate Studies/International
Development Studies at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA.
Thesis: Ethnoveterinary medicine—an annotated bibliography. Courses on
anthropology, technology and social change, veterinary microbiology and
preventive medicine.
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Feb 84
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Awarded certificate of Specialist in Tropical
Veterinary Medicine (Fachtierarzt für tropische Veterinärmedizin),
Veterinary Board, Hessen, Germany. |
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Mar 79–Aug 81
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Doctoral Degree in Veterinary Medicine
(Dr med vet, equivalent to PhD in USA), Institute of Tropical Veterinary
Medicine, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, West Germany. Thesis: Physiological
and haematological investigations in swamp buffalo cows and calves in
Thailand (in German).
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Apr 79–Aug 80
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Research on swamp buffaloes at the
Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproduction, Faculty of
Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (supported
by a scholarship from the Volkswagen Foundation, West Germany). |
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1973–1978
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State Examination in Veterinary Medicine
(equivalent to DVM degree in USA), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
University of Giessen, West Germany. Curriculum included regular
veterinary medicine courses and a 4-semester course on Problems
of animal health and production in the Tropics. |
Work
Experience
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Since May 96
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Independent consultant. Activities have
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Editing, networking, writing publications and
literature reviews, and giving presentations on ethnoveterinary medicine, community-based
animal health care and conservation of animal genetic resources (1996–present). |
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Establishment and co-moderation of an electronic
ethnoveterinary mailing list in co-operation with the Centre for
International Research and Advisory Networks (CIRAN) of Nuffic,
Netherlands (1999-present). |
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Organisation of non-government organisation activities during a
major international conference on food security for the German NGO
Forum Environment & Development: field visit to an organic farm, editing
of livestock papers for a reader, compilation of a leaflet on
livestock production in the South, and organisation of a session on
livestock issues (2001). |
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Evaluation of a series of projects conducted by Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan
(LPPS) and the League for Pastoral Peoples (LPP) to improve camel
health, alleviate poverty and empower pastoralists in Pali District, Rajasthan,
India (2001). |
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Evaluation of Ethnoveterinary Project of Vetaid UK
in Tanzania (2000). |
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Evaluation of the Ethnoveterinary Project of
IT-Kenya (1999). |
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Advisor to conference on the integrated approach
of animal health care, Malabar Regional Co-operative Milk Producers
Union, Kozikode, Kerala, India (1999). |
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Consultant to CIRAN for action planning of the
future of the Global Indigenous Knowledge Network (1998). |
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Analysis of livestock project documents of the
German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) for Livestock in
Development’s
Livelihoods Strategy Project for the Department of International
Development, UK (1998). |
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Team member of gender- and user-perspective
evaluation of the International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi,
Kenya and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (1997). |
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Assisting in planning and conduct of workshops to
produce manuals on ethnoveterinary medicine in Kenya (1996) and on
camel management and health (1997). |
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Co-organiser of the first international conference
on ethnoveterinary medicine, Pune, India (1997).
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Feb 93–Feb 96
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Co-ordinator of the Regional Program for the
Promotion of Indigenous Knowledge in Asia (Reppika) at the
International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Philippines. Activities
included: networking; proposal writing; project planning, design and
co-ordination; training; information materials production; co-ordination
and conduct of workshops; research; participation in regional and
international conferences (as speaker, session chair, panel discussant). |
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Feb 93–Feb 96
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Corresponding editor, Indigenous
Knowledge and Development Monitor, published by the Centre for
International Research and Advisory Networks (CIRAN), Netherlands. |
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Mar–Nov 91
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Research on traditional veterinary medicine
of sheep and goats among farmers in West Java, Indonesia. Planned, co-ordinated
and conducted field studies with an interdisciplinary team for the Small
Ruminant Collaborative Research Support Program of the University of
Missouri and the Research Institute for Animal Production, Bogor,
Indonesia. Study focused on sociological, gender and veterinary aspects of
local management of sheep and goats. |
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Jul 88–Dec 92
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Research associate, Center for Indigenous
Knowledge for Agriculture and Rural Development (CIKARD), Iowa State
University, Ames, Iowa. Collecting and documenting literature on
ethnoveterinary medicine and indigenous tree management practices.
Establishing linkages with individuals and organisations worldwide.
Writing annotated bibliographies on indigenous tree management (for FAO)
and ethnoveterinary medicine. Co-editing an anthology on
ethnoveterinary medicine. |
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Jan 89–Jun 92
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Member, Editorial Board, CIKARD
Newsletter, Center for Indigenous Knowledge for Agriculture and Rural
Development, Iowa State University. |
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Aug 85–Jul 86
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Ran a newspaper clipping service and summarised
German literature for an environmental conservation project in Bogor,
Indonesia; wrote articles for the Indonesian conservation journal, Voice
of Nature. |
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Oct 81–Mar 85
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Visiting lecturer of the German Academic
Exchange Service, Department of Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary
Medicine, Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor, Indonesia. Taught
artificial insemination and sperm preservation. Research on artificial
insemination in swamp buffaloes (including three months of fieldwork in a
Javanese village and six weeks in Tana Toraja, Sulawesi).
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Jun 78, Jan–
Feb 79
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Field research on feeding behaviour of goats
in Tunisia, sponsored by the German Ministry of Co-operation. |
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Nov 77–Jan 78
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Student assistant at the Institute of
Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Giessen, Germany. |
Awards
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Oberly Award (honorable mention) for worldwide
bibliography on ethnoveterinary medicine (with Constance McCorkle), 1991. |
Professional
Associations
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Alumni of German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). |
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German Veterinary Association. |
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Global
Indigenous Knowledge Network. |
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League
for Pastoral Peoples (treasurer, board member). |
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AGRECOL. |
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Personal
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Born 9 September 1954, German citizen. |
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Married to Dr Paul Mundy
(British citizen). |
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One child: Oliver Adi Mundy (born October 1986).
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Numerous articles, conference papers, extension
manuals and literature reviews on ethnoveterinary medicine, appropriate
livestock health care, indigenous knowledge, swamp buffaloes, goats. Full
list available on request.
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References
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Available on request.
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