Hays, Jennifer

Jennifer Hays

Stillingsbeskrivelse

I am a professor of Anthropology in the Department of Social Sciences at UiT. I teach bachelors courses and master's courses in both the Masters Programme in Multimodal and Visual Anthropology, and the Master of Indigenous Studies programme. I am also the convenor at UiT for the Erasmus Mundus Practice and Policy Masters Programme. My courses focus on Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples culture and rights, Globalization, Culture and Communication, the Anthropology of Africa, and Anthropological methods and writing.

https://antropologi.org/manedens-antropolog-jennifer-hays/

Publikasjoner

Adam H. Boyette, Jessica E.M. van der Wal, David W. Lawson, Stephen Asatsa, Elizabeth W. Gichimu, Jennifer Hays m.fl.:

Advancing equity in collaborative research: reflections from the Cultural Evolution Society Transformation Fund

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences 04. desember 2025 DOI / ARKIV

Velina Ninkova, Jennifer Lynn Hays, Noa Lavi, Aishah Ali, Silvia Lopes da Silva Macedo, Helen Elizabeth Davis m.fl.:

Hunter-Gatherer Children at School: A View From the Global South

Review of Educational Research 2024 DOI / ARKIV / ARKIV

Jennifer Lynn Hays, Velina Ninkova, Noa Lavi, Sheina Lew-Levy, Silvia Lopes da Silva Macedo, Helen Davis m.fl.:

Autonomous hunter-gatherer children in hierarchical schools: a review of the literature from the global South

Hunter-Gatherer Research 2024 DOI / ARKIV

Jennifer Hays :

Defining the terms of indigenous peoples' rights in Namibia: the role of the International Labor Organization

2020 DOI / ARKIV

Irene Bellier, Jennifer Hays :

Indigenous peoples rights: global circulation, colonial heritage, and resistance

2020 DOI / ARKIV

Jennifer Hays, Robert Hitchcock :

Land and Resource Rights in the Tsumkwe Conservancies - Nyae Nyae and N≠a Jaqna

2020 ARKIV

Jennifer Hays :

Définir les termes des droits des peuples autochtones: I'Organisation internationale du travel en Namibie

2019 ARKIV

Jennifer Hays, Velina Ninkova, Edmond Dounias :

Hunter-gatherers and education: Towards a recognition of extreme local diversity and common global challenges

Hunter-Gatherer Research 2019 DOI / ARKIV

Jennifer Hays, Jakob Kronik :

The ILO PRO169 programme: Learning from technical cooperation in Latin America and Southern Africa

International Journal of Human Rights 2019 DOI / ARKIV

Irene Bellier, Jennifer Hays :

Les Droits des peuples autochtones: circulations globales, heritages coloniaux, resistances

2019 ARKIV

Jennifer Hays :

Interpretations of San Ethnicity and Identity in Namibia: Two Ethnographic Accounts

Journal of Southern African Studies 2019 DOI / ARKIV

Jennifer Hays, Velina Ninkova, Sidsel Saugestad :

The Research and Advocacy Group for Hunter Gatherer Education

AnthropoChildren 2018 DOI / ARKIV

Jennifer Hays, Velina Ninkova :

Vertical and Horizontal Mobility among the Ju|’hoansi of Namibia

2018 ARKIV

Velina Ninkova, Jennifer Hays :

"Walking in your grandfather's footsteps": Kinship and knowledge transmission among the Ju/'hoansi (Namibia)

AnthropoChildren 2017 ARKIV

Jennifer Hays, Irene Bellier :

Éducation, apprentissage et droits des peuples autochtones. Quels savoirs, quelles compétences et quelles langues transmettre pour un mode de vie durable ?

2016 ARKIV

Jennifer Hays :

Who owns education? Schooling, learning and livelihood for the Nyae Nyae Ju|’hoansi

Journal of Namibian Studies: History Politics Culture 2016 ARKIV / FULLTEKST

Jennifer Hays :

À qui appartient l'éducation ? Les Écoles de village et les Ju|’hoansi de Nyae Nyae, Namibie

Les Cahiers de la recherche sur l'éducation et les savoirs 2016 ARKIV / FULLTEKST

Jakob Kronik, Jennifer Hays :

Limited Room for Manoeuvre: Indigenous peoples and climate change adaptation strategies

2015 ARKIV

Jennifer Hays, Cwisa Cwi :

The Nyae Nyae Village Schools 1994-2010: An Indigenous Mother-Tongue Education Project After 15 Years

Diaspora, Indigenous and Minority Education 2011 DOI / ARKIV

Jennifer Hays :

Introduction to the Special Issue: Indigenous Education in Southern Africa. Research and Action

Diaspora, Indigenous and Minority Education 2011 DOI / ARKIV

Jennifer Hays :

Educational rights for indigenous communities in Botswana and Namibia

International Journal of Human Rights 2011 DOI / ARKIV

Jennifer Hays, Megan Biesele :

Indigenous rights in southern Africa: international mechanisms and local contexts

International Journal of Human Rights 2011 DOI / ARKIV

Jennifer Lynn Hays :

Steps Forward and New Challenges: Indigenous Communities and Mother Tongue Education in Southern Africa

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 2009 DOI / ARKIV

Jennifer Hays :

The Other Side of ‘All’: Comparing Global Discourses of Education with a Community’s Choices – the case of the Nyae Nyae Ju|’hoansi in Namibia

2009 ARKIV

Jennifer Hays :

Learning Indigenous Knowledge Systems

2009 ARKIV

Rodney K Hopson, Jennifer Lynn Hays :

Schooling and education for the San in Namibia: Between a rock of colonialism and the hard place of globalization

2008 ARKIV

Jennifer Lynn Hays, Amanda Siegrühn-Mars :

Education and the San of Southern Africa

Indigenous Affairs 2005 ARKIV

Jennifer Lynn Hays :

Indigenous Rights in Education: The San of Southern Africa in Local and Global Contexts

2004 ARKIV

Irene Bellier, Jennifer Hays :

Scales of Governance and Indigenous Peoples

Routledge 2020 ARKIV

Jennifer Hays, Irene Bellier :

Echelles de Gouvernance et Droits des Peuples Autochtones

L'Harmattan 2019 ARKIV

Jennifer Hays, Irene Bellier :

Quelle éducation pour les peuples autochtones ?

L'Harmattan 2016 ARKIV

Jennifer Hays :

Owners of Learning: The Nyae Nyae Village Schools Over Twenty Five Years

Basler Afrika Bibliographien 2016 ARKIV

Jennifer Hays :

Cultural evolution and hunter-gatherer education: towards educational self-determination

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences 04. desember 2025 DOI / ARKIV

Velina Ninkova, Jennifer Hays, Noa Lavi, Aishah Ali, Silvia Lopes da Silva Macedo, Helen Davis m.fl.:

Hunter-gatherer children at school: A view from the Global South

PsyArXiv 2022 DOI / ARKIV

Jennifer Hays, Velina Ninkova, Edmond Dounias :

Hunter-Gatherer Education Special Issue

Hunter-Gatherer Research 2019 ARKIV

Jennifer Hays, Velina Ninkova, Edmond Dounias :

Hunter-gatherer education Special issue: Introduction

Hunter-Gatherer Research 2019 DOI / ARKIV

Jennifer Hays :

Hunter-gatherer scale and global approaches to human rights

2018 ARKIV

Jennifer Hays :

Ingjerd Hoëm: Languages of Governance in Conflict. Negotiating Democracy in Tokelau

Norsk antropologisk tidsskrift 2017 ARKIV

Jennifer Hays, Velina Ninkova :

Social, Economic and Geographic mobility among the Ju/’hoansi of Namibia

2016 ARKIV

Jennifer Hays, Irene Bellier, Torjer Andreas Olsen :

Education, Learning and Indigenous Rights : What knowledge(s), skills and languages for sustainable livelihoods?

Forum for development cooperation with indigenous peoples - website 2014 ARKIV

Jennifer Hays :

Recognizing indigenous tracking skills in Namibia: potential benefits, implications, and challenges

2009 ARKIV

Jennifer Hays :

The Invasion of Nyae Nyae: A case of ongoing aggression against indigenous peoples in Namibia

2009 ARKIV

Jennifer Lynn Hays :

Examining Educational Rights for Indigenous Communities in Southern Africa

2008 ARKIV

Jennifer Lynn Hays, Cwisa Cwi :

The Nyae Nyae Village Schools: 15 Years of Mother Tongue Education for an Indigenous Community

2008 ARKIV

Jennifer Lynn Hays :

The Other Side of ‘All.’ Comparing global discourses of education with a community's strategic choices: The case of the Nyae Nyae Ju/'hoansi in Namibia

2008 ARKIV

Jennifer Lynn Hays :

Education, Rights and Survival for the Nyae Nyae Ju|’hoansi: Illuminating Global and Local Discourses

State University of New York, University at Albany 2007 ARKIV

Jennifer Lynn Hays :

Learning indigenous knowledge systems

2007 ARKIV

Jennifer Lynn Hays :

Steps Forward and New Challenges: Mother Tongue Education in Southern Africa

2006 ARKIV

Jennifer Lynn Hays :

For the Benefit of All: Mother Tongue Education For Southern African Minorities. A comprehensive summary report from the Regional Mother Tongue Conference, a conference on multilingualism in Southern African Education, 1-2 June 2005

Working Group of Indigenous Minorities in Southern Africa 2006 ARKIV

Jennifer Lynn Hays :

Rethinking ‘Education for All’: Matching Global Rhetoric with Local Reality

2003 ARKIV

Forskningsinteresser

My work focuses upon the anthropological aspects of the implementation of international human rights standards - especially indigenous peoples rights - for the most marginalized populations, and how these take shape at global, national and local levels. I have been working with hunter-gatherer populations in southern Africa (the San) since 1998, with a particular focus on how they approach issues of education and land rights, and the intersection between these issues. I also link the question of Indigenous Rights to land, knowledge, and culture with global concerns including climate change, biodiversity, and food security.

Current and Recent projects:

Community Asset Mapping Study - Tsumkwe District, Namibia (2024 - ongoing). Funded by the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF)

FAO Indigenous Food Profile - Nyae Nyae Conservancy, Namibia (2024). Funded by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) International Office (Rome)

Hunter-Gatherer Education in a Changing World (2023-2024). Applied Working Group funded by the Cultural Evolution Society Transformation Fund https://ces-transformationfund.org/our-projects/hunter-gatherer-education-awg/

Networks:

Research and Advocacy Group on Hunter Gatherer Education (HG-EDU): https://www.hg-edu.org/

Réseau de Recherche et de Connaissances Relatives aux Peuples Autochtones https://reseaudialog.ca/

Justice and Indigenous Peoples (JUSTIP) https://justip.hypotheses.org/jennifer-hays

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Forskning og undervisning

Medlem i forskningsgruppe / senter

EA:RTH

Fakultet for Humaniora, Samfunnsvitenskap og Lærerutdanning D3014B

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