In a recent presentation to the Ecosystems Lab, @tanayanair.bsky.social shared early insights from fieldwork across India and Ghana, exploring nutrient cycling in tropical forests and savannas through a collaborative, multi-site research project. Read more: www.oxfordecosystems.org/post/studyin...

Studying Nutrient Flows Across Tropical Forests and Savannas: A Collaborative Project

Research by Tanaya Nair explores how nutrients move through plants and soils across tropical ecosystems in India and Ghana.

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How does nature influence movement and traditional dance practice? In this workshop, Oonmona Das and I explore how dancing wisdom—embodied knowledge shared within communities—can help restore our intricate connection to nature. www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9ig...

Dance Mirrors Nature: An exploration in movement and ecology in India

YouTube video by Tanaya Nair

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We’re gathering to make a sacred space for movement and connection inside the Natural History Museum in London @nhm-london.bsky.social. Come join us on Monday night for Dance Mirrors Nature—a gentle dive into how folk and classical traditions mirror our relationship with the living world.

To have your hands in the soil and your eyes on the canopy—all the while making friendships that might last a lifetime. I’ve just been in Ghana and India collecting data for my PhD on nutrient flows in tropical forests and savannas.

Busy cooking with my artist collaborators—thinking about art-science-society connections in the Himalayas, the Western Ghats of India, Ghana, and South Africa.

ECI Ecosystems DPhil @tanayanair.bsky.social "This ‘dancing wisdom’ or embodied knowledge, which is passed down through traditional teacher-student relationships and in community is a form of restoring peoples intricate connection to nature." Read more: www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/indian-...

Oxford Ecosystems@oxfordecosystems.bsky.social · 2y ago

We had such fun yesterday in the 'Dance mirrors nature: an Indian dance workshop' organised by Ecosystems DPhil student, @tanayanair.bsky.social and Oxford School of Global and Area Studies' MPhil student Oonmona Das @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social

Looking forward to this event as our own @tanayanair.bsky.social will be taking part. They will be 'Reimagining our Relationship with #Nature' & discussing how we can create new, healthier ways of relating to non-human species. @ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social

Reimagining our Relationship with Nature

Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery researcher, Tanaya Nair will be taking part in a discussion between an artist, a scientist and a climate activist to explore our relationship with nature. Togethe...

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My Sattriya (a classical dance from Assam) dance teacher & I organised an event for the Biodiversity cluster at Oxford University titled 'Dance Mirrors Nature'. Here's a glimpse of what it was like👇https://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/indian-dance-workshop-explores-link-between-biodiversity-and-movement

I'm joining an environmental artist & activist at Generation Hope, a festival at the Natural History Museum in London to discuss how we can begin to reimagine our relationship with nature through trans-disciplinary practice. www.nhm.ac.uk/events/reima...

Sharing a story by my friend Arjun Kamdar on the life and death of an elephant, Ramu/Laden, who now lives in the memories of countless people who lived in and worked at the foothills of the Himalayas in Assam. www.projectcroak.com/post/the-lif...

The life and death of Ramu/Laden, the elephant friend

In remembrance of a wild tusker and his interactions with humans and non-humans in northeast India

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Thinking of how to design DPhil chapters that are relevant to current discussions in the field but is also useful & important for vulnerable communities/landscapes. And yearning to use truly transdisciplinary art & science methods from the conception to the rolling out of this research in the world.

The mighty Brahmaputra river

Sampling in stunning riverine grasslands in upper Assam. Who knew savanna field work would involve traveling by boat and watching Gangetic river dolphins on the way to our field sites.

Very excited to reflect and share on our lovely collaborative field expedition in Angola earlier this year. Come, take a walk down a catena in the miombo woodlands with us. 👇

Anya Courtenay@anyacourtenay.bsky.social · 2y ago

Some field observations and a lovely poem by @tanayanair.bsky.social reflecting our time collecting plants and microclimate data in a beautiful miombo mosaic 🌱🌦🌾

In Kerala amongst the circling Brahminy kites, the diving chestnut headed bee-eaters, the very still heron, the low flying cormorants, & the egret. The Manjaly river is sweet to taste. Is lined by mangroves. Fish farms. Wooden boats.