Political ecology and environmental actions reflect how people understand their
biophysical environment and their relationship with it in both material and nonmaterial
terms.

In this webinar, we explore African perspectives on the environment through
interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and transdisciplinary lenses. The discussion will be
guided by the following questions:

1. What do ordinary people, social movements and leaders think about the
   environment?
2. What meanings do they attach to it?

About the Guest Speaker

Dr Anselmo Matusse holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Cape
Town. His academic background also includes an MSc in Environmental Science from
Linköping University and master’s degrees in Higher Education Teaching and Learning
from Göteborg University and Digital Humanities from Linnaeus University in Sweden.
He is a Junior Research Fellow at CzASE Studies, where he contributes to the design
of a transdisciplinary course integrating the Sustainable Development Goals, Critical
Zone studies and transformative pedagogies. Dr Matusse has over a decade of
teaching experience in both primary and higher education in Mozambique and has
delivered guest lectures at Uppsala University, Linköping University, the University of
Cape Town and ISCTE-IUL. He co-teaches the BA course “Words, Bones, and
Deeds” at the University of Cape Town. He also serves as a National Geographic
Explorer, where he has shared indigenous ecological knowledge systems with school
learners in the United States based on his doctoral research. His research interests
include environmentalism, development, the platformisation of society and higher
education for sustainable development.