Future Africa at the University of Pretoria cordially invites you to a webinar titled: African Environmental Thoughts and Relational Ontologies.

Date: Tuesday, 24 March 2026
Time: 11h00 –12h30

Register here: https://bit.ly/4seHyoa

Abstract:

Political ecology and environmental actions reflect how people understand their biophysical environment and their relationship with it in both material and non-material 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: What do ordinary people, social movements and leaders think about the environment? What meanings do they attach to it?

The webinar is organised by Professor Maano Ramutsindela, UP–UCT Future Africa Research Chair in Sustainability Transformations. The session will be chaired by Dr Tafadzwa Mushonga from the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship at the University of Pretoria.

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.