Sada changed an About section.
Sada changed an About section.
Sada changed an About section.
Department Member, Institute of Archaeology
University of East Anglia, School of World Art Studies and Museology
SOAS University of London, Art & Archeology
Research Associate
About
Sada Mire is an archaeologist from Somalia. She lived the first fifteen years of her life in Mogadishu, until 1991, when she settled in Sweden, as a result of the conflict in north-east Africa. In order to learn about the history of her new society, she studied archaeology and zoo-archaeology at Lund University. She continued at the School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), University of London, for her B.A., and then at University College London (UCL) for her M.A. and Ph.D., conducting field research in Somaliland. Sada is currently advisor to and former Director of the Republic of Somaliland’s Department of Tourism & Archaeology, which she founded in 2007. She is founder and executive director of the Horn Heritage Organization. Sada is a Research Associate at SOAS, and affiliated with also UEA and UCL. In addition, Sada has worked as a Technical Assistant for the United Nations Development Program in Somaliland on cultural resource management and capacity building, and is a member of the Council of the African Studies Association, UK. Sada has conducted fieldwork in several European and African countries – from the U.K. and Denmark to Kenya and Egypt, as well as lectured at universities. In the last five years, she and her team have made many archaeological discoveries, which feature in her numerous articles and chapters in international scientific publications, such as the African Archaeological Review and Antiquity, as well as in the popular media, e.g. Discover Magazine and New Scientist. She serves as an editorial board member of the peer-reviewed journals, Heritage & Society and Southern African Archaeological Bulletin. She is a TED-Speaker. Sada believes that cultural heritage is a basic human need. More information about this work and about Somali heritage in general is available on: http://www.somaliheritage.org/
Photo:Jason Bye
www.hornheritage.org
twitter.com/#!/SomaliHeritage
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VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrwhWAnxvbY
SELECTED MEDIA APPEARANCES:
Sada at BBC WS Forum - arguing that cultural heritage is a basic human need.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00qy7ql
A Cover story: Dr Sada Mire, Somali archaeologist
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/woman-magazine/A_CNN_HERO-146560685.htm
Sada Mire featured in La Republica, "Io, archeologa per salvare la Somalia" http://quotidiano.repubblica.it/rsera/index.php?issue=20120319&pagina=
BBC OUTLOOK article and interview with Sada
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14592866
Available to watch and read is CNN's African Voices Show and article on Sada Mire and her work on Somali heritage
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/05/10/sada.mire.somalia.archa
http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/international/2011/05/09/a
New Scientist's Curtis Abraham interviews Sada Mire on why we need culture in a time of war
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128240.400-somali-archaeologis
For the April 2011 issue of Discover Magazine Sada was asked 5 questions:
http://discover.coverleaf.com/discovermagazine/201104?folio=20#pg22
Also Mire's work on Somali heritage features in a film with Current TV about Somaliland, its development and archaeoogy at:
http://current.com/items/88855208_video.htm
A feature article of Mire's work appears in UCL People Magazine at:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/alumni/news/people/march-2009.pdf
A recent article of Mire's work appears on CNN.com
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/05/protecting.somali.cave.
An article on Mire's Somali heritage work in the Sunday Times: http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/world_news/Africa/article5193
BBC Radio World Service's James Menendez interviews Sada Mire for 'Newshour' about the heritage protection in Somaliland
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00d3dk0#p00dgl54
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/news/2009/03/000000_newshour.shtml
Article on Mire's recent work on Somaliland rock art in the Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/17/cave-paintings-found-in-so
A recent article about the Laas Geel rock art appears at Gadling:
http://www.gadling.com/2010/05/17/laas-geel-somalilands-ancient-treasu
A short film with Sada Mire on BBC Somali about Somali Archaeology:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/somali/maqal_iyo_muuqaal/2010/07/100721_sada_mire
Sada Mire has a background in journalism and takes on media projects relating to heritage and identity. She has produced films on Somali cultural heritage and management for Somaliland TV. One of her short film reports for Channel Four UK is available at:
http://www.channel4.com/player/v2/player.jsp?showId=7594
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