Dr Harriet Nash

Harriet Nash is an ethnographer and hydrogeologist.

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Liverpool School of Architecture
University of Liverpool
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Honorary Research Fellow
Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
University of Exeter

Biography

For the last ten years, Harriet has been researching the use of stars in Oman, first for timing irrigation water shares, and latterly for the seasons, both for agriculture and fishing. For comparative purposes, her work has extended to Iran and Qatar.

Her PhD (2009) recorded methods of watching the stars and their identifications in some five villages in Oman where they were still in use. She focuses on “salvage” ethnography, recording practices that are fast dying out in order to document the cultural heritage of Oman and the wider region.

Publications

Areas of expertise

  • Ethnography
  • Water resources

Interests

  • Traditional knowledge of rural communities in the Arabian Peninsula, in particular Oman, and Iran

Affiliations

Present

  • University of Exeter

Past

  • University of Leeds
  • University of London

Projects