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Admasu Abebe (Ph.D),

Addis Ababa, Lemi Kura,

Woreda 02,

Tele: 091*******

Email: adzn3n@r.postjobfree.com or

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Application Letter: Indigenous Relations Specialist BC Hydro Dear Sir/Madam,

I am applying for the Indigenous Relations Specialist position (senior level) that your institution posted. I did BA in history, MA in Cultural studies, and Ph.D. in Social anthropology. My Ph.D. research examined the history, heritage, and developmental modernity contestations in Dawuro, focusing on the Great Dawuro Walls (Kati Halala Keela). For the last 11 years, I was worked as a researcher, lecturer, project manager, and community trainer. Besides, I organized many workshops, panels, and exhibitions and presented papers at international conferences in heritage conservation. I also engaged in organizing the museum projects. In 2016, I won funds from international and local organizations, was assigned as a project manager, and successfully implemented the project. I published books and articles in both tangible and intangible cultural heritages. See my CV, educational certificates, and work experiences attached below for details. Therefore, my educational background and work experiences fit your post. I would be pleased to work in your institution, which will give me future opportunities to fill gaps in Ethiopian heritage conservation. Hopefully, you will consider my application for the posted Indigenous Relations Specialist.

Best regards,

Admasu Abebe (Ph.D.)

Curriculum Vitae

1. Personal Information

Full name: Admasu Abebe Haile

Address:

Tele; +252-*********/ 094*******

Email; adzn3n@r.postjobfree.com or adzn3n@r.postjobfree.com or adzn3n@r.postjobfree.com .

Home address: Addis Ababa, Lemi-Kura sub-city, Woreda 02, house 202/16 ORCID Id: 0000-0002-3794-2865 or see https://orcid.org/000*-****-****- 2865

Birth place: Dawuro, Southwest Ethiopia,

Birth date: 04/09/1986

Nationality; Ethiopian

2. Education and training

1. Ph.D. in Social Anthropology, Addis Ababa University, October 2015 to January 2023

Course work GPA; 3.79 ECTS

Title of Dissertation:- “History, Heritage and Developmental Modernity in Dawuro, Southwest Ethiopia: The Great Dawuro Walls (Halala Keela) as a Contested Site”

2. Master of Art (MA) in Cultural Studies, Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University; October 2009-July 2011.

GPA: 3.85 ECTS,

MA research title: Documentation and Preservation of an Endangered Dawuro Historical Heritage: The case of Great Medieval Defensive walls of Dawuro/Kati Halala keela, southwestern Ethiopia,

3. Bachelor of Art (BA) in History, Department of History, Jimma University, Ethiopia, Dec 2004- July 2006.

GPA; 3.19

4. High school and Elementary School

Waka preparatory school; Dawurozone SNNPR September 2002-2004

Tocha secondary school Dawuro Zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia September 1999- June 2002,

Kawuka elementary school, Dawuro Zone, SNNPR September 1992- June 2004, 3. Work Experiences

Since September 2011, a lecturer in History, and Heritage management Madawalabu University,

September 2006-August 2009 (4 years) Assistant Lecturer c i v i c a n d h i s t o r y at Bonga College of Teachers Education

4. Research scholarship

1. February 1/2022 to June 30, 2022, Universtate, Erfurt/Gotha research centre Germany, Herzog-Ernest- Stipendent. Research Project: conceptualizing Indigenous special knowledge and Boundaries of Dawuro Kingdom before 1889.” https://www.uni- erfurt.de/forschungskolleg-transkulturelle-studien/stipendien/herzog-ernst- stipendienprogramm-und-hiob-ludolf-fellowships/herzog-ernst-und-hiob-ludolf-fellows- 2022

2. November 1/ 2019 to December 1/2019 at Hamburg University, EU-funded SLAFNET project (https://www.aai.unihamburg.de/en/ethiostudies/research/slafnet.html ) 5. List of Research and project work, publication and paper Presentation on Academic Conference

A. Projects

1. A project Manager of Christensen funded project entitled “Enhancing Community Awareness and Participation to Safeguard Endangered Cultural Heritages of Dawuro, Upper Omo Valley Ethiopia, October 1st 2016-March 31, 2017 of Yedawuro Limat Mahiber.

2. Improving the collection and status of Madawalabu Museum, 2014

(project work)

B. Professional project assignments, consultancy service and fieldworks October 2022: Qualitative Researcher of “Public opinion survey” project for National Democratic Institute (Ministry of Peace) and Jarco consultancy in Afar and Somalia region. February- October 2021, worked as Master Trainer and verification expert for the 6th National Election Board of Ethiopia under European Center for Electoral Support (ECES) March 2021, worked as Field trainer for international foundation for Ethiopian Election system

(IFES Ethiopia) for 6th National Election Board of Ethiopia. August 2020 work field data collector for self-regional statehood questions in SNNPR for Institute of Policy Studies.

September 2021, worked as social experts of Design team of Gebeta Le hager Koyisha international tourism project under Prime Mister`s office and Ethiopian Road Authority/ August 2019, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) of flexible packaging plant owned by ORYX international PLC in Addis Ababa, Bole sub-city, woreda 07, Client “Oda consulting and training private enterprise”

August 2019: P4F Project commissioned by GIZ Ethiopia on the baseline survey, on “Current State of Forest Coffee Products and Forest Coffee Trade of P4F Ethiopia Wild Coffee-Supply Chain Project in Oromia and SNNP Regions of Ethiopia, Client DAB-DRT PLC Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

June 2019, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) of fruit and vegetable farm in woliso Woreda of south west of zone of Oromia regional state, client “Oda consulting and training private enterprise”

May 2019: Qualitative Researcher on REDD+ project commissioned by UNDP specifically on the Baseline Study on Forestry and Livelihoods in REDD+ Investment Woredas for Development of Investment and Management Strategies in Oromia and SNNP Regions of Ethiopia, Client DAB-DRT PLC Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

October 2018, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) of the project owned by Assossa city Administration on Assossa Sanitary landfill construction on assossa town, “Oda consulting and training private enterprise”

April 2016: The Harvard Kennedy School program in criminal Justice policy and management to strengthen the national capacity of in the government of Ethiopia July-August 2016- September 2016: Addis Ababa Rivers and Riversides Development Project; Addis Ababa city administration and center for environmental Science at Addis Ababa University

May 2015, Ethnographic Researcher on European Union commissioned project specifically

“Diagnostic Studies of Music trends of Ethiopia, in the SNNPR, Oromia region and Addis Ababa conducted by the Yard Music School, Addis Ababa University. C. International Research Working Group Membership February 2022 to Present; “TERRITORIALITY AND CARTOGRAPHIC KNOWLEDGE,” ERFURT UNIVERSITY GERMANY https://karafas.hypotheses.org/working-group- territoriality-and-cartographic-knowledge

Indigenous Spatial, Boundary knowledge and mapping https://www.mdr.de/video/mdr- videos/f/video-640932.html (see MDR THÜRINGEN JOURNAL, Germany on Importance of Perthes map collection/ Gotha to study indigenous boundary knowledge of Dawuro kingdom in 19th century, TV screened Sat 23.07. 2022.) D. Publications

1. ‘The keela-system as a defensive strategy against slave raiding in the kingdom of Dawuro, Southwest Ethiopia (c. sixteenth to nineteenth c.)’: Aethiopica International Journal of Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies (forthcoming) 2. Cultural Heritage Dimensions in Dam`s Impact Assessment: GIS Mapping the Great Dawuro Walls/Kati Halala Keela for Informed Conservation and Tourism plan alongside Gibe III Reservoir, Omo Valley, Ethiopia. Zena Lissan journal of Academy of Ethiopian language and culture (forthcoming). 3. The Origin, significance and Physical condition of the Great Medieval Defensive Walls of Dawuro/kati Halala keela, Southwest Ethiopia. ERJSSH 1 (1), September-October 2014 4. Defensive Walls under Threat: Examining the Status of the Great Medieval Defensive Walls of Dawuro People in Southern Ethiopia. Journal for Studies in Management and Planning. ISSN: 2395-0463 Volume 01 Issue 09 October 2015. Available online: http://internationaljournalofresearch.org/

5. ዲንካ የዳዉሮ ባህላዊ ሙዚቃ መሳርያ -የአለማችን ረጅሙ የትንፋሽ ሙዚቃ መሣርያ መጽሐፍ አዲስ አበባ በብርሃንና ሰላም ማቴሚያ ቤት የታተሜ በ2008 ዓ.ም; Dinka- the worlds` longest cultural music instrument of Dawuro: Beranina Selam printing press Addis Ababa, 2015. Watch the link https://youtu.be/d8Zruwgn8Go?t=13/

6. የዳዉሮ ምርምር ጽሑፎች መድብል ባህል ቅርስ ልማት እና ማህበረተሰብ ተሳትፎ

(2013); collection of Research work on Dawuro: culture, heritage, development and community participation. edited book chapter edited by admasu, Mitiku and Mathewos. 2020

E. Paper Presentation on Academic Conferences

1. 21st International Conference of Ethiopian Studies (September 28- oct 1/2022, Addis Ababa) http://ices21.aau.edu.et/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ICES21-Book-of-Abstracts.pdf ) a) Mapping the Great Dawuro Walls/Kati Halala Keela with GIS (under panel P02 b) Assessing Potentials of Cultural Music for Koyisha Tourism Destination: Storytelling songs, Folk Dance, and Music Instruments in Dawuro (under panelP25). 2. Colloque Franco-Allemand ANR-DFG / Paris, 14 et 15 juin 2022. https://evenement.anr.fr/fral/fr/sessions

a. Cartographic Sources and Territorial Transformations of Ethiopia since the Late 18th Century

– ETHIOMAP (2015). https://anr.fr/Project-ANR-15-FRAL-0008 3. 20thInternational Conference of Ethiopian Studies, 1-5, October 2019 in Mekelle, Ethiopia a) Ethnographic Art’ And Its Social Account: Manchela Making Among Dawuro Society, South West Ethiopia (http://www.ices20-mu.org/displayAbstracts.php?abstract_0201-01) b) Symbolic Meanings and Values Beyond Making Longest Wind Music Instrument: Inquiry on Dinka- An Indigenous Music Instrument of Dawuro Society (http://www.ices20- mu.org/panel_list_abstracts.php?panel_0208)

4. 19th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, 24-28, August 2015 in Warsaw, Poland a) Warfare and Defensive Dry Stone Wall Building Strategies of Medieval Omotic Society: Analysis on the Great Walls of Dawuro/Kati Halala Keela, Upper Omo Valley

(http://www.ices19.uw.edu.pl/index.php/panelspapers/403 ) 5. 10thInternational conference of the History of Arts and Architecture in Ethiopia, November 30- December 4, 2015, Mekele University, Ethiopia

6. 1st National Research Symposium on Indigenous Knowledge, Governance and Development Nexus from June 4-5 2013, Institute of Indigenous Studies, Dilla University, Ethiopia 7. 3rd National Research Symposium on Globalization, Development and Indigenous People in Ethiopia from May 18-19 2016, Institute of Indigenous Studies, Dilla University, Ethiopia 8. 1st International Conference of Ethiopian Studies Museum on Past Experience, Current Challenges and Future Directions from November 1-3 2013, Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

9. 4th Annual International Conference of the College of Performing and Visual Arts of Addis Ababa University from June 15-16/2016, Ethiopia

10. 1st National Conference on Safeguarding living Cultural Heritages of the world, June 11-12 2016, Mekele University, Ethiopia.

F. Conference panel and Exhibition event organizer a. 20thInternational Conference of Ethiopian Studies: panel title “Musical Instruments and Performance of Peripheral Societies of Ethiopia; 1-5, October 2018 in Mekelle, Ethiopia. http://www.ices20-mu.org/panel_list_abstracts.php?panel_0208 b. 21st International conference of Ethiopian Studies: Panel title:

“Cultural Music, Instruments, Dance, and Related Indigenous Knowledge in Present-day Ethiopian Tourism” ( September 28-october 1, 2022, Addis Ababa University (http://ices21.aau.edu.et/index.php/book- of-abstracts/ )

G. Documentary and interview screed in National TV and Radio, and Magazines A. Domestic media

1. Ebs Tv “Sunday with EBS Preserving the Dinka Instrument (Dawuro) in Ethiopia.” screened on 21, 2018 from 2:00-2:30 pm (or 13/05/2010 e.c). See link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugpPdsN4twg&t=97s&pp=ygUPZGlua2Egb XVzaWMgZWJz and Sunday with EBS: Dinka Yebahel Buden Live Performance https://youtu.be/d8Zruwgn8Go

2. ETV: ኢቲቪ ዘጋቢ ፊልም -የኮይሻ ገፀ በረከት https://youtu.be/JORKcIoXEE8 3. ETV documentary on cultural music instrument making of Dinka- screened on July 21, 2018; 2:15-2: 45 pm (14/11/2010 e.c).

4. South TV- December 2018: about the status of great Dawuro walls/Kati halala kella and training to raise community awareness and participation to safeguard an endangered Dawuro Heritages, Upper Omo Valley.

5. ETV documentary on cultural music instrument making of Dinka- screened on July 21, 2018; 2:15-2: 45 pm (14/11/2010 e.c)

6. Bisrat Fm 101.1- Asham program- about culture and cultural music instrument- the case of Dinka- November 3/2018; 8:00-9:00 am (24/02/2011 e.c)Addis Ababa 7. The Ethiopian Herald: Saving endangered Dinka World`s Longest Wind Music Instrument. Vol LXXV: no 55. Published on Tuesday 13 November 2018; page 7 (Hidar 4,2011). Prepared by Fasika Berhane.

8. Certificates and Skill Training

1. Basic Geographic Information System (GIS) from July 26 to August 26, 2014 2. SPSS, Basic Methods, and Procedures of Data Analysis by Using SPSS software from May 11- 15, 2015.

3. Qualitative Data analysis Training Workshop on Qualitative Research Method and How to write a scientific Paper, 23-25 October 2017. Training in collaboration between Addis Ababa University and the Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) through the project Development Aid, Effectiveness, and Inequalities in Conflict-Affected Societies. 9. Language skills

A. Dawurogn, and other Omotic languages (Wolaitegna, Konta, Gomo, Gofa, partly Kafinona): Reading, writing, speaking and listening B. English: Reading, writing, listening and speaking C. Amharic; Reading, writing, listening and speaking 10. Licensed Consultancy fields

Art and Culture consultancy services

Hotel and tourism consultancy services

Consultancy services in Education

Consultancy services for social Affairs

Consultancy services for economic development, business and investment

Consultancy service on occupational safety and health control services

Quality management system consultancy

11. Civic association affiliation

- Ethio-think tank group

12. References

1. Tadesse Berrisso (Ph.D). Researcher at Institute of Ethiopian Studies and Anthropologist and my Ph.D. dissertation advisor. Cell Phone 251-***-***-*** E-mail: t a d d e s s e . b e r i s s o @ a a u . e d u . e t . adzn3n@r.postjobfree.com 2. Alexander Meckelburg (Ph.D) Universitate Hamburg, Visiting Researcher in Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Department of Research,. Email adzn3n@r.postjobfree.com. Tele 090******* 3. Getachew Sineshaw (Ph.D.): Postgraduate coordinator, School of Social Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Tele: 091*******

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