Sleep among agropastoralists (ongoing)

I currently work with rural agropastoral communities residing in the high-altitude, cross-border region along the Maloti-Drakensberg Mountains in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. At this site, socioeconomic instability, increasingly extreme weather events, and widespread fear of nighttime stock theft are all sources of risk that are expected to affect activity patterns and sleep. Additionally, the widespread use of guard dogs to protect households and kraals against external risks presents an opportunity to test hypotheses concerning human-dog coexistence and co-evolution.