This conference brings together experts in the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities from Columbia and outside institutions to participate in a highly interdisciplinary discussion of nature and society in Latin America. Engaging varied disciplinary and national perspectives, the conference takes a regional approach to land and natural resource use policies and politics on the premise that there are important social, economic, political, human rights and environmental interlinkages between different countries in the region that can provide the foundation for productively rethinking nature in Latin America.
The conference will take place in 5 sessions. The fifth session will culminate with a keynote address. The event program can be found here.
The sessions will take place during the following dates:
Session 1: Friday, April 9th | 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Session 2: Friday, April 16th | 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Session 3: Friday, April 23rd | 1:00pm-2:30pm
Session 4: Friday, May 7th | 1:00pm-2:30pm
Session 5 & Keynote: Friday, May 14th | 1:00pm - 3:00pm
About Session 1
Session 1 of the conference will have two panels.
Panel 1: 1-2 pm – Transforming Natures
Ben Orlove, Columbia, Climate School
Maria Uriarte, Columbia, E3B
Reversals of reforestation across Latin America limit climate mitigation potential of tropical forests
Walter Baethgen, Columbia, Earth Institute/IRI
Rethinking sustainable food production systems in Latin America
Miguel Pinedo Vazquez, Columbia, Earth Institute/IRI
The influence of cities on fishing for household consumption and income in Amazonia
Panel 2: 2-3 pm – Livelihoods and Access
Denise Milstein, Columbia, Sociology
Alicia Cooperman, Texas A&M University, Political Science
Community Organizing Around Water Governance and Access in Rural Brazil
Marcos Mendoza, University of Mississippi, Anthropology
Green Distributive Politics and the Narco-Environment in Mexico
Gustavo Azenha, Columbia, ILAS
A Political Ecology of Brazil’s “Discovery Coast”: Crisis, Socioenvironmental Hybridization, and Historical Amnesia in the Frontiers of Global Liberalism
The event will be available via the ILAS Youtube Channel Live. It can be found here.
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