IAS Conference: Indigenous Ecologies and Environmental Crisis
08 November 2023–09 November 2023, 10:00 am–6:00 pm
This conference invites participants to reflect about the opportunities Indigenous ecologies offer in response to overlapping environmental, economic, political and social crises.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All | UCL staff | UCL students
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Institute of Advanced Studies
Location
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IAS Common GroundGround floor, Wilkins buildingUCL, Gower Street, LondonWC1E 6BTUnited Kingdom
The value of Indigenous knowledges in overcoming failing institutional responses to global crises is increasingly being recognised. This is particularly relevant in times of unprecedented global transformation, referred to by some as the Anthropocene.
This conference invites participants to reflect about the opportunities Indigenous ecologies offer in response to overlapping environmental, economic, political and social crises. We will explore case studies globally where Indigenous knowledges have been incorporated into policymaking processes discussing the challenges and opportunities those at the forefront of these processes have experienced. We will also look at the ways in which contested understandings of the ‘environment’, ‘ecology’ and the ‘natural world’ have generated powerful social conflicts and histories of struggle for Indigenous peoples across time and place.
We also encourage attendees to engage in conversations about the challenges of translating - even with the best intentions - Indigenous ecological knowledges into modern state apparatuses and formal institutions.
This conference aims to bring interdisciplinary perspectives to bear on the topic of Indigenous ecologies in the context of environmental crisis, and to develop comparative perspectives on debates in different regions of the world. The two days will be organised around four thematic sections: sovereignty, solidarity, language, and gender. Each one of these themes will be built around a case study drawn from work on the Americas, followed by break-out discussion groups to explore parallels and differences to be found in other regions of the world.
PROGRAMME
Wednesday 8 November
10.00 amÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Welcome and Introduction
10.15 amÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Panel 1: Indigenous Sovereignties, States and Laws
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýCase study: Adriana Suárez DelucchiÌý(UCL Institute of Advanced Studies) – ‘Reflections on Buen vivir and Plurinationality in the Chilean Constitutional Process’.
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýCommentary: Salvador Millaleo (Universidad de Chile)
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýÌý Ìý Ìý Chair: Jamille Pinheiro Dias (University of London)
11.30ÌýamÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Tea/coffee & break-out groups for comparative discussion
12.30 pmÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý General discussion of theme
1.00-2.15 pmÌý ÌýÌýLunch
2.30 pmÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýPanel 2: Indigenous Territory and the Manthropocene
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýÌýCase study: Jennie Gamlin (UCL Institute for Global Health)
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýÌýCommentary: Josefa Sánchez Contreras (University of Granada, Spain)
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Chair: Sahra Gibbon (UCL Anthropology)
3.45 pmÌýÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Coffee/Tea
4.00 pmÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýBreak-out groups for comparative discussion
5.00 pmÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýGeneral discussion
5.30 pmÌýÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Reception and virtual exhibition on the 'Coloniality of Gender'Ìý
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Thursday 9 November
10.00 amÌýÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Welcome coffee
10.15 amÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýPanel 3: Languages, Translations and Mistranslations
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýÌýCase study: (University of Warwick)
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Commentary: Timothy Bourns (UCL School of European Languages, Culture and Society)
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýÌýÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Chair: Phiroze Vasunia (UCL Greek and Latin)
11.30 amÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýTea/coffee & break-out groups for comparative discussion
12.30 pmÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýGeneral discussion of theme
1.00-2.15 pmÌý Ìý ÌýLunch & Presentation of Think Pieces special issue on Indigenous Ecologies
2.30 pmÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýPanel 4: Solidarities, Mobilisations and Conflicts
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Case study: Olivia Arigho-StilesÌý(UCL Institute of Advanced Studies)
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Commentary: Melanie Yazzie (University of Minnesota), Roger Chambi (Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Brasil)
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Chair: Jaskiran Chohan (University of Bristol)
3.45 pmÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýCoffee/tea
4.00 pmÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýBreak-out groups for comparative discussion
5.00 pmÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýGeneral discussion and future plans
6.00 pmÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýReceptionÌý