Earth Work Symposium

Join us for a virtual event hosted by students and faculty in Global Political Ecology, Bard College at Simon's Rock/Open Society University Network. Presentations and discussions will be led by an international panel of experts on transdisciplinary earth studies and nature conservation.

8:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. | Introduction by Chris Coggins, Moderator

8:15 a.m. - 8:40 a.m. | Yifei Li, Militarized Metaphors in China's Environmental Governance

8:50 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. | Mukul Sharma, Climate Change, Caste, and Dalits in India

9:25 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. | Roan McNab, Guatemala's Laguna del Tigre Conundrum: Can "failed" conservation areas affected by organized crime be healed by advancing environmental and social priorities?

10:00 a.m. - 10:25 a.m. | Mareike Winchell, Political Theologies of Fire: Ontological multiplicity and climate in Bolivia

10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. | Writing and Thinking Workshop & Open Discussion

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85677420717?pwd=K0JjekVCdDIzN0pRK2tNcmV4K0FiZz09

Meeting ID: 856 7742 0717

Passcode: 440125