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Below is the POLLEN 2023 programme. The details below are accurate and up to date.

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

HC Theatre
HC1
HC2
Moot Court
Seminar Room
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
REGISTRATION DAY 1
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Welcome and Introduction
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM 1ST INDABA PLENARY | Political Ecology From South Africa
Speakers: Patrick Bond (University of Johannesburg), Kira Erwin (Durban University of Technology), Desmond D’sa (South Durban Community Environmental Justice Alliance), Bobby Peek (Groundwork), Nonhle Mbuthuma (Amadiba Crisis Committee). Discussant: Sarah Bracking (Kings College London)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
REFRESHMENT BREAK 1
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Political Ecology of Conservation I The political ecology of the Biodiversity-based economy in Southern Africa An island in the world, the world in an island: extraction, materialities, and governmentalities in madagascar 1 Just transition: A trojan horse for corporate capital and the political elite or a democratic space for a people’s regenerative economy?
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
LUNCH
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM African Perspectives on Agro-Ecology Political Ecology of Conservation II An island in the world, the world in an island: extraction, materialities, and governmentalities in Madagascar 2 Extractivism and Lawfare in South Africa – the cases of Amadiba and Fuleni/Somkhele Multi-species entanglements
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
REFRESHMENT BREAK 2
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Book Launch: The Violence of Conservation in Africa Water and Political Ecology Political Ecology of Insurgency and counterinsurgency in the Sahel. Urban Politial Ecology
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
NETWORK RECEPTION & EXHIBITION
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
FILM SCREENING


Seminar Room
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
REGISTRATION DAY 1
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Welcome and Introduction
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM 1ST INDABA PLENARY | Political Ecology From South Africa
Speakers: Patrick Bond (University of Johannesburg), Kira Erwin (Durban University of Technology), Desmond D’sa (South Durban Community Environmental Justice Alliance), Bobby Peek (Groundwork), Nonhle Mbuthuma (Amadiba Crisis Committee). Discussant: Sarah Bracking (Kings College London)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
REFRESHMENT BREAK 1
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
LUNCH
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Multi-species entanglements
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
REFRESHMENT BREAK 2
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
NETWORK RECEPTION & EXHIBITION
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
FILM SCREENING

HC Theatre
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
REGISTRATION DAY 1
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Welcome and Introduction
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM 1ST INDABA PLENARY | Political Ecology From South Africa
Speakers: Patrick Bond (University of Johannesburg), Kira Erwin (Durban University of Technology), Desmond D’sa (South Durban Community Environmental Justice Alliance), Bobby Peek (Groundwork), Nonhle Mbuthuma (Amadiba Crisis Committee). Discussant: Sarah Bracking (Kings College London)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
REFRESHMENT BREAK 1
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Political Ecology of Conservation I
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
LUNCH
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM African Perspectives on Agro-Ecology
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
REFRESHMENT BREAK 2
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Book Launch: The Violence of Conservation in Africa
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
NETWORK RECEPTION & EXHIBITION
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
FILM SCREENING

HC1
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
REGISTRATION DAY 1
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Welcome and Introduction
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM 1ST INDABA PLENARY | Political Ecology From South Africa
Speakers: Patrick Bond (University of Johannesburg), Kira Erwin (Durban University of Technology), Desmond D’sa (South Durban Community Environmental Justice Alliance), Bobby Peek (Groundwork), Nonhle Mbuthuma (Amadiba Crisis Committee). Discussant: Sarah Bracking (Kings College London)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
REFRESHMENT BREAK 1
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM The political ecology of the Biodiversity-based economy in Southern Africa
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
LUNCH
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Political Ecology of Conservation II
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
REFRESHMENT BREAK 2
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Water and Political Ecology
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
NETWORK RECEPTION & EXHIBITION
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
FILM SCREENING



Seminar Room
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
REGISTRATION DAY 1
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Welcome and Introduction
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM 1ST INDABA PLENARY | Political Ecology From South Africa
Speakers: Patrick Bond (University of Johannesburg), Kira Erwin (Durban University of Technology), Desmond D’sa (South Durban Community Environmental Justice Alliance), Bobby Peek (Groundwork), Nonhle Mbuthuma (Amadiba Crisis Committee). Discussant: Sarah Bracking (Kings College London)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
REFRESHMENT BREAK 1
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
LUNCH
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Multi-species entanglements
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
REFRESHMENT BREAK 2
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
NETWORK RECEPTION & EXHIBITION
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
FILM SCREENING


Wednesday, June 28, 2023

HC Theatre
HC1
HC2
Moot Court
Seminar Room
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
REGISTRATION DAY 2
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Impromptu Indaba - Wildlife Trade
Impromptu Indaba - Agrarian Change
Impromptu Indaba - Social Movements
Impromptu Indaba - Mining
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Deagrarianisation: what are the underlying reasons and effects with focus on livelihoods, poverty reduction and climate change Political Ecology of Conservation III Putting political ecology and critical conservation scholarship to work: a dialogue with conservation practitioners Hydropolitics in Durban and Johannesburg
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
REFRESHMENT BREAK 1 DAY 2
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Political Ecologies of Extraction Other-than-human Political Ecologies of Wildlife Conservation Political ecology of memory: Memories of violence and socio-environmental struggles (I) Biodiversity Conservation, Disruptive Politics, and the Challenges of (Challenging) Spatial Injustices
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
LUNCH DAY 2
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM PE and Environmental justice PE: Reaching in and reaching Out Africa and Political Ecology Biodiversity Conservation, Disruptive Politics, and the Challenges of (Challenging) Spatial Injustices (part 2) "Bringing down the Master’s house: exploring researcher positionality and its place(lessness) in the academy."
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
REFRESHMENT BREAK 2 DAY 2
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM 2nd INDABA PLENARY: Political Ecology: North, South and Beyond.
Speakers: Tracey Osborne (CAPE, DOPE, PPEL), Panagiota Kotsila (Undisciplined environments), Felipe Milanez (Latin American Congress of Political Ecology), Amber Huff (POLLEN), Maano Ramutsindela (SSAG, POLLEN), Simon Batterbury (Journal of Political Ecology)









Thursday, June 29, 2023

HC Theatre
HC1
HC2
Moot Court
Seminar Room
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Impromptu Indaba - Blue ecologies
Impromptu Indaba - Climate Justice
Impromptu Indaba - Tourism and development
Impromptu Indaba - Multi-species entanglements
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Creating Change through Colonial Institutions? Rights, Sovereignty, and Emerging Technologies in Global Environmental Governance Researching Green Militarisation: The ethical, political and emotional challenges of conducting research on the militarization of conservation Critical tourism studies: political ecology and political economy in tourism spaces Power, knowledges and multi-species perspectives in smallholder agriculture Authors meet Comrades
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
REFRESHMENT BREAK 1 DAY 3
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM 3RD INDABA PLENARY: Situating Labor in Biodiversity Conservation.
Speakers: Anwesha Dutta (Chr Michelsen Institute), Amber Huff (IDS-Sussex), Trishant Simlai (Cambridge), Francis Masse (Northumbria). Discussants: Maano Ramutsindela (UCT), Tor Benjaminsen (NMBU), Dan Brockington (Manchester), Bram Buscher (Wageningen), Esther Marijnen (Wageningen)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
LUNCH DAY 3
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Political Ecology and Climate change Contested Landscapes Power and politics in global forest restoration and tree planting efforts Convivial Constitutionality: Conditions for Human-Predator Cohabitation, institutional change and ontological contestations in a 'Glocal' World Political Ecology of Environmental Protest in the Global North
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
REFRESHMENT BREAK 2 DAY 3
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
POLLEN Biannual General Meeting - HC Theatre and Gallery
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
FAREWELL RECEPTION


Seminar Room
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Authors meet Comrades
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
REFRESHMENT BREAK 1 DAY 3
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM 3RD INDABA PLENARY: Situating Labor in Biodiversity Conservation.
Speakers: Anwesha Dutta (Chr Michelsen Institute), Amber Huff (IDS-Sussex), Trishant Simlai (Cambridge), Francis Masse (Northumbria). Discussants: Maano Ramutsindela (UCT), Tor Benjaminsen (NMBU), Dan Brockington (Manchester), Bram Buscher (Wageningen), Esther Marijnen (Wageningen)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
LUNCH DAY 3
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Political Ecology of Environmental Protest in the Global North
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
REFRESHMENT BREAK 2 DAY 3
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
POLLEN Biannual General Meeting - HC Theatre and Gallery
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
FAREWELL RECEPTION

HC Theatre
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Impromptu Indaba - Blue ecologies
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Creating Change through Colonial Institutions? Rights, Sovereignty, and Emerging Technologies in Global Environmental Governance
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
REFRESHMENT BREAK 1 DAY 3
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM 3RD INDABA PLENARY: Situating Labor in Biodiversity Conservation.
Speakers: Anwesha Dutta (Chr Michelsen Institute), Amber Huff (IDS-Sussex), Trishant Simlai (Cambridge), Francis Masse (Northumbria). Discussants: Maano Ramutsindela (UCT), Tor Benjaminsen (NMBU), Dan Brockington (Manchester), Bram Buscher (Wageningen), Esther Marijnen (Wageningen)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
LUNCH DAY 3
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Political Ecology and Climate change
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
REFRESHMENT BREAK 2 DAY 3
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
POLLEN Biannual General Meeting - HC Theatre and Gallery
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
FAREWELL RECEPTION

HC1
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Impromptu Indaba - Climate Justice
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Researching Green Militarisation: The ethical, political and emotional challenges of conducting research on the militarization of conservation
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
REFRESHMENT BREAK 1 DAY 3
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM 3RD INDABA PLENARY: Situating Labor in Biodiversity Conservation.
Speakers: Anwesha Dutta (Chr Michelsen Institute), Amber Huff (IDS-Sussex), Trishant Simlai (Cambridge), Francis Masse (Northumbria). Discussants: Maano Ramutsindela (UCT), Tor Benjaminsen (NMBU), Dan Brockington (Manchester), Bram Buscher (Wageningen), Esther Marijnen (Wageningen)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
LUNCH DAY 3
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Contested Landscapes
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
REFRESHMENT BREAK 2 DAY 3
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
POLLEN Biannual General Meeting - HC Theatre and Gallery
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
FAREWELL RECEPTION

HC2
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Impromptu Indaba - Tourism and development
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Critical tourism studies: political ecology and political economy in tourism spaces
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
REFRESHMENT BREAK 1 DAY 3
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM 3RD INDABA PLENARY: Situating Labor in Biodiversity Conservation.
Speakers: Anwesha Dutta (Chr Michelsen Institute), Amber Huff (IDS-Sussex), Trishant Simlai (Cambridge), Francis Masse (Northumbria). Discussants: Maano Ramutsindela (UCT), Tor Benjaminsen (NMBU), Dan Brockington (Manchester), Bram Buscher (Wageningen), Esther Marijnen (Wageningen)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
LUNCH DAY 3
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Power and politics in global forest restoration and tree planting efforts
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
REFRESHMENT BREAK 2 DAY 3
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
POLLEN Biannual General Meeting - HC Theatre and Gallery
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
FAREWELL RECEPTION


Seminar Room
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Authors meet Comrades
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
REFRESHMENT BREAK 1 DAY 3
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM 3RD INDABA PLENARY: Situating Labor in Biodiversity Conservation.
Speakers: Anwesha Dutta (Chr Michelsen Institute), Amber Huff (IDS-Sussex), Trishant Simlai (Cambridge), Francis Masse (Northumbria). Discussants: Maano Ramutsindela (UCT), Tor Benjaminsen (NMBU), Dan Brockington (Manchester), Bram Buscher (Wageningen), Esther Marijnen (Wageningen)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
LUNCH DAY 3
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Political Ecology of Environmental Protest in the Global North
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
REFRESHMENT BREAK 2 DAY 3
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
POLLEN Biannual General Meeting - HC Theatre and Gallery
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
FAREWELL RECEPTION


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