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Tuesday, June 27, 2023
HC Theatre
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HC1
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7:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
REGISTRATION DAY 1
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8:30 AM - 9:00 AM |
Welcome and Introduction
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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) |
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10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
REFRESHMENT BREAK 1
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11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Political Ecology of Conservation I | The political ecology of the Biodiversity-based economy in Southern Africa |
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
LUNCH
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1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | African Perspectives on Agro-Ecology | Political Ecology of Conservation II |
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
REFRESHMENT BREAK 2
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3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Book Launch: The Violence of Conservation in Africa | Water and Political Ecology |
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
NETWORK RECEPTION & EXHIBITION
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8:00 PM - 9:30 PM |
FILM SCREENING
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Seminar Room
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7:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
REGISTRATION DAY 1
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8:30 AM - 9:00 AM |
Welcome and Introduction
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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
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11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | |
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
LUNCH
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1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Multi-species entanglements |
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
REFRESHMENT BREAK 2
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3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | |
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
NETWORK RECEPTION & EXHIBITION
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8:00 PM - 9:30 PM |
FILM SCREENING
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HC Theatre
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7:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
REGISTRATION DAY 1
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8:30 AM - 9:00 AM |
Welcome and Introduction
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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
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11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Political Ecology of Conservation I |
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
LUNCH
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1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | African Perspectives on Agro-Ecology |
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
REFRESHMENT BREAK 2
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3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Book Launch: The Violence of Conservation in Africa |
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
NETWORK RECEPTION & EXHIBITION
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8:00 PM - 9:30 PM |
FILM SCREENING
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HC1
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7:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
REGISTRATION DAY 1
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8:30 AM - 9:00 AM |
Welcome and Introduction
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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
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11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | The political ecology of the Biodiversity-based economy in Southern Africa |
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
LUNCH
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1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Political Ecology of Conservation II |
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
REFRESHMENT BREAK 2
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3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Water and Political Ecology |
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
NETWORK RECEPTION & EXHIBITION
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8:00 PM - 9:30 PM |
FILM SCREENING
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HC2
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7:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
REGISTRATION DAY 1
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8:30 AM - 9:00 AM |
Welcome and Introduction
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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
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11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | An island in the world, the world in an island: extraction, materialities, and governmentalities in madagascar 1 |
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
LUNCH
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1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | An island in the world, the world in an island: extraction, materialities, and governmentalities in Madagascar 2 |
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
REFRESHMENT BREAK 2
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3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Political Ecology of Insurgency and counterinsurgency in the Sahel. |
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
NETWORK RECEPTION & EXHIBITION
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8:00 PM - 9:30 PM |
FILM SCREENING
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Moot Court
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7:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
REGISTRATION DAY 1
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8:30 AM - 9:00 AM |
Welcome and Introduction
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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
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11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 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
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1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Extractivism and Lawfare in South Africa – the cases of Amadiba and Fuleni/Somkhele |
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
REFRESHMENT BREAK 2
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3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Urban Politial Ecology |
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
NETWORK RECEPTION & EXHIBITION
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8:00 PM - 9:30 PM |
FILM SCREENING
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Seminar Room
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7:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
REGISTRATION DAY 1
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8:30 AM - 9:00 AM |
Welcome and Introduction
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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
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11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | |
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
LUNCH
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1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Multi-species entanglements |
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
REFRESHMENT BREAK 2
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3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | |
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
NETWORK RECEPTION & EXHIBITION
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8:00 PM - 9:30 PM |
FILM SCREENING
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Wednesday, June 28, 2023
HC Theatre
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HC1
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7:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
REGISTRATION DAY 2
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8:30 AM - 9:00 AM |
Impromptu Indaba - Wildlife Trade
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Impromptu Indaba - Agrarian Change
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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 |
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
REFRESHMENT BREAK 1 DAY 2
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11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Political Ecologies of Extraction | Other-than-human Political Ecologies of Wildlife Conservation |
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
LUNCH DAY 2
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1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | PE and Environmental justice | PE: Reaching in and reaching Out |
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
REFRESHMENT BREAK 2 DAY 2
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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) |
Seminar Room
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7:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
REGISTRATION DAY 2
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8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | |
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | |
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
REFRESHMENT BREAK 1 DAY 2
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11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | |
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
LUNCH DAY 2
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1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | "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
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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) |
HC Theatre
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7:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
REGISTRATION DAY 2
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8:30 AM - 9:00 AM |
Impromptu Indaba - Wildlife Trade
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9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Deagrarianisation: what are the underlying reasons and effects with focus on livelihoods, poverty reduction and climate change |
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
REFRESHMENT BREAK 1 DAY 2
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11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Political Ecologies of Extraction |
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
LUNCH DAY 2
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1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | PE and Environmental justice |
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
REFRESHMENT BREAK 2 DAY 2
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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) |
HC1
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7:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
REGISTRATION DAY 2
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8:30 AM - 9:00 AM |
Impromptu Indaba - Agrarian Change
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9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Political Ecology of Conservation III |
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
REFRESHMENT BREAK 1 DAY 2
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11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Other-than-human Political Ecologies of Wildlife Conservation |
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
LUNCH DAY 2
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1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | PE: Reaching in and reaching Out |
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
REFRESHMENT BREAK 2 DAY 2
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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) |
HC2
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7:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
REGISTRATION DAY 2
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8:30 AM - 9:00 AM |
Impromptu Indaba - Social Movements
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9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Putting political ecology and critical conservation scholarship to work: a dialogue with conservation practitioners |
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
REFRESHMENT BREAK 1 DAY 2
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11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Political ecology of memory: Memories of violence and socio-environmental struggles (I) |
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
LUNCH DAY 2
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1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Africa and Political Ecology |
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
REFRESHMENT BREAK 2 DAY 2
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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) |
Moot Court
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7:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
REGISTRATION DAY 2
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8:30 AM - 9:00 AM |
Impromptu Indaba - Mining
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9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Hydropolitics in Durban and Johannesburg |
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
REFRESHMENT BREAK 1 DAY 2
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11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Biodiversity Conservation, Disruptive Politics, and the Challenges of (Challenging) Spatial Injustices |
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
LUNCH DAY 2
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1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Biodiversity Conservation, Disruptive Politics, and the Challenges of (Challenging) Spatial Injustices (part 2) |
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
REFRESHMENT BREAK 2 DAY 2
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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) |
Seminar Room
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7:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
REGISTRATION DAY 2
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8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | |
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | |
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
REFRESHMENT BREAK 1 DAY 2
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11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | |
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
LUNCH DAY 2
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1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | "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
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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
Seminar Room
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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
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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
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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
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3:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
POLLEN Biannual General Meeting - HC Theatre and Gallery
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6:00 PM - 8:00 PM |
FAREWELL RECEPTION
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HC Theatre
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8:30 AM - 9:00 AM |
Impromptu Indaba - Blue ecologies
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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
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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
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1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Political Ecology and Climate change |
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
REFRESHMENT BREAK 2 DAY 3
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3:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
POLLEN Biannual General Meeting - HC Theatre and Gallery
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6:00 PM - 8:00 PM |
FAREWELL RECEPTION
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HC1
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8:30 AM - 9:00 AM |
Impromptu Indaba - Climate Justice
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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
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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
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1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Contested Landscapes |
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
REFRESHMENT BREAK 2 DAY 3
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3:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
POLLEN Biannual General Meeting - HC Theatre and Gallery
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6:00 PM - 8:00 PM |
FAREWELL RECEPTION
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HC2
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8:30 AM - 9:00 AM |
Impromptu Indaba - Tourism and development
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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
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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
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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
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3:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
POLLEN Biannual General Meeting - HC Theatre and Gallery
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6:00 PM - 8:00 PM |
FAREWELL RECEPTION
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Moot Court
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8:30 AM - 9:00 AM |
Impromptu Indaba - Multi-species entanglements
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9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Power, knowledges and multi-species perspectives in smallholder agriculture |
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
REFRESHMENT BREAK 1 DAY 3
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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
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1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Convivial Constitutionality: Conditions for Human-Predator Cohabitation, institutional change and ontological contestations in a 'Glocal' World |
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
REFRESHMENT BREAK 2 DAY 3
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3:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
POLLEN Biannual General Meeting - HC Theatre and Gallery
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6:00 PM - 8:00 PM |
FAREWELL RECEPTION
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Seminar Room
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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
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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
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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
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3:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
POLLEN Biannual General Meeting - HC Theatre and Gallery
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6:00 PM - 8:00 PM |
FAREWELL RECEPTION
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