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Tibetan Pastoralists as Analytical Agents: Epistemic Diversity, Documentary Filmmaking, and Collaborative Theorization

March 8, 2024

Huatsen Gyal Assistant Professor Anthropology Department Rice University Abstract Drawing on a group of Tibetan pastoralists’ efforts to make environmental documentary films as a means of creating alternative narratives of their relationship to their ancestral land, this talk details how documentary films produced by Tibetan pastoralists subtly challenge the power/knowledge...

komodo dragon

“We are the twins of Komodo dragons”: Multispecies Kinship and Indigenous Spatial Politics in Indonesia’s Ecotourism Frontiers

March 1, 2024

Dr. Cypri Jehan Paju Dale Research Fellow University of Wisconsin Madison Abstract In Komodo National Park, the natural habitat of world’s largest living lizard known as Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) and the indigenous people of Ata Modo, a zoning system has been instrumental in the process of commodification of the...

Summer 2024 Course Schedule

Feb. 29, 2024

Summer 2024 Terms: Maymester: May 13 – May 31 Term A: June 3 – July 5 Term B: July 9 – August 9 Term C: June 3 – July 26 Term D: June 53– August 9 Augmester: August 5 – August 22 See the University Course Catalog for credit hours...

Isaac Rivera

Insurgent Cartographies

Feb. 19, 2024

Isaac Rivera Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Geography CU Boulder Abstract Insurgent cartographies are an expression of knowing the world from the standpoint of place. This talk delves into the concept of insurgency and its expressions as a modality of cartography and cultural memory, exploring the task for enacting anti-colonial...

Cornfield

Nature-society interactions and political instability

Feb. 16, 2024

Andrew Linke Department of Geography Associate Professor University of Utah Abstract Political instability and social conflicts vary geographically and in severity. Intense violence – leading to many civilian casualties – engulfs some regions of the world. Simmering economic instability and political tensions exist in other countries that are conventionally viewed...

Terraced landscape

The Long Climate Crisis: Global Political Ecologies of Caste, Race, and Migration

Jan. 24, 2024

Malini Ranganathan​ Associate Professor in the Department of Environment, Development, and Health School of International Service Faculty affiliate of the Department of Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies American University in Washington, DC. Co-sponsored by: Department of Geography (GEOG) Center for Asian Studies (CAS) Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS) Abstract...

Ron Cossman

Ronald Cossman Obituary

Jan. 24, 2024

Dr. Ronald (Ron) Edward Cossman (PhD, 2001) , died on Saturday, October 14, 2023, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis after a two-and-half week battle against pneumonia (caused by COVID and a subsequent routine trip to the dentist), and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Ron's beloved wife, Dr. Shelley Keith, and mother-in-law,...

Commencement group photo

Fall 2023 Commencement Photos

Dec. 22, 2023

Congratulations Graduates!

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Fall 2023 Newsletter Published

Dec. 19, 2023

The 2023 Fall Newsletter has been published and is available for viewing! If you would like to contribute to the next newsletter, please contact the department . If you are an alum, please fill out the Alumni Update form . The newsletter contains department news, alumni updates, and articles by...

Jennifer Fluri

Message from the Chair Fall 2023

This fall, we welcomed Jessica Finlay to the Department. Dr. Finlay, featured in this newsletter, is an Assistant Professor examining health geographies, neighborhoods, aging, and well-being. We also welcomed Sean Dunn as the Department’s new program administrator. Sean has quickly become an integral and valuable member of the Geography Department...

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