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Geography Colloquium: Mimi Sheller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Grace Conference Room, Higgins University Center Clark University

Climate Change and Mobility Justice: The Kinopolitics of Climate Coloniality In this talk, Dr. Sheller will discuss what reactive border closures, wall building, and de-nationalization of undocumented populations around the world have to do with the climate crisis-mobility nexus. This talk highlights the interconnections of the climate crisis, unsustainable mobilities and climate-related migration. These (im)mobilities, […]

Sponsored by: George Perkins Marsh Institute

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Geography Colloquium: Kimberley Davis, United States Department of Agriculture

via Zoom

Conifer forest resilience to changing climate and fire regimes in the western US The combination of increasing area burned at high severity and warmer, drier post-fire conditions is making forests in the western United States vulnerable to ecological transformation. Dr. Kimberley Davis will examine how the interactive impacts of changing climate and wildfire activity are […]

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Geography Speaker: Jennifer Taylor, The Brooklyn Strategist

via Zoom

Building worker’s power: Workers united at Brooklyn Strategist  Jennifer Taylor is a worker-organizer at the board game cafe Brooklyn Strategist. In late 2023, workers at Brooklyn Strategist joined those at three Hex & Co. locations as well as Uncommons to successfully demand union recognition. All of these workers have affiliated with Workers' United, the union […]

Sponsored by: Dean of the College
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Geography Colloquium: Andrea Marston, Rutgers University

Jefferson 218

Subterranean Matters: Cooperative Mining and Resource Nationalism in Plurinational Bolivia In an era of increased state involvement in natural resource governance, members of Bolivia’s “mining cooperatives” are commonly described as thieves of national wealth. Nevertheless, these small-scale miners won significant influence in Bolivia’s radically restructured Plurinational State, in which the rights of both Indigenous peoples […]

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Geography Speaker: Wiranta Ginting, Asia Floor Wage Alliance

via Zoom

Building Worker's Power: Asia Floor Wage Alliance Wiranta Ginting is an organizer and labor rights educator, who has worked with trade unions, small grassroots NGOs and worker-led organizing programs in South-East Asia for twenty years. He leads workplace and community campaigns for decent work and living wages in global fashion supply chains. Currently, he is […]

Sponsored by: Dean of the College
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Geography Colloquium: Loretta Lees, Boston University

Jefferson 218

Defensible Space on the Move: Mobilisation in English Housing Policy and Practice In this talk, Professor Lees will discuss Defensible Space on the Move: Mobilisation in English Housing Policy and Practice co-authored with Elanor Warwick (RGS-IBG Book Series, Wiley, 2022). She will evaluate the geographical/spatial concept of Defensible Space, which has been influential in designing […]

Dr. Niwaeli Kimambo

Geography Colloquium: Niwaeli Kimambo, Middlebury College

Jefferson 218

Urban dwellers are transforming rural land use and ownership in East Africa In this talk, Dr. Kimambo will share her ongoing work in Eastern Africa that links rural land use change to urban actors. The work uses remote sensing analysis to track the emergence of tree crops (e.g., pine, eucalyptus, and avocado). Remote sensing analysis […]

The GSG and the CCC Presents: Alumni Connections - Applying Geographical Knowledge and Learning about Life after Clark.

Practicing Geography & GIS Week Present: Alumni Connections

via Zoom

Alumni Connections: Applying Geographical Knowledge & Learning About Life After Clark How does one transition from undergraduate to professional? How does one build a professional network? How can students best prepare themselves for success while at Clark as well as post-graduation? A panel of Clark Geography alumni will share their experiences navigating Clark and beyond, […]

Practicing Geography Week & GIS Week 2023 Flyer. Monday November 13-17, 2023

Practicing Geography & GIS Week Presents: Geography Student Insight Panel

Jefferson 218

Geography Student Insight Panel Hear from current students about their undergraduate experiences in the Graduate School of Geography. Ask questions to the panelists and connect with your peers! Panelists: Abby Beilman, ESS '23 ES&P '24 Shradha Birdika, GEOG '24 Apple Gould-Schultz, ESS '23 MSGIS '24 Lily Kaplan, ESS '23 ES&P '24 Light refreshments will be […]

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Geography Colloquium: Dillon Mahmoudi, University of Maryland – Baltimore County

Jefferson 218

Landscapes of Knowledge: Citizen Science, Knowledge Production, and Racial Capitalism Citizen science has the potential to engage non-scientists in scientific research, thereby fostering a better understanding of science among the public. The use of citizen science as a method for collecting large amounts of data over wide geographic areas has resulted in significant advancements in […]

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Geography Colloquium: Anji Seth, University of Connecticut

Jefferson 218

What will it take to stop Global Warming? The science of global warming is irrefutable. Humans are the driving force underlying global warming, and we have the knowledge and ability stop it. This talk will briefly review the scale of action needed to stabilize global climate in accordance with the Paris Agreement. We will ask […]