Towards Social Topology: Connecting people, places, things, and policies in GIS This talk will first introduce recent trends and practices related to using GIS for equity and social justice (ESJ). Second, Dr. Ghosh will share thoughts, lessons learned, and examples from her research on understanding the interplay of spaces of everyday life, facilitators and barriers, […]
Dr. Jonathan Thompson, a senior ecologist at the Harvard Forest, a department of Harvard University, will discuss the "Past, Present, and Future Land-use Regimes of New England" as part of the Marsh Institute’s fall Seminar Series. Thompson's research focuses on long-term and broad-scale changes in forest ecosystems, with an emphasis on quantifying how land use — including harvest, conversion, and land protection — affects forest ecosystem processes and services. He is the principal investigator for the Harvard Forest Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and involving more than 100 scientists and students investigating the dynamics of the New England landscape. He also leads the New England Landscape Futures project.
Masters of the Wasteland: Zionist Sciences, Bedouin Cultivation, and Arid Zone Development In Israel/Palestine, Zionist actors have often claimed that their state building project would rescue the land and environment from destruction supposedly caused by Palestinians. Such narratives, and the policies that emanate from them, are supported not only by political-ideological actors, but also by […]
Care and the Politics of Reclamation This talk is based on a collaborative project with Brandi T. Summers. We examine Black women’s efforts to reclaim space in response to the finance-led transformation of West Oakland, California. Our analysis focuses on the Moms 4 Housing movement, which began when five Black mothers occupied a vacant, corporate […]
Discovering the Sonic Spaces of Traditional Mongolian Herders: An Application of the Principles of Soundscape Ecology Sound is all around us. Indeed, anything that moves is a measure of the dynamics of the world around us. Placing sound in a spatial-temporal context is at the core of a new field called soundscape ecology. The research […]
The Graduate School of Geography welcomes you (back) to Clark! We hope that you will be able to join us on Wednesday, September 28th from 4-4:45pm in Jefferson 218 for a Welcome Back Reception. At this reception, we will introduce the faculty, staff, and students from the various programs under the GSG: Undergrad Geog, GES, […]
You're invited to join the Graduate School of Geography in celebrating the season with a fall- and pumpkin-take on the classic game of bocce.
LaToya Eaves, assistant professor of geography at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will present “‘Urgent Care’: Revisioning Power and Place through Black Museums,” part of the Graduate School of Geography Colloquium Speaker Series.
