Events
Fall 2021 Colloquium Speaker Series – Desiree Fields
Jefferson 218Care 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 […]
(Postponed until Spring 2022) Colloquium Speaker Series – Joseph Getzoff
Jefferson 218Masters 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 […]
Fall 2021 Colloquium Speaker Series – Jonathan Thompson
Jefferson 218Dr. 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.
Fall 2021 Colloquium Speaker Series – Debarchana Ghosh
Jefferson 218Towards 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, […]