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CFP 36 - Roundtables: WORKS IN PROGRESS: Environment, Inequality, and Marginalized Knowledge
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Sponsors: Environment and Technology
Poverty, Class, and Inequality

Organizers: Tanesha A. Thomas, Montclair State University
Nicole Kraus, West Texas A&M University

Description: 

Environments, inequality, and marginalized knowledge are deeply interrelated aspects of social and ecological life, yet inequality shapes who bears the burden of environmental harm and who enjoys its benefits. Indigenous peoples and low-income communities of color are disproportionately exposed to environmental hazards, while wealthier populations have greater ability to influence policy. Marginalized and Indigenous knowledge plays a crucial role in challenging these dynamics. This inclusive session is designed to foster intellectual and community-based connections and to encourage both ongoing and emerging projects.

Roundtable #1 Title: WORKS IN PROGRESS: Environment, Inequality, and Marginalized Knowledge

Presider: Tanesha A. Thomas, Montclair State University

Papers:

“‘Find Easily, Eat Easily, Live Easily’: Food, Foraging, Farming, Isanness, and Civility in Thailand’s Northeast Region,” Rachel Engel, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

“Beyond the Victim/Perpetrator Binary: Subaltern Political Ecology and Human-Elephant Conflicts in Odisha, India,” Lalatendu Keshari Das, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

“Feminist Environmental Justice in Practice: Women as Agents of Change in the Niger Delta’s Oil Conflict,” Oyeintarimoboere P. Azebi and Yvonne A. Braun, University of Oregon

“Global Capitalism, Extractivism, and the Age of the Anthropocene: Challenges from Indigenous Women of the Global South and Their Implications for the Marxist-Feminist Deglobalization Movement,” Ligaya Lindio McGovern, Indiana University

“Visual Case Study of Natural Green Spaces in Chula Vista, CA: Otay Valley Regional Park,” Kevin Guerrero, San Diego State University

“Women, Food Sovereignty and Postharvest Management in Northern Ghana,” Sabina Mensah, Hulda Sakyi and Yvonne A. Braun, University of Oregon

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