CRACIA announces its Fall 2021 program featuring selected research presentations and a themed series related to the forthcoming UN Climate Change Conference (COP-26). The series, “COP-26: Politics, Policy and Representation”, will begin October 15, with a presentation and discussion led by Philip Fearnside on Amazonian issues at the COP, and continue on October 22 in a similar format led by Jeremy Campbell on indigenous participation at the COP. All meetings will be held remotely via Zoom on Fridays, 3-5PM ET (7-9PM GMT). Meeting links will be distributed by email the week of each event. Please mark your calendars, and contact cracia [dot] info [at] gmail [dot] com for further information.

October 15: Philip Fearnside, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia

Climate Change and the Failure of Governance in the Amazon (Part 1, COP-26: Politics, Policy and Representation Thematic Series)

October 22: Jeremy Campbell, George Mason University

Indigenous Amazonians in Global Climate and Conservation Talks (Part 2, COP-26: Politics, Policy and Representation Thematic Series)

November 5: To Be Confirmed

November 19: Roundtable Discussion

Debriefing COP-26 (Part 3, COP-26: Politics, Policy and Representation Thematic Series)

December 3: Suzanne Oakdale, University of New Mexico

Amazonian Cosmopolitans

December 17: Robert Stam, New York University

Indigeneity and the Decolonizing Gaze: Transnational “Indians,” Media Aesthetics, and Social Theory