Centre for Space, Place and Society

Join us for the end-of-year Activist Academy Workshop! 🗓️ When: December 19, 17:00 – 20:00 📍 Where: Clock House (Generaal Foulkesweg 37, Wageningen), Dance Room First Floor 🎙️ Hosted by: Patriarkraakt This December, we invite you to a transformative workshop: 𝗨𝗻𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗺. While our activism often focuses on changing the world around us, it’s crucial to reflect on the unhealthy traits we’ve internalized from existing systems—especially around gendered interactions and behaviors. From toxic heroism and burnout to invisibilizing acts of care or normalizing harmful dynamics, these issues deeply affect our activism, relationships, and movement cultures. In this workshop, you will: 🌟 Explore how patriarchal dynamics manifest in your activism and daily life. 🌟 Reflect on your own behaviors in a supportive and brave space. 🌟 Gain tools and insights to create safer, more sustainable, and inclusive activism. Patriarkraakt will guide us in making visible and challenging unhealthy gender norms, so we can start living the change we seek. While this workshop fosters vulnerability and openness, we acknowledge that no space can be entirely safe for everyone. 🔗 Registration is required (spots are limited!): https://lnkd.in/et4aCUba Let’s take this opportunity to unlearn, grow, and build a more inclusive movement together. Hope to see you there! https://lnkd.in/eMmvSJEf Elisabet Rasch, Michiel Köhne

WASS Graduate Course | The rural everyday of geopolitics , 13-16 January, 2025. There's still time to register for this inspiring course - don't miss out! Register here: https://lnkd.in/eQbKaRt9 We have entered a new era in the geopolitics of agriculture and rural livelihoods. The decline of the United States’ power, the rise of China, and an assertive stance of Russia, have resulted in a multipolar global order. In this course, we will interrogate the ways in which geopolitical rivalries manifest themselves and are responded to, in rural areas around the world. Farm fields, as well as pastures and forests, have always been political domains, and the range of actors affecting rural livelihoods has become more diverse and complex in recent decades. It is imperative to weave geopolitics more strongly into analyses of trajectories of social, agrarian, and environmental change. Using various analytical lenses, and drawing on a rich variety of scholarly and non-academic works, this workshop will explore the rural everyday of geopolitical rivalries. We will depart from the macro-level to the micro-level and back again, to examine whether, how and to what extent transformations in rural livelihood portfolios and land use practices have reflected geopolitical rivalries in recent decades, for instance in terms of the influx and use of technology, crop and seed varieties; changes in production relations; and, farms’ integration into markets. Examining these dynamics, we will discuss a series of questions, including: to what extent are rural actors’ decisions and practices influenced by “grand politics”? Do geopolitics bear more heavily on rural livelihoods in one locality than in another, and if so, why? How or where does intersectionality come into play? How and to what extent have people resisted or reworked external interventions or influences, and, in aiming to understand responses: does it matter who is intervening? These questions will contribute to a better understanding of the extent to which geopolitics is embedded in rural social and agrarian change, and with what result. The course engages the dialectic of structure and agency and addresses the importance of multi-scalar and comparative research approaches. We will attend not only to the ways in which rural communities have experienced geopolitics, but also to examine how they have responded to changes instigated by macro-level dynamics. Course coordination & lecturing by Irna Hofman. Photo: Irna Hofman, Tajikistan 2020. Irna Hofman, Joost Jongerden 🟥, WASS WUR https://lnkd.in/eFX_Dubh

A few spots are still available - don't miss this chance to take time for yourself to read, reflect, and recharge during the Foodscapes Cluster Reading Retreat! Next week Wednesday 11 December & Thursday 12 December. --- ---- --- Foodscapes Cluster Reading Retreat | Take time to read, reflect, and recharge 📅 When: Wednesday 11 December & Thursday 12 December ⏰ Time: 9:00 AM – 17:00 PM 📍 Where: Kazerneloft, Verbindelaarsweg 138, 6711 VD Ede (just a 5-minute walk from Ede-Wageningen station & the forest!) Looking for quiet, focused time to immerse yourself in reading? Want to be inspired and explore new ideas in a peaceful setting? Join the Foodscapes Cluster for our 𝟮-𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁, where you can read whatever you like while enjoying a calm and inspiring environment. 🔖 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗱: • Option to attend for 1 or both days. • Quiet reading time to dive into books or articles of your choice. • A shared group discussion on a foodscapes-related text (read beforehand) each day. • Lunch provided on both days! • Opportunities to connect with fellow readers during breaks or walks in the nearby forest. Whether you're catching up on academic papers, diving into a novel, or exploring new ideas, this retreat gives you the perfect space to focus. Plus, with delicious lunches and nature nearby, you'll leave refreshed and inspired. 🖋️ 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘂𝗽 𝗻𝗼𝘄 by emailing thirza.andriessen@wur.nl. 🚶♂️ Maximum capacity: 14 participants Thirza Andriessen

The Cultural Geography Group (GEO) proudly announces that two of our courses coordinated by GEO’s Chizu Sato have been nominated for the WUR Excellent Education Prize! Each year, the courses most appreciated by students across the whole of WUR are identified based on the results of the course evaluations. In the upcoming weeks, the jury, consisting of four teachers and four students from four different sectors (Environmental Sciences, Technology and Nutrition, Social Sciences, and Life Sciences) will decide on the eventual winners. The nominated courses, ‘Gender and Diversity in Transnational Worlds’ and ‘Responsibilities for Equality and Sustainability’ are both part of the minor Gender and Diversity for Sustainable Worlds. In this minor, students start from their own position to become aware of their responsibilities and then, to develop knowledge, skills and attitudes that support integration of gender and diversity into their efforts to advance a more equal and sustainable world. More information about the the minor Gender and Diversity for Sustainable Worlds can be found here: https://lnkd.in/eKf426YU We are very proud of Chizu’s accomplishment, and we look forward to the outcome of the WUR Excellent Education Prize ceremony on the 10th of December!

Event update | Please note that the event date has been changed to 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟳. --- --- --- Event | We are pleased to invite you to a talk by Maria Luísa Lucas titled "Ethics and the Circulation of Indigenous Data: A Few Paradoxes from South America." This event is part of the ‘Technicalities Speaker Series’ and will take place on: 📅 Date: November 27, 2024 🕙 Time: 10:00 - 11:30 📍 Location: Leeuwenborch, Room B0076 🗣️ Discussant: Dr. Paula Granados García, Head of the Endangered Material Knowledge Programme Dr. Maria Luísa Lucas is an Assistant Professor at the University of São Paulo (Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology - MAE/USP) and has been conducting fieldwork in Amazonia since 2010, primarily with the Bora people in the Caquetá-Putumayo region and Carib-speaking peoples in the Guianas. Her research focuses on Indigenous historical agency, anthropology of art, objects, museums, and collaborative methodologies. She has also coordinated international projects on documentation and the digital return of archives and museum collections, including collaborations with CNRS-France, UNESCO, and The British Museum. Dr. Dr Paula Loreto Granados García is the Head of the Endangered Material Knowledge Programme at the British Museum. An archaeologist by training, she specialises in data and knowledge modelling via Linked Open Data technologies, the creation and mediation of knowledge in museums, and collaborative curation of cultural heritage initiatives through digital media and experimental technologies. In the poster, you see José Fernando Teteye records songs during a Bora slit drum ritual (February 2024). Picture by Maria Luísa Lucas. For questions, please reach out to Stephanie Ketterer Hobbis, stephanie.hobbis@wur.nl.

Course | Course Alert for PhD and advanced MSc students:  𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 & 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Are you looking to deepen your qualitative research skills and refine your data collection strategy? Join us for Advanced Qualitative Research Design and Data Collection, a course designed to support PhD candidates and advanced MSc students in developing qualitative methods aligned with their research goals and theoretical frameworks. 💡 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻: > Enhanced Analytical Skills: Understand the value of diverse qualitative methods for your research questions and theoretical approach. > Practical Knowledge: Learn how to navigate logistical and ethical challenges unique to each method. > Tailored Research Design: Get the time and space to craft a comprehensive data collection strategy that fits your project. 🔍 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 & 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝘀: > Positionality and Reflexivity > Participatory Action Research > Interviewing, Ethnography, Visual Methods > Data Collection for Discourse Analysis > Actor-Network Theory, and more. 📅 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: 6 Jan - 31 Jan 2025 (Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, 14:00-17:00) For questions, please reach out to: Lenneke Vaandrager at lenneke.vaandrager@wur.nl. Don't miss this chance to elevate your qualitative research approach! 👩🔬📊

Event | Introducing Dr. Ing. Paul Peeters; Symposium with Q&A on (un)sustainable tourism development. 🗓 26 November 2024 🕒 15:00 - 17:00, with drinks afterwards 📍 Room Gaia 1&2, Gaia Building, Wageningen Campus + online Paul Peeters recently joined the Cultural Geography Group as a guest scholar following his retirement as professor of Sustainable Tourism Transport at Breda University of Applied Sciences. During this symposium, Paul will give a short introduction about himself and talk about (un)sustainable tourism development, followed by some comments on the subject presented by Cheryl van Adrichem and Harald Buijtendijk. After the presentation there will be a moderated discussion with the audience. This meeting will be hybrid and can also be joined online by using the Teams link: https://lnkd.in/es2Uc8Yx We hope to see you on November 26th!

Event | We are pleased to invite you to a talk by Maria Luísa Lucas titled "Ethics and the Circulation of Indigenous Data: A Few Paradoxes from South America." This event is part of the ‘Technicalities Speaker Series’ and will take place on:   📅 Date: November 25, 2024 🕙 Time: 10:00 - 11:30 📍 Location: Leeuwenborch, Room B0076 🗣️ Discussant: Dr. Paula Granados García, Head of the Endangered Material Knowledge Programme   Dr. Maria Luísa Lucas is an Assistant Professor at the University of São Paulo (Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology - MAE/USP) and has been conducting fieldwork in Amazonia since 2010, primarily with the Bora people in the Caquetá-Putumayo region and Carib-speaking peoples in the Guianas. Her research focuses on Indigenous historical agency, anthropology of art, objects, museums, and collaborative methodologies. She has also coordinated international projects on documentation and the digital return of archives and museum collections, including collaborations with CNRS-France, UNESCO, and The British Museum.   Dr. Dr Paula Loreto Granados García is the Head of the Endangered Material Knowledge Programme at the British Museum. An archaeologist by training, she specialises in data and knowledge modelling via Linked Open Data technologies, the creation and mediation of knowledge in museums, and collaborative curation of cultural heritage initiatives through digital media and experimental technologies.   In the poster, you see José Fernando Teteye records songs during a Bora slit drum ritual (February 2024). Picture by Maria Luísa Lucas. For questions, please reach out to Stephanie Ketterer Hobbis, stephanie.hobbis@wur.nl.

Foodscapes Cluster Reading Retreat | Take time to read, reflect, and recharge 📅 When: Wednesday 11 December & Thursday 12 December ⏰ Time: 9:00 AM – 17:00 PM 📍 Where: Kazerneloft, Verbindelaarsweg 138, 6711 VD Ede (just a 5-minute walk from Ede-Wageningen station & the forest!) Looking for quiet, focused time to immerse yourself in reading? Want to be inspired and explore new ideas in a peaceful setting? Join the Foodscapes Cluster for our 𝟮-𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁, where you can read whatever you like while enjoying a calm and inspiring environment. 🔖 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗱: • Option to attend for 1 or both days. • Quiet reading time to dive into books or articles of your choice. • A shared group discussion on a foodscapes-related text (read beforehand) each day. • Lunch provided on both days! • Opportunities to connect with fellow readers during breaks or walks in the nearby forest. Whether you're catching up on academic papers, diving into a novel, or exploring new ideas, this retreat gives you the perfect space to focus. Plus, with delicious lunches and nature nearby, you'll leave refreshed and inspired. 🖋️ 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘂𝗽 𝗻𝗼𝘄 by emailing thirza.andriessen@wur.nl. 💡 Deadline to register: Wednesday, 27 November 🚶♂️ Maximum capacity: 14 participants - secure your spot early! Thirza Andriessen

📣 Upcoming event! | Cultural Geography - Future prospects, Critical Edges and Activist Academia, Symposium & Workshop 🗓 Friday 22 November 2024 🕙 10:00 - 16:00 📍 NcountR, Impulse Building, Stippeneng 2, Wageningen (in person only) 🌯 Lunch & drinks are included, but please register for lunch here before the 13th of November: https://lnkd.in/eFjZkCnP 🔎 More information about the symposium and workshop can be found on the flyers attached. Centre for Space, Place and Society