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Call for abstracts for an edited volume tentatively titled "Critical Food Studies from the Global South" Edited by: Dr Gurpinder Singh Lalli and Sayan Dey Series: Food and Cultures from the Global South (Published by Peter Lang and edited by Gurpinder and Sayan) Dearest folks, as many of you have inquired, we (my co-editor, Dr. Gurpinder Singh Lalli and I) are happy to launch a call for abstracts for an edited volume of critical food studies from the Global South. To make this volume as diverse and inclusive as possible, we have kept it open and not limited to any theme. If you have anything related to critical food studies, please feel free to share it with us. The timelines are given below: Submission of abstract: 30th June 2024 Decision: 31st July 2024 Submission of book proposal to publisher: 15th August 2024 Submission of book chapter: 25th November 2024 Review process: 1st December 2024 to 28th February 2025 Contact Emails: sayandey89@yahoo.com (Sayan Dey) and Glalli@wlv.ac.uk (Gurpinder Singh Lalli) To know more about the edited volume: https://lnkd.in/dYcy4dfg Dr Gurpinder Singh Lalli #history #literature #gender #food #postcolonization #decolonization #indigenization #kitchenspaces #culinarycultures #education #sociology #anthropology #culturalstudies #peterlang #publication #editedvolume #globalization #environment #ecology #greeneducation #veganism #caste #race #class #politics #metaphors #vegetarianism

🌊 The newly launched Center for Coastal Futures & Adaptive Resilience (CFAR) is set to make waves in advancing the sustainability and resilience of Gulf Coast communities. Led by Dominic Boyer, Professor of Anthropology and Governing Board Member of the Rice Sustainability Institute, and Jim Elliott, David W. Leebron Professor of Sociology and Department Chair, this center will focus on providing critical research and solutions for front-line communities impacted by climate change and coastal threats. CFAR will drive transformative projects that bridge environmental science and community engagement to protect vulnerable regions and promote a more sustainable future. Learn more about this vital initiative making an impact on the Gulf Coast! 🌎 🔗 ABC13 Houston’s Elyse Smith recently highlighted this exciting development in a feature covering CFAR’s role in transforming the Gulf Coast. See the full ABC13 report here: https://lnkd.in/gXweR7JQ Read more: https://lnkd.in/ggKfCV8j Rice University | Rice Sustainability Institute | Rice University School of Social Sciences | ABC13 Houston #CoastalResilience #GulfCoast #ClimateChange #Sustainability #RiceUniversity #ResilientCommunities #RiceSustainability

Bula Vinaka! I am thrilled to co-chair a panel on 'Critical Ecologies of Oceania' at the Australian Anthropological Society's Conference on 27-29 November in Perth, and we are looking for authors of conference papers! Please share and, if interested, submit your abstract by the 25th of August (2024) by clicking on following link https://lnkd.in/gvjsZYCW 9. Critical Climate Ecologies of Oceania Convenors: Gregoire Randin (University of Sydney), Sally Babidge (University of Queensland) Abstract  This panel invites papers from environmental anthropology and social sciences that critically engage with matters of socio-ecological change in Oceania and contribute to a rethinking of dominant discourses about the consequences of and responses to that change. We are interested in ethnographic and qualitative explorations of underrepresented aspects of how people experience climate and environmental changes (including, but not limited to sea level rise, changing weather patterns, floods, fires and other disasters as well as more mundane forms of change), and how such changes inform broader systems of human and more-than-human relations and knowledge. Associated questions include experiences of technoscientific, extractivist, and managerial adjustments in the name of climate change, such as geoengineering, government and non-government development and resilience projects, transitions to ‘green economy’, and socioenvironmental responses to the ‘critical minerals’ boom. We welcome contributions that use decolonizing methods and conceptualizations, and which engage ethnographically with Oceania (as mainland Australia, the Pacific, NZ and insular southeast Asia) on matters of climate, ecology and criticality.

"The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity" by David Graeber and David Wengrow challenges the traditional narrative of human history with a radical new theory of human civilization. The authors dispute the conventional linear progression from hunter-gatherer societies to agricultural villages, cities, and states, suggesting instead that our ancestors exercised considerable agency in determining their social structures. Through a meticulous examination of archaeological evidence and anthropological data, Graeber and Wengrow argue that early human societies were diverse and often egalitarian, experimenting with various forms of social organization long before the advent of agriculture or the rise of hierarchical states. The book contends that the so-called "agricultural revolution" did not inevitably lead to the formation of states and social hierarchies, pointing out instances where societies adopted farming while maintaining egalitarian structures. It criticizes the oversimplified narrative that agriculture was a singular, transformative event that directly led to modern civilization, instead highlighting the complexity and variability of human social arrangements throughout history. Graeber and Wengrow's work is a call to recognize the agency of early humans in shaping their own societies and to rethink our understanding of social evolution, freedom, and the nature of civilization itself. It's a profound reflection on human creativity and the diverse ways societies can organize themselves, offering insights that challenge deterministic views of history and open up new perspectives on our collective past. “We are projects of collective self-creation. What if we approached human history that way? What if we treat people, from the beginning, as imaginative, intelligent, playful creatures who deserve to be understood as such? What if, instead of telling a story about how our species fell from some idyllic state of equality, we ask how we came to be trapped in such tight conceptual shackles that we can no longer even imagine the possibility of reinventing ourselves?” #DawnOfEverything #GraeberWengrow #HumanHistoryReimagined #BeyondAgriculturalRevolution #SocietyEvolution #EgalitarianPast #AnthropologyInsights #RethinkingCivilization #PrehistoricSocieties #ArchaeologyAndFreedom #SocialComplexity #AlternativeHistories #PoliticalAnthropology #AncestralChoices #HistoryOfHumanity

So, "a few winners and a whole lot of losers" is the rule, not the exception. Homo Sapiens, what a species! Evolution favors good fits, not the good. (School's Out) 😊 "School's Out A-Team" Talha Berkay Eren [turns dreams into realities] İrem CANSU [simplifies everything] Emirhan TALA [creates systems of systems of people] Büşra Nimet Oğuz [catches murderers] Erol Bozkurt [has fun as the prime mover] "Consultants" Tolga Bildirici [turns startups to firms] Yuksel Korukcu [turns apps to pro apps] Erdinç KÜTÜK [turns apps to pro apps] Senol Dikyurt [turns fans to customers] "Information Base" Status = https://lnkd.in/dVJyYi6U Brochure = https://lnkd.in/dzntguC9 Poster = https://lnkd.in/d8hgQiBX "Contact Information" schoolsout@mikimoka.com #mikimoka #schoolsout #managementissuesincomputersciences #miics #appsfortroublemakers #a4t #a4e #somethingfromnothing #socialexperiments #culturalterraforming #alternatereality #letsgetemotional #moody #verdict #notung #emotionalagility #emotionalagilitydash #ead #maddeningmove #uili #softwareengineering #anthropology #psychology #ethics #art #literature #strategy #fvy #fvys #norm #norminst #norminstitute

Launching a new, interdisciplinary series: Liveable Futures The series provides a platform to articulate the ideals, relations and knowledge we need for liveable futures. Opening up the question of what is crucial to further enable us to care — rather than discover, profit or exploit. The series is interdisciplinary, publishing across: 🌍Science and technology studies 🍃Environmental history 🧪Anthropology of science/technology/nature 📗Environmental humanities 🍏Social Epistemology Discover more about series, and read the call for proposals here: https://lnkd.in/edvXDSdK

Climate change research is a multifaceted field that explores the causes, impacts, and potential solutions to the phenomenon of climate change. It encompasses a wide range of scientific disciplines, including atmospheric science, oceanography, ecology, geology, sociology, economics, and policy studies. Climate change research aims to deepen our understanding of the complex interactions between human activities and the Earth's climate system, as well as the consequences of climate change for natural ecosystems, human societies, and economies. Interested in climate change research? Register now for our exclusive webinar on Tue, April 23, 2024: https://lnkd.in/eJKaU-uR

"Sometimes you have to introduce a new species to the ecosystem to fix things" (School's Out) 😊 "School's Out A-Team" Talha Berkay Eren [turns dreams into realities] Burçak Çam [makes communities] Yağız Öztürk [handles first contacts] İrem CANSU [simplifies everything] Emirhan TALA [creates systems of systems of people] Büşra Nimet Oğuz [catches murderers] Erol Bozkurt [has fun as the prime mover] "Consultants" Tolga Bildirici [turns startups to firms] Yuksel Korukcu [turns apps to pro apps] Erdinç KÜTÜK [turns apps to pro apps] Senol Dikyurt [turns fans to customers] "Information Base" Status = https://lnkd.in/dVJyYi6U Brochure = https://lnkd.in/dzntguC9 Poster = https://lnkd.in/d8hgQiBX "Contact Information" schoolsout@mikimoka.com #mikimoka #schoolsout #miics #appsfortroublemakers #somethingfromnothing #socialexperiments #culturalterraforming #alternatereality #letsgetemotional #moody #verdict #notung #emotionalagility #emotionalagilitydash #ead #maddeningmove #uili #softwareengineering #anthropology #psychology #ethics #art #literature #strategy #fvy #fvys

https://lnkd.in/eDEbqgtD This research article examines the diverse responses of different stakeholders to octopus fishery closures in Zanzibar, Tanzania. We argue that traditional approaches to compliance in #marineprotectedareas are overly simplistic and fail to capture the complexity of motivations and perceptions. By using a qualitative approach #interpretiveethics, we explore the reasons behind (non-)compliance using frameworks derived from sociology, anthropology, and cognitive sciences. Generally, the area-management intervention was supported by participants, signalling the potential for future compliance most commonly based on the recognition of a degraded marine ecosystem in need of protection. However, the diverse and dynamic responses by different livelihood groups (i.e. traders and fishers) indicated on which basis and through which logics compliance behaviour was condoned or legitimated. This type of insight can help managers gauge or anticipate the potential for non-compliance in participatory approaches that can impact the health of marine ecosystems. Recommendations include providing discussion spaces for conservation participants' (not just fishermen or fishery organizations) own meanings to be understood and not assumed. Meanings which create and shape relations, actions and concepts in #marineprotectedarea processes and thus directly impact the uptake and sustainability of conservation interventions.

Happy to share that my article titled "Devastative Naturescapes and Superhuman Saviors: Analyzing Postcolonial Ecological Crises in Contemporary Times with a reference to Kornei Chukovksy’s Doctor Powderpill". The article has been published by Ecocritike. Ecokritike is an international, open access, blind and double peer-review journal for academics and researchers who study the fields of Environmental Humanities, Literary Theory and Cultural Criticism and is published by Apeiron Editoria e Comunicazione (Italy). Through attempting a postcolonial critique of the poem "Doctor Powderpill, the article unfolds the possible ‘ecological postcolonialscapes,’ which can be implemented to re-read and reinterpret the existing histories, cultures, literatures, and societies around us in a ‘trans-habitual’ existential way. Link to the article: https://lnkd.in/gU8TkGEf Link to the journal: https://lnkd.in/gPFYdaqA #ecology #environmentalstudies #culturalstudies #society #poetry #literature #sociology #politicalstudies #postcoloniality #decoloniality #ecology #posthumanities #anthropology #developmentstudies #gender #childrenliterature