Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science - M.S. Program Seminars
Upcoming seminars
Seminar Title: What does a Decolonial Conservation Ethics Look Like?: Rethinking the Nature of Elemental Nature
Speaker: Dr. Celia Bardwell-Jones, Professor of Philosophy and Gender and Women's Studies and Chair of the Humanities, University of Hawai'i at Hilo
When: September 25, 2023, 4PM
Where: UH Hilo, Wentworth building, Room 1 (in-person), and online via Zoom https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/96547023084
Meeting ID: 965 4702 3084 Passcode: TCBES
Abstract: A conservation and environmental ethic is in need of reconstructing more varied accounts of nature. This talk aims to introduce alternative ways to study nature through a nuanced philosophy of nature centered on the sea. Through an understanding of the Greek concept of chora, roughly translated as "receptacle," "place," "law," "country," I argue that the sea generates a distinct philosophy of nature that resembles a return to nature, which can then inform and guide conservation and environmental ethics.
Fall 2023 Weekly Seminar Schedule
All seminars speakers are subject to change; items highlighted are in development
Date | Speaker | Topic |
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Aug 28 | Dr. Noelani Punivai | ʻOiwi Stories; Climate change, management, and restoryation |
Sep 18 | Moana Ulu Ching, Corie Yanger, Shalan Crysdale | Finding funding: Grant Writing and Reporting Strategies for Graduate Students, Researchers, & NGOs PANEL FOCUS: Tips and tricks for successful grant searching, writing, & reporting |
Sep 25 | Dr. Celia T. Bardwell-Jones | What does Decolonial Conservation Ethics Look LIke? Rethinking the Nature of Elemental Nature |
Oct 2 | Dr. Scott A. Bonar | Convervation Persuation |
Oct 9 | Dr. Travis S. Mandel | Big Data AI, and TCBES |
Oct 16 | Franny Kinslow Brewer | Utilizing Social Psychology to Enhance Conservation Behavior |
Oct 30 | Dr. Amber Wright | Behavior, Population, and Community Ecology |
Nov 20 | Dr. Erica Newman | Integrative Biology |
Nov 27 | Dr. Andrew J Rominger | Ecological Bioinformatcs |
Dec 4 | Dr. David Hembry | Ecological(biotic) Interactions and Macroevolution |
Past Seminars
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