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M.S. in Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science

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](https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/96547023084) Meeting ID: 965 4702 3084 Passcode: TCBES

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
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

Details of past seminars can be found in our Archived Seminars Section