Dr. Mitzi Uehara Carter, Ph.D. Assistant Teaching Professor of Anthropology and Asian Studies Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies SIPA 307 Florida International University 11200 SW 8th Street Miami, FL 33199 Office phone: 305-348-2258 Secretary: 305-348-2247 Email: mcarter@fiu.edu
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Join us for timely conversations with scientist, philosopher, and leading environmental activist Dr. Vandana Shiva, as we explore how a new planetary ethic can create a sustainable future.
There is an also a zoom registration option.
She will also speak in the evening at 7pm off campus (see flyer in link)
Dr. Barra's work pushes us to rethink ecological restoration as a process bound to ongoing formulations of racial and environmental justice. Restoration solutions are often based on "technoscientific fixes" and routinely pushed onto vulnerable wetland communities by thstate. Based on extensive fieldwork with Black and Indigenous bayou communities in southeast Louisiana, Dr. Barra will discuss the notion ofDr. Barra will discuss the notion of alternative restorations—or restoration otherwise.
The Seminole Tribe of Florida will host its annual celebration of Native culture and arts on February 10-12, 2023 in Hollywood, Florida. Everyone is welcome.
GIF is proud to be one of the organizers and sponsors of this exciting film screening event at FIU. Come watch Path of the Panther and listen to the panel discussion afterwards. Stay for the reception and meet the director and nationally recognized environmental activist, Betty Osceola who is featured in the film.
Pindorama, the Brazil from the 1500s, and the Living Culture of the Pataxó Indigenous People: A Conversation with Indigenous Leader Arassari Pataxó on Expansion, Exploration, and Resistance