BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Program on Latin America and the Caribbean presents Mariael ena Huambachano\, assistant professor\, SU \;Global Indigenous Culture s and Environmental Justice Department and Center.Professor Mariaelena Hua mbachano's recent book “Recovering Our Ancestral Foodways: Indigenous Trad itions as a Recipe for Living Well” (2024)\, \;offers a profound explo ration of the philosophies of well-being and traditional ecological knowle dge (TEK) of the Māori and Quechua peoples. Drawing from over a decade of immersive fieldwork in Peru and Aotearoa\, New Zealand\, the book reveals how these Indigenous communities define and achieve well-being through the ir foodways. The book advocates for integrating Indigenous knowledge into sustainable food systems\, presenting the concept of Chakana/Māhutonga. It also introduces the Khipu Model\, a research methodology for studying Ind igenous knowledge systems. “Recovering Our Ancestral Foodways\,” is a cele bration of the lore of Quechua and Māori and of the world’s Indigenous peo ples in safeguarding food systems\, innovation\, practices\, and\, ultimat ely\, the well-being of humankind.Moderator: Danika Medak-Saltzman (Women and Gender Studies and NAIS).Commentators: Professors Gail Hamner (Religio n) and Thomas Perreault (Geography).Co-sponsored by Syracuse University's Humanities Center. \;--Biography:A native Peruvian Indigenous scholar\ , Mariaelena Huambachano\, is an assistant professor at Syracuse Universit y helping to build the Global Indigenous Cultures and Environmental Justic e Department and Center. Huambachano’s research and teaching are rooted in an interdisciplinary approach to Indigenous studies\, environmental studi es\, and sustainable development. These areas encompass food and climate j ustice\, environmental governance\, agroecology\, public policy\, communit y-driven development\, traditional ecological knowledge\, and decolonizing methodologies. \; DTEND:20240925T173000Z DTSTAMP:20260415T153712Z DTSTART:20240925T160000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Book Launch - ‘Recovering Our Ancestral Foodways: Indigenous Tradit ions as a Recipe for Living Well’ UID:RFCALITEM639118498329468403 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Program on Latin America and the Caribbean presents Mariaelena Huambachano\, assistant professor\, SU \;Global I ndigenous Cultures and Environmental Justice Department and Center.

Professor Mariaelena Huambachano's recent book “Recovering Our Ancestr al Foodways: Indigenous Traditions as a Recipe for Living Well” (2024)\,&n bsp\;offers a profound exploration of the philosophies of well-being and t raditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of the Māori and Quechua peoples. Dr awing from over a decade of immersive fieldwork in Peru and Aotearoa\, New Zealand\, the book reveals how these Indigenous communities define and ac hieve well-being through their foodways.

The book advocates for int egrating Indigenous knowledge into sustainable food systems\, presenting t he concept of Chakana/Māhutonga. It also introduces the Khipu Model\, a re search methodology for studying Indigenous knowledge systems. “Recovering Our Ancestral Foodways\,” is a celebration of the lore of Quechua and Māor i and of the world’s Indigenous peoples in safeguarding food systems\, inn ovation\, practices\, and\, ultimately\, the well-being of humankind.
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Moderator: Danika Medak-Saltzman (Women and Gender Studies and NAIS).

Commentators: Professors Gail Ha mner (Religion) and Thomas Perreault (Geography).

Co-sponsored by Sy racuse University's Humanities Center. \;

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Biography:

A native Peruvian Indigenous scholar\, Mariaelena Huambachano\, is a n assistant professor at Syracuse University helping to build the Global I ndigenous Cultures and Environmental Justice Department and Center. Huamba chano’s research and teaching are rooted in an interdisciplinary approach to Indigenous studies\, environmental studies\, and sustainable developmen t. These areas encompass food and climate justice\, environmental governan ce\, agroecology\, public policy\, community-driven development\, traditio nal ecological knowledge\, and decolonizing methodologies. \;

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