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:Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs \;South Asia Center&nb sp\;presentsIn Unquiet\nWaters: Towards an Anthropology of Environmental K nowledge and JusticeThe inhabitants\nof rural North Bihar\, India\, \; a place known for its perennial floods\, \;live\namong engorged rivers \, catastrophic inundations\, waterlogged fields\, and toxic\ndrinking wat er\, problems whose severity has been dramatically worsening in the\nlast three decades. How do people come to terms with water that is as\nlife-giv ing as it is life-taking? \;The people of North\nBihar \;demonstra te\, and value\, a profound \;knowledge of\ntheir \;fluvial morpho logy. \;They seem\, however\, not to act on such\nknowledge nor to tra nsmit it to their children\, even when\, and more subtly \;because\,&n bsp\;they\naspire to improve their life and to escape the social inequalit ies from which\nthey suffer. \;Talking about how inequalities matter i n dealing with the\nchanging world around us has the goal of putting serio us decolonizing pressure\non the quasi-mystical concept of environmental&n bsp\;knowledge\, thus showing its\nheuristic potential for pursuing enviro nmental justice and adaptation. \;Luisa CortesiAssistant Professor&nbs p\;International Institute of Social StudiesBurg. Oudlaan 50\, Rotterdam C lick here to registerThis talk is part of the Sustainable South Asia Initi ative. It is co-sponsored by the Central New York Humanities Corridor from an award by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. For more information please contact\, Emera Bridger Wilson\, elbridge@syr.edu or to request accommodat ion arrangements\, please contact Morgan Bicknell\, mebickne@syr.edu.  \; \; DTEND:20201110T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260512T045550Z DTSTART:20201110T173000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:In Unquiet Waters: Environmental\, Knowledge and Justice UID:RFCALITEM639141441508710555 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs \;

South Asia Center \;presents


In Unquiet\nWaters: Towards an Anthropology of Environmental Knowledge and Justice

The inhabitants\nof rural North Bihar\, India\,  \;a place known for its perennial floods\, \;live\namong engorged rive rs\, catastrophic inundations\, waterlogged fields\, and toxic\ndrinking w ater\, problems whose severity has been dramatically worsening in the\nlas t three decades. How do people come to terms with water that is as\nlife-g iving as it is life-taking? \;The people of North\nBihar \;demonst rate\, and value\, a profound \;knowledge of\ntheir \;fluvial morp hology. \;They seem\, however\, not to act on such\nknowledge nor to t ransmit it to their children\, even when\, and more subtly \;becaus e\, \;they\naspire to improve their life and to escape the social inequalities from which\nthey suffer. \;Talking about how inequalities matter in dealing with the\nchanging world around us has the goal of putt ing serious decolonizing pressure\non the quasi-mystical concept of enviro nmental \;knowledge\, thus showing its\nheuristic potential for pursui ng environmental justice and adaptation. \;


L uisa Cortesi

Assistant Professor \;

International Institute of Social Studies

Burg. Oudlaan 50\, Rotterdam


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This talk is part of the Sustainable Sou th Asia Initiative. It is co-sponsored by the Central New York Humanities Corridor from an award by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.


For more information please contact\, Emera Bridger Wilson\, elbridge@syr. edu or to request accommodation arrangements\, please contact Morgan Bickn ell\, mebickne@syr.edu. \; \;

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