BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 14.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230301T020000 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:We invite all those in Central New York who are interested in a ny aspect of sustainability in South Asia to attend and help us plan futur e sustainability-related events. \;9:00 \; am — Welcome9:15 am — K eynote AddressCultivating Knowledge: Decoding Agricultural Sustainability Through an Ethnography of SeedsAndrew Flachs\, Department of Anthropology\ , Purdue UniversityA single seed is more than just the promise of a plant. In rural south India\, seeds represent diverging paths toward a sustainab le livelihood. Development programs and global agribusiness promote geneti cally modified seeds and organic certification as a path toward more susta inable cotton production\, but these solutions mask a complex web of econo mic\, social\, political\, and ecological issues that may have consequence s as dire as death10:30 am — Taking the Seeds of Sustainability into the F uture11:30 am — Lunch12:30 — Planning Session: Humanities Working GroupIf you are interested in attending\, please email Emera Bridger Wilson (elbri dge@ syr.edu) by October 1. \;The Sustainable South Asia Initiative is a project of the Cornell-Syracuse Consortium on South Asia\, funded by th e U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center grant and the Central New York Humanities Corridor. DTEND:20191005T180000Z DTSTAMP:20240329T064147Z DTSTART:20191005T130000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Sustainable South Asia Annual Workshop UID:RFCALITEM638472769071962619 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
We invite all those in Central New York who are interested in any aspect of sustainability in South Asia to attend an d help us plan future sustainability-related events. \;
9:00 \; am — Welcome
9:15 am — Keynote Address
Cultivating Knowledge: Decoding Agricultural Sustainability Th rough an Ethnography of Seeds
Andrew Flachs\, Department of Anthropology\, Purdue University
A single seed is mor
e than just the promise of a plant. In rural south India\, seeds represent
diverging paths toward a sustainable livelihood. Development programs and
global agribusiness promote genetically modified seeds and organic certif
ication as a path toward more sustainable cotton production\, but these so
lutions mask a complex web of economic\, social\, political\, and ecologic
al issues that may have consequences as dire as death
10:30 am — Ta
king the Seeds of Sustainability into the Future
11:30 am — Lunch
12:30 — Planning Session: Humanities Working Group
If you are interested in attending\, please email Emera Bri
dger Wilson (elbridge@ syr.edu) by October 1. \;
The Sustainabl
e South Asia Initiative is a project of the Cornell-Syracuse Consortium on
South Asia\, funded by the U.S. Department of Education Title VI National
Resource Center grant and the Central New York Humanities Corridor.
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