Details about the workshop agenda will be posted to this page as they are available. Times and location are subject to change, so please bookmark this page to confirm the latest information.

Information about local logistics will help prepare travelers to visit Duke University and Durham.

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Meet the presenters

All times are listed in local time (GMT -4).

Thursday, May 15

Except where otherwise noted, panels will be held in the Nicholas A. Field Auditorium, Grainger Hall, Nicholas School of the Environment

8:30–9:15

Refreshments

9:15–9:45

Welcome and Opening Remarks

10:00–11:30

Keynote w/ Q&A

Speaker: Kim Fortun (Anthropology, UC Irvine)

11:45–12:45

Lunch

13:00–14:30

Panel 1: Reimagining Environmental Pedagogies

Chair: Jieun Cho (Asian/Pacific Studies Institute, Duke)
Discussant: Eileen Chow (Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Duke)

Panelists:

  • Margherita Long (East Asian Studies, UC Irvine) — “Environmental Care Work: Feminism, Pollution, Degrowth”
  • Victoria Lee (History, Ohio University) — “Chemical Cultures and Countercultures”
  • Ting Hui Lau (Sociology and Anthropology, NUS) — “Visceral Pedagogies for Indigeneity and Colonial Capitalism in the Climate Catastrophe”

14:30–14:45

Break

15:00–16:30

Panel 2: Rising Scholars in Asian Environments

Chair: Carlos Rojas (Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Duke)
Discussant: Ralph Litzinger (Cultural Anthropology, Duke)

Panelists:

  • Yixuan Jiang—“In the Bardo: Queer, Buddhism, and Environmental Impermanence”
  • Yangfan Li—“Sensing Islands: Asian waters, Literature, and Eco-Future”
  • Anqi Zheng—“Floods, Folk Religion, and Urban Change: The Rhino Rumor in Southwest China, 2013–2018”
  • Yu-An Kuo—“Contested Wildness: Legal Inconsistencies and the Governance of Swiftlet Farming in Malaysia and Borneo”

17:00–18:30

Rooftop Happy Hour Reception

Friday, May 16

Except where otherwise noted, panels will be held in Room 2102, Grainger Hall, Nicholas School of the Environment

8:30–9:15

Refreshments

10:00–11:30

Panel 3: Pedagogical Collaborations

Chair: Margaret McKean (Political Science, Duke)
Discussant: Robin Rodd (Anthropology, DKU)

Panelists:

  • Ja-Kyung Kim & Suh-Hyun Park (Jeju National University)—“Pedagogical Implications of Food Care at Hansalim Jeju Cooperative”
  • Christian Lentz (Geography, UNC–Chapel Hill) & Terese Gagnon (Anthropology, UNC-Chapel Hill)—“Gardening Community: Relational Agriculture and the Southeast Asian Diaspora in the U.S. South”
  • Wumeng He (Environmental Economics, DKU)—“Experiential Learning in Climate Change Economics and Policy”
  • Brendan A. Galipeau (Environmental Studies, Binghamton)—“Integrating and Teaching with Indigenous Perspectives on Climate Change”

12:00–12:45

Lunch

13:00–14:30

Panel 4: Environmental Governance

Chair: Clara Park (Political Science, Duke)
Discussant: Junjie Zhang (Environmental Sciences & Policy, Duke)

Panelists:

  • Juliette G. Duara (Ethics and Law, Duke)—“Earth Jurisprudence: Teaching on the Rights of Nature Through New Zealand’s Experience Using AI”
  • Jerome Whitington (Liberal Studies, NYU)—“Absolute Power? Teaching Thailand’s Renewable Futures”
  • Binbin Li (Environmental Science, DKU)—title TBD
  • Chi-Yeung (Jimmy) Choi (Environmental Science, DKU)—title TBD

15:30–17:30

Optional excursion: Transplanting Traditions (Orange County)
This community farm supports food sovereignty in the refugee community through access to land, education and opportunities for refugee farmers to address community food insecurity and the barriers they face in reaching their dreams of farming. The farm provides a cultural community space for refugee adults and youth to come together, recreate home and build healthy communities, and continue agricultural traditions in the Piedmont of N.C.