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.
Readings for select presentations will be made available to workshop participants. Please email the organizers if you are a registered workshop participant but did not receive access information.
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
9:30–10:00
Welcome and Opening Remarks
10:00–11:30
Keynote w/ Q&A—“EcoEd: Teaching to Attest”
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: Ralph Litzinger (Cultural Anthropology, Duke)
Discussant: Carlos Rojas (Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, 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
8:30–9:30
Birding session @ Duke Pond (optional)—led by Alex Nickley (APSI)
meet at the entrance to Grainger Hall, on Circuit Drive, by the bridge
9:30–10:00
refreshments
10:00–11:30
Panel 3: Pedagogical Collaborations
Chair: Nicole Barnes (History, Duke)
Discussant: Prasenjit Duara (History, Duke)
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: Margaret McKean (Political Science, Duke)
Panelists:
- Juliette G. Duara (Ethics and Law, Duke)—“Earth Jurisprudence: Teaching on the Rights of Nature Through New Zealand’s Experience Using AI”
- Sofyan Ansori (postgrad researcher)—“Fire Play: Communicating Indigenous Fire Governance in Indonesia”
- Binbin Li (Environmental Science, DKU) & Chi-Yeung (Jimmy) Choi (Environmental Science, DKU)—“Fostering Biodiversity Conservation: An Educational Approach”
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.
*Due to limited space, this excursion is open only to invited workshop participants.
