Discussion: Rights of Soil - Friday, October 9nd
“Soils for all, and all for soils” - the past, the present, the future. Let the soils speak.
This session will explore our fundamental human rights to our common resources, the inherent rights of our resources, and our knowledge gaps.
Speakers:
Hermine Huot, PhD, Researcher at Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC) - University of Lorraine / CNRS (French National Scientific Research Center)
Topic: Studying the Past of Anthropized Soils to Better Understand Their Present and Predict Their Future
Time: 2:30 - 2:45 EST (New York City)
Robert Porter, Former oil and well driller, avid surfer and birdwatcher
Topic: Experiences of an Oil Well Driller in North America and Central Africa: 1970’s to the Present
Time: 2:50 - 3:00 EST (New York City)
Dr. Kathryn Yusoff, Professor of Inhuman Geography in the School of Geography at at Queen Mary, University of London. Most recently, she is author of A Billion Black Anthropocenes or None
Topic: Ghost Geologies
Time: 3:05 - 3:15 EST (New York City)
Jennifer McDonnell, is a mother, serial composter and aspirational environmental professional. Brendan Hanonn grew up in New York City where he learned to love birds, bikes, bluegrass music, trees, arthropods and bryophytes. Gil Lopez is a community organizer, urban environmental educator, socially engaged bio-artist, and doer.
Topic: Microbe Report: Cillia in the Field Edition
Time: 3:45 - 4:00 EST (New York City)
Jayson Maurice Porter, PhD candidate in history at Northwestern University specializing in environmental politics, science & technology studies, and black ecologies in Mexico and the Americas.
Topic: Soiled: From Agrarian Reform to Agrarian Revolution in Mexico
Time: 4:05 - 4:15 EST (New York City)
Dr. Derryn E. Moten, Professor and Chair of Alabama State University’s Department of History and Political Science. Contributor to EJI’s “Soil Collection.”
Topic: EJI’s Community Remembrance Project: Collecting Soil for Ottis Parham, “A Slained Negro Boy”
Time: 4:20 - 4:35 EST (New York City)
For a Full List of Speaker Bios, Please Download PDF Here!
Format
2:30-4:35pm: 4-5 talks, 10 min each, 5min Q&A after each talk
3:20-3:45pm: Break/Coffee Hour Hangout
4:45-5:45pm: Discussions
5:45-6:30 pm: Additional Discussion Time