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Fighting Extractivism as War: Mujeres Amazónicas' Forest Politics in Ecuador with Dr. Andrea Sempertegui

Nov 18, 2024 3:00 pm

Coble Hall, Room 306. 801 S Wright St. Champaign IL 61801

Lecture

Sponsor

CLACS, NRES, WGGP, CGS & ACES

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Originating Calendar

Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS)

Part II of the series on Women Enviromental Defenders and Climate Change in the Amazon

Join us on Nov.18 at 3pm at Coble Hall, room 306.

About the Speaker:

Dr. Andrea Sempértegui is an Assistant Professor of Politics at Whitman College, and a member of the anti-extractive collective Comunálisis based in Quito, Ecuador. Her research focuses on Indigenous politics, environmental and feminist movements, struggles over territory and natural resource extraction, and decolonial thought in Latin America

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