Caucasus Research Forum 2023: People and the Environment
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- Mar 30, 2023 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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- Free and open to the public.
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People and Environment
Caucasus Research Forum 2023
ALL TIMES IN CENTRAL US TIME (CHICAGO)Virtually hosted on Zoom: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/87360093515?pwd=ZCtZODJTdVovM2xoNG0yNUFzbk5yZz09
Day 1: March 30
9:00 am Opening Remarks
9:15 am Panel 1: Rivers and Dams
· The State and Heterodox Environments of Namakhvani: Shaping Discourses of Resistance (Elisabed Gedevanishvili, Ilia State University)
· The River Must Flow? The Future of Georgia’s Water at the End of the Soviet Union (Jeff Sahadeo, Carleton University)
10:15 am Panel 2: Ecological Knowledge and Environmental Protection
· Boosting Resilience in the Fight against Climate Change? A Post-Development Deconstruction of the EU’s Approach to Climate Resilience in the South Caucasus (Laura Luciani, Ghent University)
· Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Georgia, the Caucasus (Zaal Kikvidze, Ilia State University)
11:15 am Discussion: Ethical Data Collection Practices
12:00 pm Day 1 Conclusion