BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6243-f0a4d10dbcf5245706cf96384a223e73@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260811T010111Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190919T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190919T173000 SUMMARY:The Amazon is Burning! Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on the C urrent Crisis DESCRIPTION:\nOver the past month the Amazon has become a focus of inter national outcry as news outlets and social media circulate images of a f orest in flames. Come join three Penn State scholars who conduct researc h in different sites throughout the Amazon for the first of a series of events to be held over the course of the 2019-2020 academic year. In add ition to reflecting on what by most accounts are the largest and most de vastating fires in the history of the region\, speakers will offer insig ht into the complex history behind the current crisis and place it in br oader perspective by addressing the following issues:\n\n \; * \ ; \; Fire as a traditional tool of agriculture in the Amazon\, and w hat makes the current fires different\n\n \; * \; \; How the increase in deforestation relates to displacement and killings of indig enous people\n\n \; * \; \; Indigenous political struggles\n \n \; * \; \; The Amazon as a longstanding site of resource extraction (mining\, rubber\, etc.) and connections to global economic t rends\n\n \; * \; \; Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro'\ ;s push to &ldquo\;develop&rdquo\; the Amazon and connections to/diverge nces from the policies of previous political leaders\n\n \; * \;  \; Social media as a vehicle for the circulation of (mis)informatio n about environmental destruction and indigenous perspectives\n\n \; \n\nSpeakers:\n\nSarah J. Townsend \;(Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese): "\;The International Amazon&rdquo\;\n\nHeather Ran dell \;(Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology): &ldquo\;Dams\, Deve lopment\, and Deforestation along the Transamazon Highway&rdquo\;\n\nGeo rgia Ennis \;(Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Humanities and I nformation): "\;Demystifying Discourses of the Amazon: Indigenous Me dia\, Representation\, and the Climate Crisis&rdquo\;\n\nFinally\, come find out what you can do to support the Global Climate Strike on Friday\ , September 20.\n\nSponsored by the Latin American Studies Program\, the Department of Spanish\, Italian\, and Portuguese\, the Sustainability I nstitute\, the Center for Global Workers'\; Rights\, the Lifelong Lea rning and Adult Education Program\, the Center for Humanities and Inform ation\, and the Department of Histor\n\nFor more details: https://events .la.psu.edu/event/the_amazon_is_burning_historical_and_contemporary_pers pectives_on_the_current_crisis/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Over the past m onth the Amazon has become a focus of international outcry as news outle ts and social media circulate images of a forest in flames. Come join th ree Penn State scholars who conduct research in different sites througho ut the Amazon for the first of a series of events to be held over the co urse of the 2019-2020 academic year. In addition to reflecting on what b y most accounts are the largest and most devastating fires in the histor y of the region, speakers will offer insight into the complex history be hind the current crisis and place it in broader perspective by addressin g the following issues:

  *   Fire as a tradit ional tool of agriculture in the Amazon, and what makes the current fire s different
  *   How the increase in deforestation relates to displacement and killings of indigenous people
  *& nbsp;  Indigenous political struggles
  *   The Amazon as a longstanding site of resource extraction (mining, rubber, e tc.) and connections to global economic trends
  *   Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro's push to “develop” the Amazon and connections to/divergences from the policies of previous political leaders
  *   Social media as a vehicle fo r the circulation of (mis)information about environmental destruction an d indigenous perspectives
 

Speakers:

Sarah J. Townsend (Associate Professor of Spanish and Portug uese): "The International Amazon”
Heather Randell&nbs p;(Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology): “Dams, Development , and Deforestation along the Transamazon Highway”
Georgia Ennis (Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Humanities and In formation): "Demystifying Discourses of the Amazon: Indigenous Medi a, Representation, and the Climate Crisis”

Finally, come find out what you can do to support the Global Climate Strike on Friday, September 20.

Sponsored by the Latin American Studies Pr ogram, the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, the Sustainab ility Institute, the Center for Global Workers' Rights, the Lifelong Learning and Adult Education Program, the Center for Humanities and Inf ormation, and the Department of Histor

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu /event/the_amazon_is_burning_historical_and_contemporary_perspectives_on _the_current_crisis/

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