Historical political ecology: constituting African resources and commodities

Context

The Lausanne Advanced Seminar in Political Ecology is an annual event with a specific theme that aims to deepen participants' understanding of political ecology research approaches. The event is co-sponsored by the IGS North-South Graduate School (collaboration of UNIL, UniBe, UniBasel, UniZH). Past themes have included political agronomy, feminist urban political ecology, decolonising geography and forestry.

For 2024, the theme is "Historical Political Ecology". The first day will begin with a seminar held with historians working on African value chains, before the doctoral workshop in the afternoon. The second day will be spent in the Neuchâtel Botanical Garden for a visit of the Business Plantes exhibition, and a roundtable on museum engagement with colonial histories.

Speakers

• Maria Do Mar Gago, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
• Shantel George, University of Glasgow
• Malika Kraamer, Global Heritage Lab, University of Bonn (also in the roundtable in Neuchâtel)
• Jonathan Robins, Michigan Technological University
• Alice Rudge, SOAS, University of London
• Jelmer Vos, University of Glasgow
• Andrew Wardell, CIFOR, Copenhagen

Roundtable in Neuchâtel:

• Chanelle Adams, UNIL
• Tomás Bartoletti, ETH Zürich
• Fabio Rossinelli, UNIL

General objectives

To deepen the understanding of Political Ecology; to highlight the value of the approach in considering the historical development of value chains.

Organizers

Professor Valérie Boisvert, University of Lausanne, Institute of Geography and Sustainability
Dr Aurore Rimlinger, University of Lausanne, Institute of Geography and Sustainability

Registration and information

If you have any questions or would like to register for participation (registration is free but mandatory), please contact aurore.rimlinger@unil.ch