New spring class – Parks and Peoples (INTS-360)

Natural protected areas are a central component of global climate change mitigation strategies, such as the 30×30 framework that seeks to designate 30% of the planet’s surface as protected areas by 2030. This class offers a critical examination of the globalization of environmental conservation by centering the perspectives and experiences of local communities. We will study how environmental conservation has been, and often continues to be, intimately connected with issues of colonialism, land dispossession, Indigenous sovereignty, green capitalism, and militarization. As we study these complicated histories and experiences of parks and Peoples, we will bring into consideration alternative visions of how to care for land and nature with an emphasis on perspectives from Indigenous Peoples and the Peoples of the Global South.

For more information contact Prof. Giancarlo Rolando ([email protected])