Ninth Multidisciplinary Conference on Indigenous Peoples entitled “Territories in dispute: epistemologies, resistances, spiritualities and rights”, on 30/31 May and 1 June 2018 at the University College Roosevelt, Utrecht University (Middelburg, the Netherlands).
Themes:
1. Southern Epistemologies: territories, political ecology and the Buen Vivir (Good Life) 2. Rights for nature or Rights of nature? Challenges and contributions from Indigenous worlds 3. Indigenous peoples’ cultural heritage: the 169 ILO convention, the UNDRIP and consultation processes application, challenges and future developments. 4. Conflicts and modern wars: epistemicides, knowledges, alternatives beyond modernity and conflict resolutions. 5. Defining the international political and legal impacts of the Rights of nature 6. Gender: Indigenous Feminism, Justice and Patriarchy in Indigenous worlds 7. Cross-intercultural dialogues: climate change, human rights and environmental sciences, what can we exchange and what can we learn from each other? 8. Policies: educational policies, Indigenous languages, educational access, educational pluralism. 9. Regaining consciousness, emerging identities: Indigenous Art-design, cinema and cultural property.
Paper proposals (max. 300 words) can be in English or Spanish and should be submitted by email at EMPI2018@ucr.nl up to the end of April 2018. A CV summary (max. 50-100 words) of the author/s shall be included in Spanish or English. Abstracts in Portuguese are accepted with the translation in English, however presentations are in English or Spanish.
Registration is through a Google-event invitation, please follow this link to do it: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe7D8BhTK-jTXfTXNFMmpi3Iu_sii_PACXwyjQDmPCaSFEO2g/viewform
Full information is available in the following links:
ENGLISH EMPI2018 REDEMPI ENGLISH A4
SPANISH EMPI2018 REDEMPI SPANISH
For any questions, please contact EMPI2018@ucr.nl.