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Placing Blame: Climate, Culpability, and Indigenous Lives in the Philippines

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Organizer: Cornell Southeast Asia Program

Description:

The Ronald and Janette Gatty Lecture Series is a weekly lecture series featuring advanced SEAP graduate students as well as academics, diplomats, researchers, and others who have expertise in Southeast Asia. These talks are held at the Kahin Center at 12:15 pm, though during Fall 2021 members of the Cornell community are also welcome to participate by Zoom. The broader public may be able to participate in some Zoom lectures. Please check the Cornell SEAP website for the latest information on public attendance for each talk.

Bio:

Will Smith is an anthropologist and human geographer whose research is focused on human-forest interfaces, the social dimensions of agricultural production, and the politics of indigenous knowledge in both Australia and upland Southeast Asia. His current research is focused on the illegal wildlife trade in the Philippines and conservation-based solutions to zoonotic disease emergence.

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