The Indigenous Studies Discussion Group at the University of Cambridge is delighted to invite you to a panel focusing on ongoing climate action in India and its relationship with Indigenous knowledge. The panel will take place on Wednesday the 25th of November at 4pm GMT (9:30 pm Indian Standard Time) over Crowdcast please register via this link: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/climatechangeadivasiknowl
Our panelists are:
Archana Soreng, Member of the UN Secretary General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change
Akash Poyam, Copy Editor of The Caravan Magazine, Founder-Editor of Adivasi Resurgence
M. Yuvan, environmental activist and educator
Raile R. Ziipao, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Central University of Punjab (Bhatinda) and Author of Infrastructures of Injustice: State and Politics in Manipur & North East India (Routledge, 2020)
Moderator: Ananya Mishra, PhD candidate at the Faculty of English working on comparative Indigenous literatures from India, Australia and North America.
Background: Rathwa Adivasi deities around a mahua tree. Bhasha Adivasi Academy, Tejgadh Village in Gujarat (photo by Nishant Gokhale)
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