INSTITUTE FOR GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES ST. AUGUSTINE UNIT & THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY FACULTY OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES ST. AUGUSTINE CAMPUS, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO THREE-DAY SYMPOSIUM INDIGENOUS GEOGRAPHIES AND CARIBBEAN FEMINISMS: COMMON STRUGGLES AGAINST GLOBAL CAPITALISM Symposium MARCH 30 & 31, APRIL 1, 2017 SOCIAL SCIENCES LOUNGE FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES KEYNOTE MARCH 31, 2017 NOOR HASSANALI AUDITORIUM FACULTY OF LAW http://sta.uwi.edu/igds/indigenousgeographies.asp
Akawaio Garifuna / Garinagu Kalinago Lokono Arawak Macushi Maho Indigenous Community Maroons Mopan Maya Q'eqchi' Maya Wapichan Warrau
PROGRAMME DAY 1 THURSDAY 30 MARCH, 2017 9:00AM 10:30AM OPENING CEREMONY. INVOCATIONS. INTRODUCTIONS 10:30AM - 10:45AM 10:45AM - 12:15PM Panel 1 Activism against Capitalism and the State Cristina Coc, Norma Thomas, Audrey Christiaan, Suriname Hollis France, USA 12:15PM 1:15PM Lunch 1:15PM - 2:45PM Panel 2 Recognition, Representation, and Transformation Mary Valenzuela, Natasha Green, Dominica J. Sharon Atkinson, & Jean LaRose, 2:45PM - 3:00PM 3:00PM - 4:30PM Panel 3 Women s Organizing, Advocacy, and Empowerment Annelita Garcia, Marie-Josee Artist, Suriname Nelcia Robinson, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
PROGRAMME DAY 2 FRIDAY 31 MARCH, 2017 9:00AM - 10:30AM PANEL 4 INDIGENEITY AND SETTLER COLONIALISM IN THE CARIBBEAN SHONA JACKSON, USA 10:30AM - 10:45AM 10:45AM - 12:15PM Panel 5 Culture, Heritage, and Tradition Aleisha Holder, Trinidad and Tobago Selene Solis, Sandra Miranda, Cynthia Ellis, 12:15PM - 1:15PM Lunch 1:15PM - 2:45PM Panel 6 Colonialism, History, and the Contemporary Melanie Newton, Canada Vanda Radzik, Cheryl-Ann Boodram, Trinidad and Tobago Tracy Assing, Trinidad and Tobago 2:45PM - 6:00PM 6:00PM - 8:00PM Keynote
PROGRAMME DAY 3 SATURDAY 1 APRIL, 2017 9:00AM - 10:30AM PANEL 7 DISPOSSESSION, TRAUMA, AND HEALING LUCIA REGINA ELLIS, BELIZE KIMBERLY PALMER, CANADA SHANYA CORDIS (VIA SKYPE) 10:30AM - 10:45AM 10:45AM - 12:15PM Panel 8 Land, Community, and Environmental Protection Faye Fredericks, Paulette Jacobs, & Jacqueline Allicock, Loretta Fiedtkou, 12:15PM - 1:15PM Lunch 1:15PM - 2:30PM Debriefing and Steps Forward 2:30PM - 4:30PM 4:30PM - 6:00PM Excursion to the First Peoples Community Centre and Museum Santa Rosa, Arima
Panel 1 Audrey Christiaan Suriname Accepting Challenges for Changes Hollis France USA Bringing into Focus Alternative Futures: Indigenous Women Panel 2 Mary Valenzuela Indigenous Peoples Lives Matter Natasha Green Dominica Female Leadership in the Kalinago Community of Dominica: A demonstration of how indigenous Kalinago women bypass gender expectations to effect positive development. J. Sharon Atkinson & Jean LaRose Indigenous Peoples, Land Rights and Environmental Protection in Panel 3 Annelita Garcia Empowering Maya Women Through Community Radio Marie-Josee Artist Suriname Challenges of Indigenous Women in times of uncertainty Nelcia Robinson St. Vincent and the Grenadines KABUNKHAN KAIMA FARAHU HIARONO ORIA YURUMEIN (A few warrior women from St. Vincent and the Grenadines) Panel 4 SHONA JACKSON USA Torpid Creatures and Docible Bodies: Understanding Indigeneity and Settler Colonialism in the Caribbean
Panel 5 Selene Solis Examining Women s Roles in the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of : A Case Study Sandra Miranda The Struggles of Indigenous Garifuna Women Cynthia Ellis Lessons Learnt from Organising with Maya and Garifuna families Lucia Regina Ellis Dealing with the Traumatic Impact of Colonialism on the Health of the Indigenous Panel 6 TRACY ASSING TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Indigenous Survival in an Oil and Gas Economy Panel 7 KIMBERLY PALMER CANADA Neoliberalism, Tourism and the Garifuna Struggle for Spacial Justice in the Circum-Caribbean Panel 8 Faye Fredericks The Wapichan Struggle: A fight to own and secure traditional lands for those coming behind us Paulette Jacobs & Jacqueline Allicock Indigenous Women's Sustainable Livelihoods Loretta Fiedtkou Issues with Water, Land and Environmental Impact on the Rights of my Indigenous Community
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