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  • Polson Institute for Global Development
  • Development
  • environment

This talk examines emerging narratives of life that differ significantly from dominant anthropocentric perspectives of the world and their associated extractive modes of global development. Based on the notion of radical interdependence, these narratives propose a new foundation for social life and for designing worlds relationally, which is indispensable for confronting the terracide produced by mono-humanism. The talk will focus on one such emergent narrative – centered on notions of territoriality, communality, autonomy, re-existence, and pluriversality. 

This hybrid event will be held in Warren B73 and on Zoom (registration below). Food and drinks will be served at the campus event.

Sponsors:

  • Polson Institute for Global Development 
  •  Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program
  • City and Regional Planning
  • Africana Studies and Research Center

Speaker

Arturo Escobar is an activist-researcher from Cali, Colombia, working on territorial struggles against extractivism, post-developmentalist transitions, and 'ontological design'. He was the Kenan Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Political Ecology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; and is currently affiliated with the PhD Program in Design and Creation at Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, Colombia; and the PhD program in Environmental Sciences, Universidad del Valle, Cali. Over the past twenty-five years, he has worked closely on these issues with several Afro-Colombian, environmental and feminist organizations. Professor Escobar is the author of the celebrated study, Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third World (1995, 2nd edition, 2011). His more recent books include Designs for the Pluriverse: Radical Interdependence, Autonomy, and the Making of Worlds (2018), and Pluriversal Politics: The Real and the Possible (2020). He is currently working on a book, Designing Relationally: Making and Restor(y)ing Life), with Michal Osterweil and Kriti Sharma.

 

The Robert A. and Ruth E. Polson Institute for Global Development supports theoretical and applied social science research. We fund projects and working groups that address issues ranging from economic inequality to discursive politics, contributing to Cornell’s leadership in global development. 

Featured image: "Energías Libres" by Angie Vanessita

Date & Time

April 18, 2022
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Illustration of people biking a mountain with a sun overhead

More information about this event.

Contact Information

Matt Hayes

  • mmh285 [at] cornell.edu

Speaker

Arturo Escobar

Departments

Department of Global Development

Polson Institute for Global Development

Polson Institute for Global Development

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