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  • Department of Global Development

Ph.D. Exit Seminar in the Graduate Field of Development Studies

Abstract

Emily Baker’s doctoral dissertation is guided by the central question of how we can read changes in environmental landscapes as connected with compounding crises in historically situated social, political, economic, and cultural contexts. Emily locates her research in the borderland region of the Rwenzori Mountains that transects the political line between the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Western Uganda. Central to this region are the challenging contexts of protracted violent conflict, increasingly variable weather patterns driven by global climate change, and the complex histories underpinning each of these dynamics that condition peoples’ experiences and responses to them. Through this interdisciplinary dissertation work, Emily explores the culturally and historically embedded political work of the everyday, the 'making of a life' amidst precarity, and the ecological transformations that result from these emplaced relationships.    

About the candidate

Emily Baker is a rural and environmental sociologist and applied ecologist whose research focuses on agricultural ecology, environmental conservation, knowledge co-creation and meaning-making, and complex socio-environmental 'crises.' Emily completed her dual master’s degrees from the University of California, Davis, where she studied agroecology and climate change adaptation in Northern Tanzania. She has ten years of experience conducting interdisciplinary research in East and Central Africa. Originally from Montana, Emily earned her bachelor’s degree in literature, creative writing, and philosophy from The University of Montana.

Date & Time

November 8, 2024
3:15 pm - 4:45 pm

Emily Baker

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Contact Information

Derar Lulu, Graduate Field Coordinator

  • dl987 [at] cornell.edu

Speaker

Emily Baker, Ph.D. Candidate, Development Studies

Departments

Department of Global Development

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