Department of Geography Colloquium Series

Hosted by Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin

Faculty Book Presentation: Radical Cartographies: Participatory Mapmaking from Latin America

• Bjørn Sletto, UT Austin 
• Joe Bryan, University of Colorado, Â鶹ӰԺ
• Alfredo Wagner, Nova Cartografia Social da Amazônia
• Charles Hale, University of California, Santa Barbara 

Friday, October 2^th at 12:00PM Mountain Time, 1:00PM (CDT), 11:00am (PDT)

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Abstract:

This week’s colloquium is a book launch event hosted by the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Radical Cartographies substantive chapters are written by Indigenous and Afro-descendent authors. Shedding light on the innovative uses of participatory mapping emerging from Latin America’s marginalized communities, this diverse collection reconceptualizes what maps mean as representations of identity and place. Tune in for a panel with the book editors: 

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This panel of scholars will put Brazil’s recent period of forest fires into a larger historic, political perspective. 
Moderated by Joe Bryan, Associate Professor, Geography

Panelists

Peter Newton 
Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies Program

Project Director, Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force

Jennifer Balch
Associate Professor, Geography 

Marcos Steuernagel
Assistant Professor, Theatre and Dance

Associate Professor, Wageningen University

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Joe Bryan was chosen by the Graduate School as a winner of the 2015-2016 Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor Faculty Award.

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Joe Bryan's book  published by Guilford Press.

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