Program

6 PM SAST | Dinner

• Welcome Dinner & Reception @ the Javett Arts Centre at the University of Pretoria

10AM SAST | 8 AM GMT | Opening Lecture (Hybrid)

• Welcoming remarks by Prof. James Ogude and Vice Chancellor and Principal Tawana Kupe, University of Pretoria
• Introductory remarks by Pauline Strong, GHI principal investigator
• Opening lecture by Joni Adamson: “Meeting the Scale of the Challenge: Amplifying Humanities Communities of Interest, Building Communities of Purpose and Action”

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2 PM SAST | 12 PM GMT | Thematic Lecture (Hybrid)

• Iva Pesa, “Resource Extraction and Environmental Injustice in Africa: Climate Justice Stories from South Africa, Zambia and Nigeria.” Introduced by James Ogude.

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4 PM SAST | 2 PM GMT | Early Career Scholar Workshop 1 (All GHI participants invited)

• Introductions of Early Career Scholars, moderated by Pauline Strong

7 PM SAST | 5 PM GMT | Early Career Scholar Performance (All GHI participants invited)

• Poetry reading by Ojo Taiye. Introduced by Pauline Strong

9:40 AM SAST | Field Trip

• University of Pretoria Moja Gabedi Community Garden

2 PM SAST | 12 PM GMT | Thematic Lecture (Hybrid)

• David Shumway, “Scale in Climate Fiction.” Introduced by Pauline Strong

4 PM SAST | 2 PM GMT | Early Career Scholar Workshop 2 (All GHI participants invited)

• Megan Cole, Mabel Gergen, Sammy Kayed; “Conceptualizing Scale for a Changing Climate.” Moderated by David Shumway.

7 PM SAST | 5 PM GMT | Panel (Hybrid)

Leo Bernucci, Marcos Colón, Robert Myers; “Environmental and Artistic Activism.” Moderated by Pauline Strong.

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10 AM SAST | 8 AM GMT | Workshop (Hybrid)

• Adam Rabinowitz, “Thinking and Communicating about Scale: A Perspective from Archeology”

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2 PM SAST | 12 PM GMT | Thematic Lecture (Hybrid)

• Melanie Murcott, “Theories of Climate Justice.” Introduced by James Ogude.

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4 PM SAST | 2 PM GMT | Early Career Scholar Workshop 3 (All GHI participants invited)

• Bikash Chetry, Naledi Mpanza, Koffi Nomedji, Adewale Owoseni; “Ethics, Knowledges, and Climate (In)justice.” Moderated by Joan McGregor and Pauline Strong.

8 PM SAST | 6 PM GMT | Artist Talk (Hybrid)

• Beili Liu, “Call and Response: Art as a Tool for Environmental Activism.” Introduced by Adam Rabinowitz.

9:40 SAST | Field Trip and Lunch

• Sanbi Pretoria National Botanical Gardens

2:30 PM SAST | 12:30 PM GMT | Thematic Lecture (Hybrid)

• Joan McGregor, “Structural Injustices as Causes of Climate and Food Injustices.” Introduced by Joni Adamson.

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4 PM SAST | 2 PM GMT | Panel (Hybrid)

• Joan McGregor, , Melissa Biggs, Christy Spackman, Rebecca Tsosie; “Values on Your Plate: The Future of Food.” Moderated by Joan McGregor.

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7:30 PM SAST | 5:30 GMT | Thematic Lecture (Hybrid)

• Steven Hartman, “The Moral and Practical Necessity of Meaningful Humanities Engagement in the Science-Policy Interface: Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Futures”

8:30 AM SAST | 6:30 AM GMT | Thematic Lecture (Hybrid)

• Thom Van Dooren, “Doing Multispecies Studies, With Snails.” Introduced by Joni Adamson.

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10:30 AM SAST | 8:30 AM GMT | Early Career Scholar Workshop 4 (All GHI participants invited)

• Sammy Kayed, “Transdisciplinarity and Multiscalar Approaches to Climate Justice”

2 PM SAST | 12 PM GMT | Panel (Hybrid)

• Melanie Murcott, George Outa, Lawrence Watters; “Climate Justice and Litigation in the Global South.” Moderated by Melanie Murcott.

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4 PM SAST | 2 PM GMT | Early Career Scholar Workshop 5 (All GHI participants invited)

• Sara Aly El Sayed, Mariaelena Huambachano, Heather Kayed, Florence Oduk; “Environmental and Food (In)justice.” Moderated by Melissa Biggs.

8 PM SAST | 6 PM GMT | Screening and Discussion (Hybrid)

• Gretchen E. Henderson, “Environmental Writing as Embodied Research: An Ecocinema from Life in the Tar Seeps.” Introduced by Katherine Lieberknecht.

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10 AM SAST | 8 AM GMT | Panel (Hybrid)

• David Schlosberg & Christine Winter, “Multispecies Justice.” Introduced by Joni Adamson.

2 PM SAST | 12 PM GMT | Panel (Hybrid)

• Steven Hartman, Joni Adamson, James Ogude; “BRIDGES Sustainability Coalition.” Moderated by James Ogude.

4 PM SAST | 2 PM GMT | Early Career Scholar Workshop 6 (All GHI participants invited)

• Caroline Adhola, Preeti Nayak, Ojo Taiye, Mark Ortiz; “Youth and the Future of Climate Justice.” Moderated by Melanie Murcott.

8:30 AM SAST | 6:30 AM GMT | Workshop (Hybrid)

• Katherine Lieberknecht, “The Dove Springs Climate Navigators: A Framework for Linking Local Knowledge to Adaptation Planning and Increasing Community and Climate Justice”

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10 AM SAST | 8 AM GMT | Workshop (Hybrid)

• “Models for Regional and Global Research Collaboration” Joni Adamson, James Ogude (Humanities for the Environment), John Arroyo (Pacific Northwest Just Futures Institute), Adam Rabinowitz, Katherine Lieberknecht (Planet Texas 2050). Moderated by Pauline Strong.

2 PM SAST | 12 PM GMT | Closing Workshop (All GHI participants invited)

• Pauline Strong, “Envisioning the Future of the Global Humanities Institute on Climate Justice and Problems of Scale”

3:30 PM SAST | 1:30 PM GMT | Early Career Scholar Workshop 7 (All GHI participants invited)

• John Arroyo, Stephen Borunda, Sarah Vaughan, Deirdre Zoll; “Climate (In)justice on the Ground: Technology, Development, Planning, and Policy.” Moderated by Katherine Lieberknecht.

6:45 AM SAST | Field Trip

• Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site: Sterkfontein Caves
• Bothongo Lion and Rhino Nature Reserve