Inaugural Meeting: Postcolonial Ecocriticism Research Cluster

Description

The Postcolonial Ecocriticism Interdisciplinary Research Cluster's inaugural meetingwill include the initial reading "Toward a Critical Ocean Studies for the Anthropecene" (2019) by Elizabeth DeLoughrey.

Light refreshments will be served.

The Postcolonial Ecocriticism Research Cluster considers how Indigenous and postcolonial peoples navigate legacies of colonialism in the face of global climate change. Though a response to climate crisis requires a united human effort, the impacts of climate change are unevenly experienced by local populations. This cluster invites scholars to explore diverse relationships between people and environments, including (but not limited to) representations of shrinking and irradiated islands, militarized ocean currents, and mass migration and displacement. Additionally, this interdisciplinary cluster seeks to bridge the traditionally human-centered field of postcolonial studies with ecocriticism's focus on conservation and animal rights by turning to Indigenous and local responses to environmental degradation.