Biosciences Seminar Series - Spring 2019
25 April 2019 - 1pm - Zoology Museum
Weaving worlds: Postcolonial and multispecies politics of plants
Dr Emily O’Gorman
Our Biosciences Seminar Series continues for the spring term with a talk by Dr Emily O’Gorman from the Department of Geography and Planning at Macquarie University in Australia. Emily is an environmental historian with interdisciplinary research interests in the environmental humanities, such as environmental histories of rivers and wetlands; and scientific approaches to weather and climate from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.
Abstract
Wetlands in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia, have been important sites of political engagement and activism for many Aboriginal groups, who seek to care for Country, and strengthen their rights and roles in the management of water and particular sites. This paper engages with contemporary activities by Aboriginal women at three wetlands in the Murray-Darling Basin, as they use weaving of sedges and rushes to show both the importance of these places and in ongoing connections to Country that have persisted through British colonisation and up to now. Plants like sedges and rushes hold a postcolonial politics. They have played an important role in, and provide a lens into, the historical and ongoing connections of Aboriginal women with particular places, co-creating and interweaving worlds.
Hope to see many of you - everyone most welcome to attend!
For the list of forthcoming seminars see here
For the list of forthcoming seminars see here
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