Event
Ecological Siege: Dispossession through Ecocide in Argentina
Event Speaker
Dr. Rachel Cypher
3718 Locust Walk - Population Studies Commons
The annihilation of Indigenous lifeworlds in Argentina was not an accident of conquest. It was central to it. In this talk, Rachel Cypher will describe what she calls the ongoing, centuries-long "ecological siege" against Ranqueles in central Argentina, who through ingenious appropriation of settler species defended one of the longest-held Indigenous territories in the Americas. Moving from the 16th century to the present-day siege of genetically modified soybeans and glyphosate, the talk will examine dispossession through ecocide, as well as consider the ongoing resurgence and survival of Ranqueles and their lifeworlds.
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