Global Epistemologies and Ontologies (GEOS)

In the next Perspectives on Science seminar on 17.4.,@DavidLudwigWUR will give a talk on “What Has Epistemic Diversity Ever Done for Us? Promises and Disappointments of Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research“. The abstract & details for joining here tint.helsinki.fi/?p=944

I am thrilled to share this critical reflection written by Michiel van de Pavert and me in the format of a dialogue paper. Caring with the Non-Human: Reciprocity in market gardening exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/index.php/exch…

Happy to have my research featured in one of my favourite academic blogs: writing on populism, science policy, and the illegitimate use by @Conacyt_MX of humanities and social sciences buzzwords to enact authoritarianism on academic communities blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial…

Academia stifles our imagination of science in society. Academics often can’t even imagine research being oriented towards the needs of people. Some thoughts from our conference on science as community-oriented and emancipatory practice... 🧵

Here is the final program of our event "Communities of Research, Communities of Practice Towards a Transforming Transdisciplinarity" in Salvador, Brazil. You can still register with the QR code in the program

O programa final do nosso evento "Comunidades de Pesquisa, Comunidades de Prática Rumo a uma Transdisciplinaridade Transformadora" em Salvador. Pode ainda inscrever-se com o código QR no programa

Finally a full (but very rough) draft of the @ProjectGeos monograph "Transformative Transdisciplinarity. An Introduction to Community-Based Philosophy". If anyone wants to have a look, send a DM. We appreciate feedback at this stage :-)

We're editing a special issue on "Science as a Site of Inequality" in the journal Environmental Science & Policy. Don't be shy, submit your amazing research insights until 15 Jan sciencedirect.com/journal/enviro…

Our team member Matthias Kramm has been interviewed on the topic of river rights by the Scientific Bureau of the green political party of the Netherlands. You can find the interview under the following link (in Dutch) @WBGroenLinks: wetenschappelijkbureaugroenlinks.nl/tijdschrift/zo…

The UN Food Systems Summit was marked by contradictions between the language of inclusion & the reality of corporate control. Our discussions at the Summit led to this small opinion piece on "Indigenous knowledge in food system transformations" nature.com/articles/s4324…

We just received the book contract for “African Philosophy and the Politics of Food Systems” with Springer. The volume will be edited by Mogobe Ramose, Petronella Chaminuka, Yeshewas Ebabu, Birgit Boogaard, Sally Diop, & me. A quick 🧵 on why this topic matters so much...

Agricultural innovation debates increasingly appeal to Indigenous, local, traditional knowledge. In this lit review, we have a critical look at these appeals & distinguish 5 modes of relating innovations with epistemic diversity. Thx @branwen_p @JDessein link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Final day of @ProjectGeos in Oaxaca. The quest for global epistemologies and ontologies ends with … piñata

Finished with an intense, productive, inspiring, piñata busting, exhausting, and mezcal+tlayuda-filled week of discussions, reflection and learning with my @ProjectGeos comrades. There’s sure to follow tons of interesting writing in the coming months!

Day 5 of @ProjectGeos in Oaxaca is Day 1 of the dialogue with @UnitierraOaxaca - addressing links between epistemic diversity & community struggles through corn 🌽 and resistance against megaprojects like "Tren Maya"

Day 4 of @ProjectGeos in Oaxaca taking us from the seminar room into the agave fields and palenques

El colectivo académico GEOS (Epistemologías y Ontologías Globales) invita a las Jornadas de Diálogo que organizará en conjunto con la UniTierra Oaxaca, sobre el tema: "Políticas del Conocimiento en México - Epistemologías Otras y Ecologías Locales de Conocimiento"

Tomorrow’s @ProjectGeos workshop talks on more-than-human in Mezcal Worlds (M. García) and liveable relationalities (D. E. López & D. Ludwig) have been rescheduled to 10 and 11 a.m. respectively. The previous talks are available at the same FB event link: fb.me/e/1LHUwNqIO

Day 2 of @ProjectGeos workshop in Oaxaca. @mbl_cerqueira getting straight to the issue of community-reseacher relations in Chiapas: "researchers are like mosquitoes; they suck your blood and leave“

Join us today at 9am MX time for @FabioGatti86 and Bia Cerqueira’s talks on Zaptismo in the context of Global Epistemologies and Ontologies for the @ProjectGeos workshop in Oaxaca.