10 October 2006 “Broccoli and Desire: Markets and Moralities in the Maya Highlands”
Dr. Edward F. Fisher (Center for Latin American and Iberian Studies)
Edward F. Fischer is an anthropologist. He has written or edited six books, including the award-winning Cultural Logics and Global Economies; he has also won several awards for his lectures and he stars in a twenty-four part video series.
TIME: 15.30-17.00 hrs.
ROOM: V67 (building ‘2001’, downstairs) Leeuwenborch building
11 October 2006 "Hybridity in the Social-Ecological Dynamics of Andean Potato Biodiversity”
Professor Karl Zimmerer (University of Wisconsin Madison)
Karl Zimmerer is a geographer and environmental scientist researching and teaching on the topics of the dynamics of agrobiodiversity in tropical mountains (currently focused on irrigation and the relations of new water resource management to agrobiodiversity change); globalization and human-environment change (with emphasis on agriculture and rural livelihoods); and the development and experience of spatial-environmental models, environmental science, and conservation planning. Karl is the author of numerous articles and his book and monographs include four publications, most recently Globalization and New Geographies of Conservation (2006, University of Chicago). He is also active in various organizations that are involved with agricultural, environmental, conservation, and globalization policies and also edits the Nature-Society section of the Annals of the Association of American Geographers.
TIME: 11-12.30 hrs.
ROOM: Mansholtroom (new building, 1st floor) Leeuwenborch building