Treatied Spaces 
Sustainability in the Space Industry – rethinking ‘impact’ (in-person event) Abstract National and corporate interest in space has increased drastically in the past decade, and the space economy is expected to double by 2030. From 1957 to 2009, humankind launched just over 1000 satellites, a number that we surpassed in the first half of 2022 alone. … Read more
‘How Sustainable Is American Farming and Can Indigenous Agroecology Solve Its Key Challenges?‘ (in-person event) Abstract Almost 10 billion people are predicted to exist on Earth by 2050—that is about 3 billion more who will need to be fed compared to 2010. However, expanding our current agriculture systems is not a sustainable solution to this … Read more
‘Discovering Britain through discourses of indigeneity II: British Empire and colonialism’ (online) Abstract British history is rife with change; ethnic, social and linguistic shifts have indelibly marked its present day. While discourses of ‘native’ or ‘original’ Britons in popular media are nothing new, with the surge in topics of Indigeneity across disciplines, some scholars have … Read more
‘Lunar Ambassadors: British Perceptions of Moon Samples from NASA and the USSR’ (hybrid online/in-person event) This event is now over. View the recording below: Event Details Matthias Wong gave this talk on Friday 30 September 2022, 9-10:30am EDT at Georgetown University as part of the ‘History of NASA and the Environment Symposium‘, organised by the … Read more
Indigenous Peruvian scholar Dr Mariaelena Huambachano (Quechua, Syracuse University) and Joy Porter spoke on BBC Woman’s Hour about Matrilineal Communities on 27 August 2022.
Joy Porter spoke with BBC Radio Bristol’s John Darvall about Indigenous naming practices, on 12 July 2022.
‘New Approaches to Material Culture in Historic Houses: Miskito Indigenous Cultures, Mahogany and Environmental Futures‘ (online seminar via Zoom) Joy Porter and TSRG PhD Hannah Cusworth will be presenting a seminar on Thursday 9 June 2022, 3-4:30pm UK time at the Institute of Historical Research via Zoom, as part of their ‘World in a Historic … Read more
Joy Porter spoke to Stig Abell about the story of Pocahontas, on Times Radio Breakfast on 5 April 2022.
This event is now over. A playlist of the presentations are available to view below: Title image by Linda Roy, featuring detail from Material Kwe by Dr Celeste Pedri-Spade.