Event

We Want Foods That Tell Our Stories: Reclaiming and Reviewing Indigenous Food Sovereignty with Mariaelena Huambachano

Wed, Jun 7, 2023

11:00 AM–12:30 PM

This event will take place online via Zoom. Please register below.

Join us for “We Want Foods That Tell Our Stories: Reclaiming and Reviewing Indigenous Food Sovereignty” an online discussion with Mariaelena Huambachano. A native Peruvian Indigenous scholar, Dr. Huambachano’s research and teaching are rooted in an interdisciplinary approach to Indigenous, Environmental Studies, and Sustainable Development — areas that encompass food and climate justice.

REGISTER HERE TO JOIN THIS EVENT VIA ZOOM.

A native Peruvian Indigenous scholar, Dr. Mariaelena Huambachano, is Assistant Professor at Syracuse University helping to build the Global Indigenous Cultures and Environmental Justice Department and Center. Dr. Huambachano’s research and teaching are rooted in an interdisciplinary approach to Indigenous Studies, Environmental Studies, and Sustainable Development. These areas encompass food and climate justice, environmental governance, agroecology, public policy, community-driven development, traditional ecological knowledge, and decolonizing methodologies. Her upcoming book, “Recovering our Ancestral Foodways:Indigenous Traditions as a Recipe for Living Well, is a celebration of the lore of Quechua and Māori and of the worlds’ Indigenous peoples in safeguarding food systems, innovation, practices, and, ultimately, the well-being of humankind.

This event is in collaboration with La Casa de las Americas at LaGuardia Community Collegeand co-sponsored by the Environment Community Humanities Oasis (ECHO) project led by Ryan Mann-Hamilton as part of the Seminar on Public Engagement and Collaborative Research from the Center for the Humanities at the CUNY Graduate Center.