Society and Environment in the Global South
Society and Environment in the Global South at SMU fosters a conversation about the interconnectedness of the humanities and science/engineering. We seek to develop an interdisciplinary, experiential curriculum at SMU that examines the socio-cultural experience of Global South communities to support the design of culturally and environmentally sensitive scientific study and innovation.
Upcoming Events
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Join Jessie Vallejo (Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology at Cal Poly Pomona) and Patricio Maldonado (Pueblo Kichwa Otavalo; Museo Otavalango) in a virtual discussion about public health crises and the cultural toll they can take on musical practices on March 11, 2021 at 11 a.m. on Zoom. |
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Afro-Colombian Leaders of Environmental & Cultural Justice
Join Carlos Alberto González Escobar, Director of the non-profit foundation Funecorobles, and other Afro-Colombian community leaders in an engaging discussion about sustaining bio and cultural diversity, community-based ecotourism, and the use of science and technology to protect land and ancestral memory in the Valle del Cauca region of Colombia. Thursday, April 1 at 5:00 p.m. CDT on Zoom.
For more information, contact Lourdes Molina or Talia Weltman-Cisneros.
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Lee Watkins, director of the International Library of African Music (ILAM) in South Africa, and Elijah Madiba, digitizing manager and sound engineer also at ILAM, will discuss the ongoing repatriation of the music collected by Hugh Tracey, an English music researcher active in South and Central Africa in the early to mid-twentieth century, who collected over 35,000 recordings. April 13, 2021 on Zoom.
For more information, contact Lourdes Molina or Kristina Nielsen. |
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Vanishing Mysteries of Indian Magic in a Global Context
Together with the Fulbright Association and other co-sponsors, we are excited to host Shreeyash Palshikar, Indian magician and scholar, who will perform and discuss jadoo, India’s oldest performing art, on Friday, April 16 at 7 p.m. on Zoom.
Dr. Palshikar holds a Ph.D. in South Asian studies from the University of Chicago and has taught at Oxford, Yale, and the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. He is an assistant professor at Albright College. Event co-sponsored by the Fulbright Association-Dallas Chapter and Southern Methodist University (with the generous support of the Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute, the Bridwell Library, Asian Studies, and the Departments of History, Theatre, World Languages and Literatures, and the University Honors Program).
For more information, contact Dr. Rachel Ball-Phillips |
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On the Edges of Empire Film Festival Together with HIST 2314, we present On the Edges of Empire Film Festival, which will showcase student films, a screening of the short film Frontera!, and a Q&A with film producer Aimee Villareal on Wednesday, April 28 from 6-8 p.m. on Zoom. For more information, contact Dr. Rachel Ball-Phillips |