Indigenous Geography AAG Sessions, 2001

Indigenous Peoples Specialty Group

Selected sponsored sessions,
Association of American Geographers
2001 Annual Meeting
New York City: February 27 - March 2, 2001

This series of sessions was organised by
RDK Herman, Towson University
and had the following AAG Specialty Group Sponsorship:

Indigenous Peoples Specialty Group
Cultural Ecology Specialty Group
Cultural Geography Specialty Group

Latin America Specialty Group
Asian Geography Specialty Group
Africa Specialty Group

 


 

Indigenous Geography I: Cartographies and Geomatics

Chair: David Aagesen, SUNY Geneseo

Presenters:

Carlos Rincón Mautner, Florida International University:
Mesoamerican Cosmovision and the Roots of Native Cartography: the View from Coixtlahuaca, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Abstract

Renee Louis, University of Hawai'i:
The Indigenous Hawaiian Cartographer.
Abstract

Andrea B. Chavez, Syracuse University:
Use of Remote Sensing for Monitoring Land Use in Indigenous Territories in the Peruvian Amazon
Abstract

Albertus H. Pramono, University of Hawai'i:
Liberating or disciplining? The impacts of participatory mapping on Dayak territoriality
Abstract

Discussant: Douglas Deur, Louisiana State University


 

Indigenous Geography II: Representation and Identity

Chair: Douglas Deur, Louisiana State University

Presenters:

Leo Zonn, University of North Carolina, and
Dick Winchell, Eastern Washington University:
Framing Identity in Indigenous Literature and Film.
Abstract

Jay Johnson, University of Hawai'i:
Makah Whaling: A Geography of Indigenous Self Determination.
Abstract

Ken Madsen, Arizona State University:
Press Portrayal of Native Places
Abstract

Kate Berry, University of Nevada, Reno;
Indigenous Community Building and the Language of Water.
Abstract

Discussant: RDK Herman, Towson University


Indigenous Geography III: Landscape, Territory and Conflict

Chair: Dick Winchell, Eastern Washington University

Presenters:

John H. Teeple, UCLA:
Colonialism in Kansas: Contesting Territory and Nation on the Potawatomi Reservation.
Abstract

Benjamin F. Tillman, Texas Christian University:
The Miskito Settlement Landscape of Eastern Honduras, with Emphasis on the Moravian Contribution.
Abstract

Mary Brook, University of Texas, Austin:
Modeling Autonomous Indigenous Governance: The Case of Nicaragua.
Abstract

Julie Rice, University of Oklahoma:
Moving Between Worlds: American Indian Migrations.
Abstract

Discussant: Brian Murton, University of Hawai'i


 

Indigenous Geography IV: Conservation and Management

Chair: Brian Murton, University of Hawai'i

Presenters:

James Ransom, Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force:
Haudenosaunee Environmental Philosophies
Abstract

Derek Smith, University of Kansas, Lawrence:
Participatory Research on Hunting, Habitat, and Wildlife Conservation among the Buglé of Panama.
Abstract

Mara Goldman, University of Wisconsin, Madison:
Community Based Wildlife Conservation in Tanzania: Space for Indigenous knowledge at the management level?
Abstract

David Aagesen, SUNY Geneseo:
Still Dividing, Still Conquering: Conflict Over the Ralco Dam in Southern Chile.
Abstract

Discussant: Jodi Bailey, University of California, Berkeley


 

Indigenous Geography V: The Importance of Indigenous Geography
Panel Discussion

Chair: RDK Herman, Towson University

Brian J. Murton
University of Hawai'i / Te Aitanga a Mahiki

James Ransom
Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force

Carlos Andrade
University of Hawai'i Center for Hawaiian Studies

Carlos Rincón Mautner
Florida International University

Douglas Deur
Louisiana State University

 


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