Update as of 5/17/24: This event has been postponed. More information will be shared once new arrangements have been confirmed.

This interdisciplinary event will explore themes related to human displacement and efforts for remediation and reparation that bring into dialogue filmmakers, scholars, activists, policy analysts and journalists engaged with the cascading concerns of human and ecological insecurity in the face of climate change. The intersecting themes of this symposium are critical to present to anticipate and prepare for future challenges and opportunities that are increasingly pressing locally, regionally, and globally.

Symposium Schedule

• 9 a.m. | Panel: “Resource Extraction & Disaster Militarism: Displacement, Resistance, Solidarity” with presenters José Artiga (Share Foundation), Luis Martín-Cabrera (Literature, UC San Diego), Tiara Na’puti (Global & International Studies, UC Irvine) and discussant, Wayne Yang (Ethnic Studies, UC San Diego)
• 1:30 p.m. | Workshops: Melanesian Archive & Reformatting Lab Tour with Cristela Garcia-Spritz and the Data & GIS Lab with Amy Work (UC San Diego Library)
• 3 p.m. | Keynote Address: “Towards Climate Justice: Displacement and Resilience in the Colonial-Capitalist Present” with Hossein Ayazi, Ph.D. (Global Justice Program at the Othering & Belonging Institute, UC Berkeley)

Registration details are forthcoming.

This event has been organized by UC San Diego Nature Space & Politics Research Group, Human Rights & Migration Program, and the Communication Department’s Democracy Lab, with support from the UC San Diego School of Social Science, UC San Diego Library, Muir College, Seventh College, Eighth College, Eleanor Roosevelt College, Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, International Institute, Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts, Cross-Cultural Center, Changemaker Institute, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, Critical Gender Studies, Sociology Department, Visual Arts Department, Ethnic Studies Department, Political Science Department, Urban Studies Department, Latin American Studies, Global South Studies, Global Health Program, UC San Diego Green New Deal, UC San Diego Labor Center, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.