Thu, September 12, 2013 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Engineering, Management and Education Building. WHERE: Faculty of Management boardroom, room EME4116
Open to the Public
The Okanagan Sustainability Institute is welcoming Hugh Campbell, chair of sociology at the University of Otago, to campus on September 12.
At this reverse seminar Campbell will discuss the future of food politics and identify whether developed nations are in such a transformative moment around the politics of food.
Hugh Campbell is chair of sociology as well as head of the Department of Sociology, Gender & Social Work at the University of Otago.
Campbell grew up around farming in New Zealand, and a long-term interest in issues involving agriculture and food has stayed with him in his subsequent career as a social scientist.
To find out more contact Brittany Tateyama, program assistant in the Faculty of Management.
A reverse seminar brings potential partners to UBC to explain their vision and challenges to OSI researchers. They are intended to foster research collaboration topics to be taken up by current OSI working groups or spark the formation of new working groups.
Abstract
In a world of environmental politics which is often highly pessimistic about how we might change future trajectories and address present and future crises it is important to consider the grounds on which positive change might happen.
This talk seeks to identify whether we are in such a transformative moment around the politics of food.