BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:703e785e81cb770727e7a405e20a57ac CATEGORIES:Lecture / Reading / Talk CREATED:20240328T102345 SUMMARY:A Talk on "The Political Ecology of ‘Spatial Fixes’: Development and Conservation in the Forests and Fisheries of Tamil Nadu" by Prof Ajit Menon DESCRIPTION:Department of PNS invites you to attend guest talk by Prof Ajit Menon, Madr as Institute of Development Studies. The talk is titled “The Political Ecol ogy of ‘Spatial Fixes’: Development and Conservation in the Forests and Fis heries of Tamil Nadu”. This talk is part of ENVS306 course "Conservation an d Society". \nAbstract - Both development and conservation, perhaps somewha t ironically, have continued to march forward ‘together’ in India over the last few decades. Across the country, both the Union government and state g overnments have promoted industrial zones with special incentive structures to boost manufacturing while in different locations set aside increasing a mounts of land for protected areas and tiger reserves. I argue that to unde rstand this somewhat puzzling scenario, development and conservation must b e seen as two sides of the same coin as opposed to in opposition to each ot her. Using David Harvey’s idea of a ‘spatial fix’, I critically look at the workings of development and conservation in Tamil Nadu across two sectors, forests and fisheries. What are the imaginaries (discursive) and materiali ties that shape conservation and development in a forested UNESCO world her itage site in the Nilgiris and a designated petroleum, chemicals and petroc hemicals investment region (PCPIR) in coastal Cuddalore. In particular, how do development and conservation impact local livelihoods in different and complex ways.\nSpeaker Profile - Prof Ajit Menon teaches at Madras Institut e of Development Studies, Chennai. He is currently an editor of Conservatio n and Society journal. He was also a Fellow of Rachel Carson Center, USA (2 019-20). Prof Menon's research is primarily aimed at understanding how and when the environment becomes important and the contestations, of both mater ial and ontological nature, that underlie conflicts over the environment in general and the commons in particular. Forested landscapes in south India have provided the site for most of my research but I am increasingly intere sted in the political ecology of fisheries as well.\nVenue - APJ004Date - 1 st April 2024Time - 4:15 pm - 6:10 pm X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Department of PNS invites you to attend guest talk by Prof Ajit Menon, M adras Institute of Development Studies. The talk is titled “The Politica l Ecology of ‘Spatial Fixes’: Development and Conservation in the Forests a nd Fisheries of Tamil Nadu”. This talk is part of ENVS306 course "Conse rvation and Society". 

Abstract - Both developmen t and conservation, perhaps somewhat ironically, have continued to march fo rward ‘together’ in India over the last few decades. Across the country, bo th the Union government and state governments have promoted industrial zone s with special incentive structures to boost manufacturing while in differe nt locations set aside increasing amounts of land for protected areas and t iger reserves. I argue that to understand this somewhat puzzling scenario, development and conservation must be seen as two sides of the same coin as opposed to in opposition to each other. Using David Harvey’s idea of a ‘spa tial fix’, I critically look at the workings of development and conservatio n in Tamil Nadu across two sectors, forests and fisheries. What are the ima ginaries (discursive) and materialities that shape conservation and develop ment in a forested UNESCO world heritage site in the Nilgiris and a designa ted petroleum, chemicals and petrochemicals investment region (PCPIR) in co astal Cuddalore. In particular, how do development and conservation impact local livelihoods in different and complex ways.

Speaker Profile - Prof Ajit Menon teaches at Madras Institute of Developmen t Studies, Chennai. He is currently an editor of Conservation and Society j ournal. He was also a Fellow of Rachel Carson Center, USA (2019-20). Prof M enon's research is primarily aimed at understanding how and when the enviro nment becomes important and the contestations, of both material and ontolog ical nature, that underlie conflicts over the environment in general and th e commons in particular. Forested landscapes in south India have provided t he site for most of my research but I am increasingly interested in the pol itical ecology of fisheries as well.

Venue - APJ00 4
Date - 1st April 2024
Time - 4:15 pm - 6:10 pm
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