All Outputs (6)

Cultures of Indigenous Diplomacy – A Digital Conference. Presentations Playlist (2022)
Digital Artefact
(2022). Cultures of Indigenous Diplomacy – A Digital Conference. Presentations Playlist. [Video]

The Conference showcases reflections on themes linked to Dr Pedri-Spade’s work Material Kwe. The aim is to create space for interdisciplinary dialogue on intercultural expressions of diplomacy, through art and making, material culture including wampu... Read More about Cultures of Indigenous Diplomacy – A Digital Conference. Presentations Playlist.

Director's Seminar: Indigenous Environmental History and Its Relevance to Future Prosperity (2022)
Digital Artefact
Porter, J. (2022). Director's Seminar: Indigenous Environmental History and Its Relevance to Future Prosperity

The world is grappling with a number of widespread and indeterminate risks that we ourselves created. Perhaps the most fundamental risk to our wellbeing as the Fourth Industrial Revolution unfolds is Natural Producer Extinction- the irreversible loss... Read More about Director's Seminar: Indigenous Environmental History and Its Relevance to Future Prosperity.

Fighting for Andean Resources : extractive industries, cultural politics, and environmental struggles in Peru (2022)
Journal Article
Porter, J. (2022). Fighting for Andean Resources : extractive industries, cultural politics, and environmental struggles in Peru. International Affairs, 98(6), 2170-2171. https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiac235

Extract Too often it is assumed that all impact from mining, upon the environment and society, is inherently bad. This is the result of a narrow focus on the power asymmetries between cash-strapped countries (and their needs) and cash-rich countries... Read More about Fighting for Andean Resources : extractive industries, cultural politics, and environmental struggles in Peru.

IHR Partnership Seminar: New Approaches to Material Culture in Historic Houses (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Cusworth, H., Porter, J., & Herlihy, L. (2022, June). IHR Partnership Seminar: New Approaches to Material Culture in Historic Houses

Using Material Culture in Historic Houses to Unlock New Research Perspectives and Methodologies: Miskito Indigenous Cultures, Mahogany and Environmental Futures.

Alan Graham Memorial Lecture: Wildness and Indigenous American Futures (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Porter, J. (2022, April). Alan Graham Memorial Lecture: Wildness and Indigenous American Futures. Presented at Irish Association of American Studies Annual Conference 2022: America Gone Wild, Dublin City University

“In wildness is the preservation of the world” said Henry David Thoreau, but was he right? Does the idea of the wild instead enshrine outdated thinking that works to prevent the West from addressing the wicked problems of a warming world? Is wildness... Read More about Alan Graham Memorial Lecture: Wildness and Indigenous American Futures.

Dress To ReDress: Exploring Native American Material Culture (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Dress To ReDress: Exploring Native American Material Culture. Exhibited at American Museum & Gardens, Bath, UK. 19 March 2022 - 3 July 2022. (Unpublished)

The American Museum & Gardens presents Dress to Redress, an exhibition of the work of contemporary Anishinabe artist Celeste Pedri-Spade, from 19 March to 3 July. Featuring a series of spectacular wearable-art pieces, personal artefacts and photog... Read More about Dress To ReDress: Exploring Native American Material Culture.