Emerging Voices from the Gulf: Creating a Place for People

A Human Coast Initiative Symposium

Thursday 27th May, 1pm-5pm, E130 Howe-Russell-Kniffen

Watch or download the recording of the meeting. 

1:30pm-3pm Session One 

  • Josh Lewis, Ph.D. Bywater Institute, Tulane University. “Dredge or Die: Harbor Deepening, Ecology, and Justice Along the US Gulf Coast”
  • Liz Skilton, Ph.D. University of Louisiana Lafayette. “Harvesting Histories: The Recent Louisiana Disasters Oral History Project”
  • Ned Randolph, Ph.D. Tulane University.  “Pipeline Logic and Culpability: Establishing a Continuum of Harm for Sacrifice Zones”

3:15pm-4:45pm Session Two 

  • Audrey Grismore Ph.D. The Water Institute of the Gulf. “Obtainability of Scientific Support: A Comparison Access, Means and Methods During the 1930s and 1940s Oil and Oyster Litigation in Coastal Louisiana”
  • Jessica Simms, Ph.D. Louisiana Office of Community Development. “Community-scale Climate Migration: The Resettlement of Isle de Jean Charles”
  • Scott Hemmerling, Ph.D. The Water Institute of the Gulf. “Elevating Local Knowledge Through Participatory Modeling: Active Community Engagement in Restoration Planning in Coastal Louisiana”

An LSU Center for Collaborative Knowledge program, sponsored by the Carl O. Sauer Professorship and the Department of Geography and Anthropology

COVID-19 VACCINATIONS AND MASKS REQUESTED FOR THE HEALTH OF ALL ATTENDEES.

RSVP to Melanie Puka ptagim1@lsu.edu by Monday 24th May

 

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