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Geography Colloquium: Resilient Socio-Environmental Systems: Indigenous Territories in the Face of Change

Speaker: Dr. Bob Walker Professor Department of Geography University of Florida Co-speakers: Dr. Joel Correia, Dr. Cynthia Simmons, Miguel Acevedo, Michael Esbach Thursday, February 16, 2023 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: Amazonia’s Indigenous peoples are capable of conserving their natural environments in the face of […]

UFGeog at AAG 2021

The UF Geography Department is sending a large (virtual) contingent to Seattle for the 2021 meeting of the American Association of Geographers Find out where you can see a GeoGator present their research below: Panelist Joel Correia Panel title: Querying nature, colonialism and decolonialism Date & Time: April 7, 8:00am-9:15am Talk Presentation Session title: Roads, […]

Geography Colloquium: Between flood and drought – How the production of new waterscapes produces environmental racism in South America’s Chaco

Speaker: Dr. Joel Correia Assistant Professor, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida Thursday, March 4, 2021 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. Dr. Joel Correia is an Assistant Professor in the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of […]

LAS6938 Indigenous Rights, Development, and Environmental Justice in Latin America

Indigenous Rights, Development and Environmental Justice in Latin America LAS 6938 This graduate seminar investigates how environmental change, development, and extractivism intersect with Indigenous struggles for justice. The course begins with a focus on environmental justice, research ethics, and decolonial politics to provide a theoretical and methodological framework for our engagement during the semester. We […]

LAS6938 LAND POLITICS: RACE, RIGHTS, AND POWER IN THE AMÉRICAS

Land Politics: Race, rights, and power in the Américas LAS 6938 | Wednesdays | 11:45a – 2:45p | Synchronous Online Joel Correia, PhD | joel.correia@latam.ufl.edu Focusing on “land politics” in the Américas, we will examine intersections of rights, power, racial formations, and political economy. That is to say, instead of taking land as a given, […]

Geography Colloquium: Indigenous Rights at a Crossroads – Land Conflicts, the Inter-American Court, and Liminal Legal Geographies in Paraguay’s Chaco

Indigenous Rights at a Crossroads: Land Conflicts, the Inter-American Court, and Liminal Legal Geographies in Paraguay’s Chaco Speaker: Dr. Joel Correia Assistant Professor, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida Thursday, September 27, 2018 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3012 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.