Engaged Audiovisual Ethnography and Ecological Crisis

This talk unpacks efforts of social movements and indigenous communities to seek autonomy from political and economic systems driving the destruction of the planet as ecological crisis deepens across the globe.

Dr. Joshua Holst has devised advocacy programs addressing human rights, environmental and social justice issues in the United States, the West African Sahara, the jungles of southeast Asia, and the highlands and lowlands of the Andes-Amazon region in Latin America. He is an applied visual anthropologist, consulting for nonprofits and government agencies, directing documentaries, and publishing articles on humanitarian issues.

All events co-sponsored by the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR), Center for Latin American, Caribbean, & Latinx Studies (CLACLS), Department of Anthropology, and The Political Theory Workshop.