LUCSUS seminar: Climate induced hydrological impacts on Indigenous Peoples. A preliminary assessment of how the integration of Indigenous knowledge can facilitate adaptation and reduce vulnerability

Anchored in the understanding that there are substantial ontological differences between Western positivistic knowledge and Indigenous knowledge, in her talk Dr Caretta will outline existing evidence on climate induced hydrological impacts on Indigenous Peoples. She will then present the emerging results of a systematic review of Indigenous knowledge-led adaptation in the water sector.

Bio

Dr Martina Angela Caretta is a Senior Lecturer at the Dept of Human Geography at Lund University, Sweden. She holds a PhD in Geography from Stockholm University. She is the Coordinating Lead Author of the “Water” Chapter in the forthcoming (March 2022) WGII IPCC 7th Assessment Report. She is a feminist geographer with expertise in water, climate change adaptation, gender and participatory methodologies. She has carried out extensive fieldwork in East Africa, Latin America and Appalachia. Her work has been published in Gender, Place and Culture; Annals of the AAG, Climate & Development, Frontiers Water, Qualitative Research among others.

The seminar is a part of the theme: Connecting the Local and the Global.

Registration

To join the seminar online please sign up here. You will then receive a confirmation email with a Zoom-link to the seminar. 

The LUCSUS seminars are open for the public, held online or in-person and take place Thursdays from 11am to 12 noon. We are looking forwards to seeing you!