Minnesota Mathematics of Climate Seminar
Taking Care of the Land: Indigenous Natural Resources Management, Governance and Climate Adaptation
Florencia Pech Cardenas, Postdoctoral Fellow
Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota
11:15 am CST, Tuesday, February 25, 2025
570 Vincent Hall (also streamed via Zoom)
Indigenous peoples have been adapting to and managing their lands under changing socio-ecological contexts for millenia. Indigenous epistemologies and practices related to the environment allowed Indigenous communities to have a sustainable management of their natural resources and environments before sustainability and environmentalism existed in Western thought. In this talk, I will share my research which centers Indigenous relationships to natural resources and climate adaptation in Mexico and the Midwest. As an Indigenous interdisciplinary scholar and scientist, I engage in theories and methods from the humanities, social and natural sciences to build bridges between Indigenous and Western ways of thinking.
The meetings are held in 570 Vincent Hall at 11:15 am Central Time on Tuesdays, followed by an extended discussion over lunch at the Bona Restaurant. If you would like to participate remotely, please contact Richard McGehee <mcgehee@umn.edu>.
Richard McGehee,
School of Mathematics,
<mcgehee@umn.edu>
Clarence Lehman,
College of Biological Sciences,
<lehman@umn.edu>
This seminar examines some of the simpler mathematical models of climate in the recent literature. Participants are encouraged to read a paper and report on it to the other participants, but passive participation is also welcomed. Course credit can be arranged either through the School of Mathematics or the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior by arrangement with the organizers.