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SUMMARY:NERC Discipline Hopping for Discovery Science
DESCRIPTION:Theme: Water\, Food and Social Organisation in the Peruvian Andes \nThe current and future impact of climate change on agro-pastoral farming systems\, and their water supplying ecosystems\, remains poorly understood in the Peruvian Andes. This is a significant issue given the known vulnerability to climate variability and extreme weather of the region\, which is already having a significant impact on agricultural productivity\, compounded by chronic poverty in many rural areas and the need for better government-led strategic planning. Despite steady economic growth nationally over the last 15 years a high percentage of the rural population in Peru (44% in 2017) continue to live in chronic poverty. Growing insecurities over climate change are exacerbated by lower educational and economic opportunities in rural areas\, and outmigration. Better approaches are urgently required therefore to enable us to plan sustainable management practices that enhance climate resilience in conjunction with positive economic outcomes for farmers\, aiding decision-makers to better understand and debate future adaptive strategies. We feel this is best achieved through collaborative and interdisciplinary approaches drawing upon methodologies developed in the humanities\, and social and natural sciences\, with expertise provided by local communities\, NGOs and university staff. \nOur discipline-hopping workshops will bring together two Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) based in Peru with University of Reading staff from a range of disciplines. We will conduct four workshops (face to face at the University\, and online for those remaining in Peru); the themes of the workshops have been determined by the NGOs in consultation with local communities in Peru. The purpose of this ‘bottom-up’ approach is to ensure that those undertaking development projects\, and those most affected by environmental\, social and economic challenges\, in Peru have the opportunity to outline and explore approaches and methods to address these challenges with the academic community at the University. \n  \nTheme \nMigration and socio-territorial dynamics. Outmigration from rural communities of young adults is a serious problem that causes inadequate generational turnover in agriculture\, structural problems\, loss of transferable knowledge\, among other effects. Questions of interest: How can we make agriculture more attractive to young people and improve their participation? How can the opportunity of back-and-forth rural-urban movements and circular migration of young people be leveraged to energize local food systems and rural-urban linkages? \nWe will also discuss two cross cutting themes: Knowledge-inclusive management between local communities\, NGOs and universities\, and Community territorial management to stimulate community-driven and bottom-up planning\, involving participatory mapping\, diagnosis and training. \n  \nProgramme \n\nWelcome and Introduction: Prof Nicholas Branch\nWorkshop convenors: Prof Henny Osbahr and Dr Sophie Blackburn\nPresentation: Diana Santos (NGO Eclosio)\nPresentation: Douglas Walsh (NGO Asociación Andina Cusichaca)\nLunch\nBreakout Groups
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/latin-america-caribbean-network/event/nerc-discipline-hopping-for-discovery-science/
LOCATION:Sorby Room\, Wager Building\, Wager Building\, University of Reading\, Reading\, RG6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Networking Event
DESCRIPTION:The aim of this event is to bring together members of Reading’s Latin American and the Caribbean research network (R-LAC)\, as well as other interested colleagues from across the university. \nThe event will showcase the findings from R-LAC’s recent grant success (Natural Environment Research Council\, NERC)\, which enabled the network to run a series of disciplinary-hopping workshops focusing on climate change and adaptation in Latin America and the Caribbean. \nThe event will also outline R-LAC’s future plans\, launch the newly created website\, and provide a space for networking between UoR staff and PhD/PostDoc students working on Latin America and the Caribbean\, with the aim of facilitating future interdisciplinary collaboration across the university. \nRefreshments will be provided\, please register below for catering purposes.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/latin-america-caribbean-network/event/networking-event-3/
LOCATION:Blandford Room\, Park House\, Whiteknights\, Reading\, RG6 6EF\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Networking Event
DESCRIPTION:The aim of this event is to bring together members of Reading’s Latin American and the Caribbean research network (R-LAC)\, as well as other interested colleagues from across the university. \nThe event will showcase the findings from R-LAC’s recent grant success (Natural Environment Research Council\, NERC)\, which enabled the network to run a series of disciplinary-hopping workshops focusing on climate change and adaptation in Latin America and the Caribbean. \nThe event will also outline R-LAC’s future plans\, launch the newly created website\, and provide a space for networking between UoR staff and PhD/PostDoc students working on Latin America and the Caribbean\, with the aim of facilitating future interdisciplinary collaboration across the university. \nRefreshments will be provided\, but please register for catering purposes.  For online attendance please email Dr Elston for the Zoom link.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/latin-america-caribbean-network/event/networking-event-2/
LOCATION:Blandford Room\, Park House\, Whiteknights\, Reading\, RG6 6EF\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="Cherilyn%20Elston":MAILTO:c.elston@reading.ac.uk
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SUMMARY:Networking Event
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URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/latin-america-caribbean-network/event/networking-event/
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SUMMARY:The Rush of the Orinoco: The English Dream of El Dorado (16th-19th Centuries)
DESCRIPTION:Reading Latin American and Caribbean network (R-LAC) and the Department of Languages and Cultures Research seminar series are pleased to invite you to a seminar with Dr Tomás Straka\, Director of the Research Institute of History\, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello\, Caracas. Venezuela. \nThe current trial in The Hague about Venezuela’s claim of the Essequibo is another inheritance that remains from the old times of the British Empire throughout the world. Whilst Venezuela and Guyana await the verdict of the International Court\, many people have started to think about the historical roots of the problem. A long history of all the imperialisms in the Caribbean – Spanish\, Dutch\, English and American – and slavery is in the background of the Venezuela-Guyana dispute\, as well as the Cold War and the oil economy during the last decades. This talk focuses on the intellectual aspect of this process. \nAlongside the British penetration in the Orinoco area (Orinoquia in Spanish)\, among the British developed a real fascination about this area as a realm of two types of utopias: the endless wealth of El Dorado\, and the place where Noble Savages live without troubles. From the adventures of Walter Raleigh to the fantastic novel of Arthur Conan Doyle\, the British Orinoquia literature was an inspiration to traders\, explorers\, filibusters\, slavers\, and poets. Not for nothing the most world-famous novel of the Orinoco is a classic of the English literature: Robinson Crusoe.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/latin-america-caribbean-network/event/the-rush-of-the-orinoco-the-english-dream-of-el-dorado-16th-19th-centuries/
LOCATION:Miller\, G05\, Whiteknights\, University of Reading\, RG6 6EE
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SUMMARY:NERC Discipline Hopping - Interdisciplinary Research Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Three interdisciplinary workshops were held in 2022 on 9th and 23rd February\, and 9th March\, and one research sandpit\, held on 30th March. They involved participants from academic institutions\, government\, and non-government fields from the UK and Argentina. \nThe workshops involved UoR academic staff from the following schools/departments: Archaeology\, Geography and Environmental Science; Meteorology; Languages and Cultures; Built Environment; Real Estate and Planning; Agriculture\, Policy and Development; Food and Nutritional Sciences. \nEach workshop focussed on different steps toward developing interdisciplinary research\, while the sandpit was used to capitalise on the learnings achieved during the three workshops to develop seed ideas for future interdisciplinary research grant bids.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/latin-america-caribbean-network/event/nerc-discipline-hopping-interdisciplinary-research-seminars/
LOCATION:Chancellors Building\, Whiteknights\, University of Reading\, Reading\, Berkshire\, RG6 6AD\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:R-LAC External Launch
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URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/latin-america-caribbean-network/event/r-lac-launch/
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SUMMARY:Internal launch of Reading Latin America Caribbean Network (R-LAC)
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URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/latin-america-caribbean-network/event/internal-launch-of-reading-latin-america-caribbean-network/
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