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About the Participants KEYNOTE LECTURERS Daniel Nepstad (PhD, Yale) is the Executive Director, President and founder of Earth Innovation Institute (formerly IPAM International Program), a research, policy and outreach organization that supports sustainable development in Brazil, Indonesia, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Kenya. He is a forest ecologist and land-use policy specialist and has studied the Amazon Basin for 30 years, with a focus on forest responses to climate change, land use, and REDD. He is a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, Working Group 2, AR5). Kekuhi Keali‘ikanaka‘oleohaililani is at University of Hawai’I, where she works on Indigenous GIS for sustainability goals, including for a program Kūmokuhāli´I, aimed at encouraging and sustaining forest growth. She also leads the Hālau o Kekuhim (classical dance company) and the center of cultural knowledge for the Edith Kanaka‘ole Foundation, which operates a number of programs for Native Hawaiian cultural preservation and education. Conference Convenor Lenore Manderson, Professor, Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, Brown University and Professor of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Dance Program Convenor Shura Baryshnikov, Teaching Associate, Department of eatre, Arts and Performance Studies, Brown University Moderators Geri Augusto, Associate Professor of Africana Studies, Brown University Richard Locke, Director, Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University Amanda Lynch, Director, Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, Brown University Working Group Members, Brown University Rebecca Carter, Tara Nummedal, Ed Osborn, James Russsell and Greg Wellenius Panelists and Performers Lilian Na’ia Alessa, University of Idaho Angelo Baca, New York University Rebecca Lin Bone, Earthdance, Plainfield, MA Iris Borowy, University, Germany Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald, San Luis Potosi, Mexico Ian Garrett, York University, Toronto Mirva Makinen, eatre Academy in Helsinki, Finland Shannon McNeeley, Colorado State University Edward Melillo, Amherst College Blake Nellis, Luther College, Minneapolis Tim O’Donnell, Arizona State University Keisha-Khan Y. Perry, Brown University Terhi Rasilo, Université du Québec à Montréal Sandy Smith-Nonini, University of North Carolina Stephanie Turner, Brown University Jon Unruh, McGill University, Montreal Taja Will, Hamline University, Minneapolis Each year Earth Day, April 22 marks the anniversary of what many consider the birth of the modern environmental movement. Celebrate it with us. ACCOMMODATION We have reserved a block of rooms at the Courtyard Marriott Providence Downtown Hotel, with very favorable rates. e hotel is a block from Amtrak, a short taxi or bus trip from the airport, and an easy walk to excellent restaurants and the meeting venues. SAVE A SPACE ere is no registration fee, but we need to know if you wish to attend for catering purposes. Please provide by mail or email the following information to [email protected] by 1 March 2015: Full name Institutional affiliation Email address Phone / cell Arches National Park, Utah. North and South Windows. NPS Photo/Neal Herbert. Thinking the Earth: Interdisciplinary Conversations on Stewardship of the Commons Thursday April 23–Friday April 24, 2015
