Scorched Earth: Environmental Justice, Violent Histories, and Possible Futures
Session 2 of Anthropology Summer Salon 2025:
A Lecture and Conversation Series with Early Career Scholars
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Georgetown Neighborhood Library
Meeting Room (Located in the library’s Lower Level, next to the bathrooms)
3260 R St NW, Washington, DC 20007
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The Anthropology Summer Salon is a lecture and conversation series based on the important work of early career scholars and students who do anthropological, archaeological, or ethnographic research. Held bi-weekly, each salon is structured around a central theme, such as food justice, cultural heritage, and social inequality, and will feature the work of up to three speakers. The events are designed to encourage conversations and exchange of ideas between community members and researchers over tea and snacks.
See the presentations for this session, Scorched Earth: Environmental Justice, Violent Histories, and Possible Futures, below:
Radioactivism and the (Not-So) Collective Memory of St. Louis's Nuclear Past
Madison Shomaker Parks, Masters in Public Anthropology ‘24
Department of Anthropology, American University
The Climate-(Im)Mobility Nexus: How Himalayan Communities Perceive and Respond to Climate Change
Aakansha Jain, PhD Candidate
School of International Service, American University
A Community's Fight for Environmental Justice: Old Town North Alexandria Residents and Their 11-year Battle to Hold a Power Plant Polluter Accountable
Haley Armstrong, Undergraduate Student
Department of Anthropology, American University