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Land Trees and Tenure with Prof. Janette Bulkan
Course description ‘European legal theory understood the right of property as the control over things. Since at least Montesquieu, this private right (dominium in Roman law) was contrasted with sovereignty (imperium), or the rule over people. Property belonged to individuals, while sovereignty was the power of the state. But in practice, in both Europe and Egypt, […]
An earlier version of Dr. Sandilands talk, delivered at Columbia Univ:
http://vimeo.com/92151781
Botanically Queer: Plants, Sex, and Biopolitics
Dr. Catriona Sandilands: Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University Plants have been profoundly queer players in modern projects of describing “life” for ethical and political consideration. From their taxonomic destabilizations of colonial order in the eighteenth century to their questionings of agency in recent posthumanist discourses, plants demand that we think about living, being, and becoming […]
Vancouver as the Greenest City? A Social Justice Perspective
Vancouver as the Greenest City? A Social Justice Perspective: Panel discussion, Q&A, and a reception following the event. Vancouver is moving rapidly towards becoming the ‘Greenest City’, but what are the implications and opportunities to integrate social justice in these long-term visions of sustainability? What examples are […]