Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Peace Producing Science: Biological Expeditions in the Replacement of Warâ¯
Speaker: Carolina Angel Botero (Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia)
After the signature of the peace treaty with the FARC guerrilla [Fuerzasâ¯Armadasâ¯Revolucionariasâ¯de Colombia:â¯theâ¯Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia], the Colombianâ¯governmentâ¯ended a 60-yearâ¯conflict with one of the oldest guerrilla movements in the world. Alongsideâ¯the signature of the peace treaty beganâ¯a national project to conduct biological inventories of species through a series of expeditions called "Colombia Bio". The idea behind these expeditions is to explore and registerâ¯biodiversity in places formerly occupied by the FARC. This talk recounts my experience accompanying five of these expeditions as an anthropologist. My interest has been to understand theâ¯relationship between science and peace as they are specifically enacted in the post-conflict moment. More specifically, I aim to exploreâ¯how concepts ofâ¯biodiversity and transitional justice becomeâ¯intertwined in this particular scenario, with materially significant consequences.â¯
Seminar Programme
Autumn Term 2021
28 Octoberâ¯2021â¯(Inaugural session)
11 November 2021â¯
25 November 2021â¯
9 December 2021
Winter Term 2022â¯
3 February 2022â¯
17 February 2022â¯
3 March 2022â¯
17 March 2022â¯
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