Trans-Oceanic Webinar: part two Growing climate resilience and regeneration through intergenerational and transnational traditional ecological knowledge and skills exchange

Join St Andrews Centre for Critical Sustainabilities (StACCS) for this trans-oceanic webinar on Growing climate resilience and regeneration through intergenerational and transnational traditional ecological knowledge and skills exchange, supported by the the Centre for Critical Sustainabilities and the Shared Island Stories (UKRI reference EP/X023036/1) and Roots and Shoots projects.

StACCS is working with community museums and eco-museums in Scotland, the wider UK and internationally to facilitate the exchange and revitalisation of traditional plant knowledge across generations and borders, strengthen youth leadership, revitalise traditional knowledge, enhance biodiversity, and promote community-led nature-based solutions.

This is the second in a two-part series of events. The first part will take place on Friday 19 June from 8am to 10am.

This event is free of charge, but please ensure you book before Saturday 27 June at 5pm, after which a Microsoft Teams joining link will be sent to you by email.

List of presenters:
– Patoo Cusripituck – Mahidol University, Thailand – ‘From Guest to Kin: A Journey of Relationship in Ethnographic Praxis'
– Nunzia Borrelli – Milan Polytechnic University, Italy – ‘Culture as Climate Infrastructure: the Emerging Role of Museums and Ecomuseums in International Climate Governance'
– Brita Brenna – University of Oslo, Norway – ‘Natural histories in the Archive. With examples from the Norwegian Folklore Archive and other humanist natural histories.'
– Jimena Lobo Guerrero Arenas & Hannah McGurk – MMA Cambridge, England – ‘Caribbean Ecologies of Care: Collections, Herbal Medicine and Community Knowledge at MAA'
– Kaye Hall – Barbados Museum and Historical Society – ‘Ubuntu: Community, Sharing, Interconnectedness, And Compassion – A Capacity Building Case Study'
– Samuel Franco Arce – Casa K'Ojom in Antigua Guatemala – ‘Unearthing our Roots'