Indigenous ontologies and non-human agency: co-governance of the Waipa River, Aotearoa New
Zealand
Dr Karen Fisher, School of Environment, University of Auckland
Dr Karen Fisher is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Environment, University of Auckland, New Zealand. Her research investigates human-environment interactions and processes of knowledge production.
Her current research focuses on challenges to accommodating different conceptualisations of, and knowledge about, rivers and river management; the potential for indigenous knowledge to enable just and sustainable
river futures; and transdisciplinary approaches to understanding marine social-ecological systems.
Thursday 28 September 2017
4:00-5:30pm
Ogilvie Room, Geography Building, Drummond St, University of Edinburgh, EH8 9XP