As communities around the world confront environmental uncertainty, ‘Knowledge & Food Ecologies’, a one-day interdisciplinary gathering will explore the deep connections between food systems, ecological knowledge, place, and environmental justice.
Through books, films, public discussions, and collaborative exchanges, the symposium, which will be held on June 27 at Museum of Goa, Pilerne, will examines how questions of labour, gender, caste, community memory, and sustainability shape our relationship with the environments we inhabit.
The event will begin at 4 p.m. with a roundtable discussion on collaborative publishing, environmental histories, and regional knowledge traditions featuring the books ‘Seasoned By The Sea’, ‘Fish Curry & Rice’, and ‘The River Mhadei: The Science and Politics of Diversion’. Moderated by Nilankur Das, the conversation will explore how stories of food, water, coasts, rivers, and communities contribute to a richer understanding of environmental change and resilience.
This will be followed by the screenings of the films ‘Abundance – Living With A Forest’ by Dolly Kikon and ‘Seed Stories’ by Chitrangada Choudhury. The filmmakers will then be in conversation with anthropologist Aniket Aga, in a session moderated by Vivek Menezes. The session will examine the role of storytelling, community knowledge, and visual media in documenting ecological futures.
On June 28, there will also be a special screening of ‘A Sacred Place’ at11.30 a.m. followed by a conversation with Kikon.
The event is presented by The Museum of Goa (MOG), in collaboration with the Centre for South Asia Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
