Environmental Humanities Initiative Distinguished Lecture

The EHI's 2020 Distinguished Lecturer Elizabeth Hoover presents "From Garden Warriors to Gastrodiplomacy: Farmers, Chefs and Water Protectors Working toward Food Sovereignty."

Professor Hoover will explore Native American community based farming and gardening projects; the ways in which people are defining and enacting concepts like food sovereignty and seed sovereignty; the role of Native chefs in the food movement; and the fight against the fossil fuel industry to protect heritage foods.

This Live Zoom Discussion and Q&A will be moderated by Joan McGregor, professor of philosophy in the ASU School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, and Melissa Nelson, professor of Indigenous Sustainability in the ASU School of Sustainability.

ACCESS THE LECTURE IN PREPARATION FOR THE EVENT:

In preparation for the live discussion, Professor Hoover’s recorded lecture is now available on the IHR YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/dKyQKnXC62A.

Registrants are invited to watch the lecture in advance of this live discussion and send in questions prior to the event to mnkellar@asu.edu.

This event is cosponsored by the IHR’s Environmental Humanities Initiative, The Global Futures Laboratory, The Human Sciences Collaboratory, American Indian Studies, The Global Institute of Sustainability, The Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems and the School for the Future of Innovation in Society.

Speaker Bio

Hoover is an associate professor in the Environmental Science and Policy Management department at the University of California Berkeley whose work focuses on food sovereignty and environmental justice for Native communities. Her first book “The River is In Us: Fighting Toxics in a Mohawk Community” (University of Minnesota Press, 2107), is an ethnographic exploration of Akwesasne Mohawks’ response to Superfund contamination and environmental health research. Her second book project-in-progress, “From Garden Warriors to Good Seeds; Indigenizing the Local Food Movement,” explores Native American community-based farming and gardening projects. She also recently co-edited a book “Indigenous Food Sovereignty in the United States with Devon Mihesuah” (University of Oklahoma Press, 2019).

Elizabeth Hoover photo by Adam SingsintheTimber.

Zoom details for the live event will be emailed to you before the event begins. For any issues or concerns with receiving the Zoom link, contact Lauren Whitby at lawhitby@asu.edu.