A Vital Matters Theme: Ecology and Environment

Ecology and Environment

The dynamic relationship between human communities and the natural world is central to many forms of artistic expression. Climate, geography, natural resources, and ecological change appear across artistic and material practices. Perspectives may highlight agricultural knowledge, water management, extractive industries, sacred landscapes, or creative responses to environmental crisis and renewal.

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15 PEOPLE
Stephen Acabado headshot

Stephen

Acabado

Professor, Department of Anthropology at University of California, Los Angeles

Helen

Burgos-Ellis

Art Historian and Lecturer

César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

Minerva

Carrillo de la Cruz

Director of Indigenous Affairs

City of Tepic, Nayarit

Myriam J. A.

Chancy

Hartley Burr Alexander Chair in the Humanities

Scripps College

Stephen Acabado headshot

Stephen

Acabado

Professor, Department of Anthropology at University of California, Los Angeles

Helen

Burgos-Ellis

Art Historian and Lecturer

César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

Minerva

Carrillo de la Cruz

Director of Indigenous Affairs

City of Tepic, Nayarit

Myriam J. A.

Chancy

Hartley Burr Alexander Chair in the Humanities

Scripps College

Stephen Acabado headshot

Stephen

Acabado

Professor, Department of Anthropology at University of California, Los Angeles

Helen

Burgos-Ellis

Art Historian and Lecturer

César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

Minerva

Carrillo de la Cruz

Director of Indigenous Affairs

City of Tepic, Nayarit

Myriam J. A.

Chancy

Hartley Burr Alexander Chair in the Humanities

Scripps College

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