Ecologies of Justice Initiative: Radhika Govindrajan

160 Packard Avenue,Medford MA 02155

20 April, 2022

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Ecologies of Justice welcomes Prof. Radhika Govindrajan on April 20th, Wednesday at 6pm. On More Than Human Fascism This talk explores how fascist politics is vitalized and naturalized through claims that it is fueled by the agency and desires of more-than-human beings. Drawing on ethnographic evidence from India, it argues that celebratory accounts of ontological politics in which nonhumans play a key part can depoliticize them in ways that do not allow for a sustained and serious engagement with their situated histories and politics. Radhika Govindrajan is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and International Studies at the University of Washington. Her book Animal Intimacies: Interspecies Relatedness in India’s Central Himalayas was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2018 and Penguin Random House India in 2019. Date: April 20th, Wednesday Time: 6pm Venue: Thomas Schmidheiny Lecture Room, Mugar 200 If you would like to join us virtually, please register for the Zoom webinar here.