The Abbe Museum is excited to be partnering with A Climate to Thrive on their upcoming program with Dr. Darren Ranco (Penobscot), Towards Climate Justice: Centering Wabanaki Tribal Nations in Adaptation to Climate Change. In this talk, Dr. Ranco will discuss the ways in which Wabanaki Tribal Nations are taking leadership in climate justice and climate adaptation efforts across our region. Placing this work in the context of colonization, he will detail the current and coming climate change impacts to Wabanaki Tribal cultures and how centering Wabanaki Tribal perspectives creates just possibilities related to climate action and adaptation.
Darren’s presentation will be followed by a Q&A discussion, facilitated by A Climate to Thrives Board Chair, Johannah Blackman.
About Darren J. Ranco, PhD:
A citizen of the Penobscot Nation, Darren is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Chair of Native American Programs at the University of Maine. He has a Masters of Studies in Environmental Law from Vermont Law School and a PhD in Social Anthropology from Harvard University. His research focuses on the ways in which indigenous communities in the United States resist environmental destruction by using indigenous science, diplomacies, and critiques of liberalism to protect natural and cultural resources. He teaches classes on indigenous intellectual property rights, research ethics, environmental justice and tribal governance. As a citizen of the Penobscot Nation, he is particularly interested in how better research relationships can be made between universities, museums, Native and non-Native researchers, and indigenous communities.
About the Towards Climate Justice Series: With this education series, made possible through support from the Hancock County Fund of the Maine Community Foundation, A Climate to Thrive aims to arm individuals with knowledge about climate change science and successful strategies for mitigation and adaptation.
