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SUMMARY:Leo Steeds - gloknos 'Epistemologies of Land' Webcast - Leo Steeds
  (University of Warwick)
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CONTACT:Samantha Peel
DESCRIPTION:*'Epistemologies of Land' Webcast Series – Leo Steeds – 26
  May 2021 | 15:00-17:00*\n\n*Abstract:*\nThe 'Epistemologies of Land' webc
 ast series will host international experts for discussions on the epistemo
 logy of land\, ahead of a related publication which will highlight the rol
 e of the land on\, and with which\, human relations are enacted and how th
 is land affects the knowledge that is generated and brought to use in soci
 al relations. The events are open to interested graduate and postgraduate 
 researchers.\n\n\n*Speaker:*\nLeo Steeds successfully defended his PhD at 
 an examination held at the University of Warwick in January 2020. His doct
 oral programme was funded by an ESRC Doctoral Training Centre studentship.
 \n\nHis thesis was entitled\, 'Earth\, Property\, Territory: The Birth of 
 an Economic Concept of Land'\, focusing on they way that\, in recent years
 \, responses to a broad range of environmental issues\, from climate chang
 e to conservation\, have frequently been phrased in terms of the need to c
 reate markets for environmental 'goods'. Such schemes\, heralding from the
  tradition of neoclassical economics\, have frequently been shown to be pr
 oblematic when put into practice.\n\nLeo's research seeks to offer a criti
 que of market-based approaches to environmental degradation by questioning
  the historical conditions of possibility of conceptualising the natural w
 orld as external to the sphere of economy. To do this\, he interrogates ec
 onomic thought of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in order t
 o understand the conceptions of nature which informed the development of t
 he modern notion of economy.\n\nHe is particularly interested in the signi
 ficance of land as a central category in eighteenth century economic thoug
 ht\, and its subsequent decline as a concern of economists through the nin
 eteenth century. The research highlights the problematic nature of conceiv
 ing environment in terms of economy\, and points to a need to re-think con
 ventional notions of the market economy if we are to make progress on the 
 most pressing environmental issues of today.\n\n*Attendance is free but sp
 aces may be limited\, so please "email":mailto:sjp229@cam.ac.uk to reserve
  a space in the Zoom audience. Please be aware that we will take a recordi
 ng of this event\, which may include any questions and responses delivered
  by the audience.*\n\n*See the full webcast series online "here":http://gl
 oknos.ac.uk/research/activities/online-events/epistemologies-of-land-webca
 sts*\n\n*gloknos is initially funded for 5 years by the European Research 
 Council through a Consolidator Grant awarded to Dr Inanna Hamati-Ataya for
  her project ARTEFACT (2017-2022) ERC grant no. 724451.*
LOCATION:Zoom
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