Odysseys: Ithaca Writers on Exile, Wandering, and Searching for Home is a reading series presented by Ithaca City of Asylum and co-sponsored by Global Cornell and Cornell's Migrations initiative.

Homer’s Odyssey recounts the adventures of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, as he seeks to return home after the Trojan War. In four monthly readings, pairs of Ithaca-based writers provide their takes on the theme of odysseys, from the physical to the intellectual to the emotional.

Authors:

Gail Holst-Warhaft (poet, translator, journalist, academic, and musician)

Aoise Stratford (dramaturg, writer, and lecturer at Cornell)

Moderator:

David Guaspari (playwright and Ithaca City of Asylum board member)

Sarayaku’s Kichwa communities were central to Ecuador’s first National Indigenous Uprising in 1990 and are at the forefront of indigenous rights mobilization. Come listen to four leaders from Sarayaku's indigenous communities and learn more about indigenous cosmologies & human rights frameworks. Come listen to four leaders from Sarayaku's indigenous communities (Abigail Gualinga, Mario Santi, Yaku Viteri, and Fausto Santi) and learn more about indigenous cosmologies & human rights frameworks.

Registration required: https://bit.ly/3anacht

Co-Sponsors: American Indian and Indigenous Studies (AIIS), Latin American Studies Program, funded in part by its UISFL grant funding from the U.S. Department of Education, CUSLAR (Committee on U.S. Latin American Relations), and the Cornell Law School

For more informaton and a beautiful film check this out: https://amazonwatch.org/work/sarayaku

"Food, Plants, and Transoceanic Trade: The Making of the Filipino Identity"

Using the quintessential Philippine garden described in the folk song, "Bahay Kubo," this presentation emphasizes how Filipinos’ ideas of food is based on an active regional interaction and a regional maritime trade that spans at least 1,000 years. “Bahay Kubo” is first learned in pre-school. It is supposed to broaden children’s knowledge of the culture of local foodways, although its Tagalog-centric focus tend to leave out local and indigenous histories. I use food and plants as backdrop to a discussion on Philippine links with the broader Asian Region and the global maritime trade in the Early Modern Period (1400-1820 CE). I also examine human-environmental interaction through a historical-ecological approach to argue that changes observed in the Philippines were part of a more extensive regional process that connected the islands to other parts of the world.

Stephen Acabado is associate professor of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles. His archaeological investigations in Ifugao, northern Philippines, have established the recent origins of the Cordillera Rice Terraces, which were once known to be at least 2,000 years old. Dr. Acabado directs the Bicol and Ifugao Archaeological Projects and co-directs the Taiwan Indigenous Landscape and History Project. He is a strong advocate of an engaged archaeology where descendant communities are involved in the research process.

Take an auditory journey through tropical oceans and islands with the Cornell Lab’s Center for Conservation Bioacoustics as we combine science and music for an hour of entertainment, information, and audience Q&A. Our researchers show you how they study the magnificent animals of the area by capturing their wild sounds, and DJ Ecotone (Ph.D. student Ben Mirin) transforms these sounds into live music during the session. The webinar is free.

Images, clockwise from upper-left: Ben Mirin recording © Derek Rowe, Magnificent Bird-of-Paradise © Nigel Voaden/Macaulay Library, Humpback Whales © Michelle Fournet, Orangutan © Wendy Erb.

The research seminar series is an initiative of the Emerging Markets Theme of the Cornell S.C. Johnson College of Business, which focuses on engaging students and faculty in discourse over the role of emerging markets in an increasingly connected world.

Every month, we will host a speaker to expand our understanding of emerging economies through research and diverse perspectives. Join us in welcoming Johanna Mair on March 2 at 12pm ET.

Johanna Mair is Professor of Organization, Strategy and Leadership at the Hertie School. Her research focuses on how novel organisational and institutional arrangements generate economic and social development. Mair is also the Distinguished Fellow at the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, Academic Editor of the Stanford Social Innovation Review and Co-Director of the Global Innovation for Impact Lab.

Issues in African Development Seminar Series examines critical concerns in contemporary Africa using a different theme each semester. The seminars provide a forum for participants to explore alternative perspectives and exchange ideas. They are also a focal activity for students and faculty interested in African development. In addition, prepares students for higher level courses on African economic, social and political development. The presentations are designed for students who are interested in development, Africa’s place in global studies, want to know about the peoples, cultures and societies that call Africa home, and explore development theories and alternate viewpoints on development.

Issues in African Development Seminar Series examines critical concerns in contemporary Africa using a different theme each semester. The seminars provide a forum for participants to explore alternative perspectives and exchange ideas. They are also a focal activity for students and faculty interested in African development. In addition, prepares students for higher level courses on African economic, social and political development. The presentations are designed for students who are interested in development, Africa’s place in global studies, want to know about the peoples, cultures and societies that call Africa home, and explore development theories and alternate viewpoints on development.

The Migrations Forum is an interdisciplinary works-in-progress series for Cornell migrations scholars, bringing together graduate students and faculty across disciplines to share ongoing research.

In this session, Rachel Beatty Riedl, Director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, John S. Knight Professor of International Studies, and professor in the Department of Government, will present.

Sponsored by the Central New York Humanities Corridor from an award by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Feature documentary follows Multi Grammy Award winners Arturo O’Farrill and Kabir Sehgal, as they prepare to record a live album at the U.S.-Mexico border wall. The project is inspired by the annual Fandango Fronterizo Festival, which unites people on both sides of the Tijuana-San Diego border. This festival features son jarocho, a 300-year-old folk music tradition. Before recording, festival organizer, Jorge Francisco Castillo, takes O’Farrill and Sehgal on a tour of Veracruz, Mexico, where this musical mixture of indigenous, Spanish, and African traditions originated. As they travel, they meet legendary son jarocho musicians such as Patricio Hidalgo, Fernando Guadarrama, Ramón Gutiérrez, Wendy Cao Romero, Tacho Utrera, Andrés Vega, Martha Vega, Yaratczé Hidalgo Sandoval — and recruit many of these artists for the upcoming festival. Their travels cumulate with the annual celebration, promoting peace and celebrating unity. From executive producers, Quincy Jones, Andrew Young, Carlos Santana, the film introduces the beautiful music of the region through intimate interviews and captivating concert footage. Directed by Varda Bar-Kar.

Website for film, with images: http://fandangowall.com/film/

Co-Sponsored by: Latin American Studies Program, Latina/o Studies Program, Department of Comparative Literature, Cornell Cinema, and the Migrations Initiative

In this presentation, Harris Khalique will trace the evolution of resistance poetry in Urdu from the times of Jaffer Zatalli to the present day. He will also look at the wider multilingual literary landscape of Pakistan and the role played by poetry to challenge oppression in the country's political history. He will explore the troubled relationship between art and power and how poets have challenged authority over centuries, giving a voice to the voiceless, the marginalized, and the invisible. He will also speak about his own understanding and personal journey as a contemporary poet within the rich tradition of verse in South Asia.

Harris Khalique is a leading Pakistani poet and author in Urdu and English with nine collections of verse, two books of non-fiction and several hundred articles and columns on international development, human rights, history, culture and literature behind him. He is a recipient of the Presidential Pride of Performance Award and UBL Literary Excellence Award in Pakistan and a University of Iowa Honorary Fellow in Writing. His work has been translated into several languages and anthologized internationally.