Spanish avant-première twin documentary – Cinemes Girona
Date: June 4th, 2025 (19h30) Barcelone
Roundtable: Belkis Izquierdo Torres (JEP, Colombia), Lieselotte Viaene (PI ERC RIVERS project, Ghent University, Belgium); Susana Borràs (University Rovira i Virgili) and Mariona Guiu (filmmaker and creative team RIVERS).
Moderator: Rocío Westendorp (Documentalist and creative team RIVERS)
Creative Roundtables LSA 2025 Chicago: Law & Society and the Audiovisual in the 21th Century
Roundtable 1: Plural ontologies and epistemologies vs Hegemonic Wxtractivism
Roundtable 2: Change and legal activism in times of urgency
Organizers: Lieselotte Viaene (PI ERC RIVERS project, Ghent University, Belgium) and Luis Eslava (La Trobe Law School, Australia)
ISET-Nepal, the ERC-RIVERS project, The School of Law of the Australian University, LAHURNIP and Accountability Counsel present “Plurality of nature, legal activism and peace in the Anthropocene: South-South dialogues”, a two-day international encounter in Kathmandu, Nepal on 27-28th April.
The encounter, which takes place in Yala Mala Kendra, Patan, will open with the Avant Premiere screening of twin documentaries forming the ERC RIVERS research project series Human Rights Beyond the Human? and culminate in the presentation of the report ‘Hanging by a Thread: Indigenous Peoples Rights in Renewable Energy Transition’ by Accountability Counsel and LAHURNIP
Other sessions will include a keynote on the role of global Indigenous movements in environmental law, roundtables on Indigenous lawyering and natural resource-led development projects, and panels on peace with nature in Asian and Latin American transitional societies, with invitees from the Indonesia, Cambodia, US, Australia and Colombia representing numerous Indigenous organizations and academic institutions at the forefront of debate on such issues. The closing session is with the protagonist of the Colombian documentary, Indigenous Judge Belkis Izquierdo Torres, whose ground-breaking legal decisions recognized the Territory as a victim of armed conflict within the framework of the Colombian Peace Tribunal.
For those joining us ZOOM online: https://lnkd.in/dqmB2PjE
In person registration: https://lnkd.in/di2eWsP9
Roundtable 1: Change and legal activism in times of urgency (What are the audiovisual methodologies needed to better understand and respond to the need for change in our violent and urgent times?).
Roundtable 2: Plural ontologies and epistemologies in the face of hegemonic extractivism (What is unique about the audiovisual to capture the current clash between the hegemonic extractive functioning of capital and the plurality of existing onto-epistemologies about Nature on the planet?)
This event will delve into critical topics such as land use change, pollution, and the struggles of Indigenous and local communities for environmental justice. These ecological conflicts can also trigger other forms of violence that extend beyond purely environmental discussions, impacting the human rights of affected communities. The role of law in addressing these conflicts is crucial, as is the need for diverse perspectives on human-nature relationships, particularly the incorporation of Indigenous knowledge to overcome these crises.
Three documentaries will present case studies from Colombia, Bolivia, and Nepal. Following the presentations, a dialogue among scholars will underscore the potential and necessity for increased interdisciplinary collaboration to address the complex issues of global environmental crises and the unequal distribution of their burdens among populations. This dialogue will also emphasize the need for pluralistic views on the relationship between humans and nature.
Registration: https://www.brussels-school.be/output/events/water-land-law-and-governance-interdisciplinary-dialogue