Geography Speaker Series Presents Julio Postigo

Julio Postigo flyer portrait
April 11, 2025
3:30PM - 5:00PM
Colloquia Rm 340 3rd floor 18th Avenue Library

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2025-04-11 15:30:00 2025-04-11 17:00:00 Geography Speaker Series Presents Julio Postigo The Geography Speaker Series Presents:Prof. Julio Postigo Dept. of Geography, Indiana UniversityTitle: Understanding the Production of Local Knowledge to Address Global Environmental Change: Leveraging the Case of Bolivian Aymara Expert FarmersAbstract: Scientists and policy-makers increasingly recognize that multi-sourced knowledge matters to respond to global climate change. This talk presents Aymara farmers’ local knowledge production system—which synthesizes Indigenous knowledge, positivist science, and local wisdom—to demonstrate its value to identifying effective strategies that promote adaptation to climate change. I also discuss its implications for knowledge co-production and policy making.  Colloquia Rm 340 3rd floor 18th Avenue Library America/New_York public

The Geography Speaker Series Presents:

Prof. Julio Postigo Dept. of Geography, Indiana University

Title: Understanding the Production of Local Knowledge to Address Global Environmental Change: Leveraging the Case of Bolivian Aymara Expert Farmers

Abstract: Scientists and policy-makers increasingly recognize that multi-sourced knowledge matters to respond to global climate change. This talk presents Aymara farmers’ local knowledge production system—which synthesizes Indigenous knowledge, positivist science, and local wisdom—to demonstrate its value to identifying effective strategies that promote adaptation to climate change. I also discuss its implications for knowledge co-production and policy making.

Julio Postigo flyer portrait