BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.3//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:407@1718.ucla.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230210T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230210T163000 DTSTAMP:20230202T000542Z URL:https://1718.ucla.edu/events/forgotten-canopy-c2d1/ SUMMARY:The Forgotten Canopy: Ecology\, Ephemeral Architecture\, and Imperi alism in the Caribbean\, South American\, and Transatlantic Worlds Confere nce 2: Ephemeral Architecture - [Day 1] DESCRIPTION:–conference organized by Stella Nair (University of Californi a\, Los Angeles) and Paul Niell (Florida State University)\n\nThis project is made possible through support from the Terra Foundation for American A rt and is co-sponsored by the UCLA American Indian Studies Center.\n\n\n\n  \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n\n\nThis conference is free of charge. It will be held in person at the Clark\, and livestreamed on the Center’s YouTube Channel. To attend the conference in person\, you must reserve you r space by submitting the booking form at the bottom of this page. Booking s open Thrusday January 12\, 2023 and close Monday\, February 6\, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. No registration is needed to watch the livestream.\n\n\n\nFace m asks are not required but are strongly recommended at all indoor campus ev ents.\n\n\n\nThe 2022–23 Core Program hosted by the UCLA Center for 17th - &\; 18th-Century Studies and William Andrews Clark Memorial Library w ill convene scholars around the topics of “Ecology\,” “Ephemeral Arc hitecture\,” and “Imperialism” in the early modern (16th–19th-cent ury) world. The circum-Caribbean is our starting point\; specifically\, we use this term to refer to the deep connections between the peoples and pl aces of the Caribbean and South America\, along with parts of North Americ a. Due to national politics\, language barriers\, and scholarly divisions that have their roots in the European colonization of the Americas\, the l ong and complex history of exchange among these regions and peoples have b een greatly understudied. In truth\, this history of entanglement across w ater and land stretches back millennia\, resulting in a rich and diverse b uilt environment that is deeply tied to ecological change. This dynamic di d not end with the invasion of 1492\, but rather continued to expand and a ccelerate when people\, plants\, and empires came from across the Atlantic . Using ephemeral architecture\, in particular the complex and exquisite c reation of thatch roofs as the leading thread in these tapestries of excha nge\, this series of conferences highlight the profound ways in which envi ronmental practices\, botanical knowledge\, technological development\, ar chitectural innovation\, and creative expression were deeply tied across t hese distinct regions and peoples\, and shaped by imperial actions. This c onference series brings an unusually diverse number of disciplines togethe r in order to unpack these complex dynamics\, which challenge how we under stand the built environment\, the early modern Atlantic World\, and the in tersections between the local and the global.\n\nHaving explored the dynam ic conditions\, complexities\, and perspectives of ecology in the first ga thering\, this second conference will bring into focus the ways in which d istinct peoples\, regions\, and states used their local ecology to design\ , shape\, and transform their built environments - often in the face of th reats from imperial states. By shining a critical light on the fascinating but fleeting (and often overlooked) ephemeral architecture\, in particula r\, thatch roofs\, we will begin to see how ecologies and architectures be came deeply entangled\, such as in the form of technological\, cultural\, and environmental knowledge as well as artistic innovation. Scholars from multiple disciplines along with builders will come together to share and d iscuss a strikingly diverse and dynamic corpus from across the Americas an d West Africa. These scholars will explore these “forgotten canopies” in all their material complexities\, including the larger structures (buil t of out of wood\, adobe\, wattle and daub\, brick\, and stone)\, spaces ( single\, multi-room\, rectangular\, round\, etc.)\, functions (political\, religious\, and domestic) and environments (tropical island\, dry deserts \, highland mountain\, etc.\, as well as urban and rural landscapes) of wh ich they were a part.\n\nSpeakers\n\nDenise Y. Arnold\, University College London\nBrenner Billy\, Choctaw Cultural Center\nMark Dike DeLancey\, DeP aul University\nJorge Baracutei Estevez\, Director of Higuayagua Taíno of the Caribbean\nSantiago Giraldo\, Global Heritage Fund\nKenneth G. Kelly\ , Syracuse University and University of Southern Carolina\nLouis Nelson\, University of Virginia\nDavid B. Sadighian\, Harvard University\nShannon S peed\, University of California\, Los Angeles  \nBrendan J. M. Weaver\, University of North Carolina Wilmington\n\n\n\nProgram\n\nFriday\, Februar y 10\, 2023\n\n9:30 a.m.\nMorning Coffee and Registration\n\n10:00 a.m.\nB ronwen Wilson\, University of California\, Los Angeles\nDirector’s Welco me \n\nStella Nair\, University of California\, Los Angeles\nPaul Niell\, Florida State University\nOpening Remarks\n\n10:15 a.m.\nSession 1: Ephem eral Materialities\nModerator:  Kenneth Breisch\, University of Southern California\n\nBrenner Billy\, Choctaw Cultural Center\nShannon Speed\, Uni versity of California\, Los Angeles  \n“Building a Chukka House: A Con versation with Brenner Billy”\n\n10:45 a.m.\nLouis Nelson\, University o f Virginia\n“The Jamaica Board House”\n\n11:15 a.m.\nCoffee Break\n\n1 1:30 a.m.\nBrendan J. M. Weaver\, University of North Carolina\, Wilmingto n\n“Weaving Architecture: Afro-Andean Slavery\, Water Management\, and R eed Mats as Structural Elements at the Colonial Haciendas of Nasca\, Peru ”\n\n12:00 p.m.\nMorning Session Discussion (Q&\;A)\n\n12:45 pm\nLunc h\n\n2:00 p.m.\nSession 2: Temporal Ephemeralities\nModerator: Zirwat Chow dhury\, University of California\, Los Angeles \n\nMark Dike DeLancey\, D ePaul University\n“Expressing Status: Permanence and Impermanence in the Architecture of Northern Cameroon”\n\n2:30 p.m.\nSantiago Giraldo\, Glo bal Heritage Fund\n“Remnants\, Bygones\, and Impermanence in the Tairona Architecture of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta\, Colombia”\n\n3:00 p. m.\nCoffee break\n\n3:15 p.m.         \nDenise Y. Arnold\, Universi ty College London\n“From Mud and Stone Minarets to New Guardian Mountain s: Transformations of a ‘pueblo de Indios’ by a Colonial Andean Ayllu ”\n\n3:45 p.m.\nAfternoon Session Discussion (Q&\;A)\n\n4:30 p.m.\nRe ception\n\nSaturday\, February 11\, 2023\n\n9:30 a.m.\nMorning Coffee and Registration\n\n10:00 a.m.\nStella Nair\, University of California\, Los A ngeles\nPaul Niell\, Florida State University\nWelcome (Back)\n\n10:15 a.m .\nSession 3 The Making of Ephemeralities\nModerator: Michael Osman\, Uni versity of California\, Los Angeles  \n\nKenneth G. Kelly\, Syracuse Uni versity and University of Southern California\n“Creating Kaz Kreole: A M ultisited Archaeology of Ephemeral Architecture in Diverse Caribbean Conte xts”\n\n10:45 a.m.       \nDavid B. Sadighian\, Harvard University\ n"Rebuilding Palmares: Fugitive Architecture and its Afterlives”\n\n11:1 5 a.m.\nCoffee Break\n\n11:30 a.m.\nJorge Baracutei Estevez\, Higuayagua: Taíno of the Caribbean\n“Return of the Bohio: Continuing Caribbean Indi geneity”\n\n12:00 p.m.\nMorning Session Discussion (Q&\;A)\n\n12:45 p .m.\nConference portion of program concludes\n\nAfternoon Workshop at Kuru vungna Sacred Springs: https://theforgottencanopy.create.fsu.edu/workshop- ii/\n\n\n\nAfter you book day one below\, remember to book day two.\n\n&nb sp\; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://1718.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09 /2BMB3NH-_website.jpg CATEGORIES:Conferences,Core Program LOCATION:UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, 2520 Cimarron Street \, Los Angeles\, California\, 90018\, United States GEO:34.033012;-118.314487 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2520 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, California\, 90018\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=UC LA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library:geo:34.033012,-118.314487 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR