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:408@1718.ucla.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230414T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230414T163000 DTSTAMP:20230316T221942Z URL:https://1718.ucla.edu/events/forgotten-canopy-c3d1/ SUMMARY:The Forgotten Canopy: Ecology\, Ephemeral Architecture\, and Imperi alism in the Caribbean\, South American\, and Transatlantic Worlds Confere nce 3: Imperialism [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 and UCLA Latin American Institute..\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis conference is free of charge. It will be held in person and livestreamed on the Center’s YouTu be Channel. To attend the conference in person\, you must reserve your spa ce by submitting the booking form at the bottom of this page. Bookings ope n Thursday\, March 16\, 2023 and close Monday\, April 10\, 2023 at 5:00 p. m. No registration is needed to watch the livestream.\n\nFace masks are no t required but are strongly recommended at all indoor campus events.\n\n\n \nThe 2022–23 Core Program hosted by the UCLA Center for 17th- &\; 18 th-Century Studies and William Andrews Clark Memorial Library will convene scholars around the topics of “Ecology\,” “Ephemeral Architecture\, ” and “Imperialism” in the early modern (16th–19th-century) world. The circum-Caribbean is our starting point\; specifically\, we use this t erm to refer to the deep connections between the peoples and places of the Caribbean and South America\, along with parts of North America. Due to n ational politics\, language barriers\, and scholarly divisions that have t heir roots in the European colonization of the Americas\, the long and com plex history of exchange among these regions and peoples have been greatly understudied. In truth\, this history of entanglement across water and la nd stretches back millennia\, resulting in a rich and diverse built enviro nment that is deeply tied to ecological change. This dynamic did not end w ith the invasion of 1492\, but rather continued to expand and accelerate w hen people\, plants\, and empires came from across the Atlantic. Using eph emeral architecture\, in particular the complex and exquisite creation of thatch roofs as the leading thread in these tapestries of exchange\, this series of conferences highlight the profound ways in which environmental p ractices\, botanical knowledge\, technological development\, architectural innovation\, and creative expression were deeply tied across these distin ct regions and peoples\, and shaped by imperial actions. This conference s eries brings an unusually diverse number of disciplines together in order to unpack these complex dynamics\, which challenge how we understand the b uilt environment\, the early modern Atlantic World\, and the intersections between the local and the global.\n\nCritical consideration of the interr elationships between ecologies and ephemeral architectures sets the stage for the theme of the third conference\, which will address the imperial tr ansformations of the Caribbean and South America and their impact on and e ntanglement with the larger early modern Atlantic world. Participating sch olars in this conference will use studies of ephemeral architecture\, espe cially thatched roofs\, to focus attention on processes of imperialism and landscape transformation relating to Indigenous and Black Americans.  In particular\, this conference will highlight the complex ways in which Imp erial authorities impacted\, transformed\, and were transformed by\, long standing ecological practices and ephemeral architectural knowledge. In do ing so\, the conference underscores the vital role of ephemeral architectu re\, such as thatched roofs\, in telling histories\, even that of global e mpires\, and thus is a reminder of the critical need for the study and pre servation of this “Forgotten Canopy.”\n\nSpeakers\n\nDaniela Balanzát egui Moreno\, University of Massachusetts Boston\nMaria Paz Gutierrez\, Un iversity of California\, Berkeley\nJayur Madhusudan Mehta\, Florida State University\nEverett Osceola\, Cultural Ambassador for the Seminole Tribe o f Florida\nAlice Samson\, University of Leicester\nJosé Antonio Sierra-Hu elsz\, Centro de Investigaciones Tropicales\, Universidad Veracruzana\nSha nnon Speed\, University of California\, Los Angeles\nLorena Tezanos Toral\ , Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE)\nDell Upton\, University of Californi a\, Los Angeles\nCheryl White\, Anton de Kom University of Suriname\n\n\n\ nImage: View of a hut\, and a dance of the Yuracares Indians\, Bolivia. V oyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale\, vol. 3. Paris\, 1835–1847.\n\n\n \nFriday\, April 14\, 2023\n\n9:30 a.m.\nMorning Coffee and Registration\n \n10:00 a.m.\nBronwen Wilson\, University of California\, Los Angeles\nDir ector’s Welcome\n\nStella Nair\, University of California\, Los Angeles and Paul Niell\, Florida State University\nOpening Remarks\n\n10:15 a.m.\n Session 1: Ephemeral Architecture and Negotiating Imperialism\nModerator: Susanna Hecht\, University of California\, Los Angeles\n\nEverett Osceola\ , Cultural Ambassador for the Seminole Tribe of Florida\, interviewed by S hannon Speed\, University of California\, Los Angeles\n“The Culture and History of Seminole Traditional Housing with a Focus on the Chickee”\n\n 10:45 a.m.\nDaniela Balanzátegui Moreno\, University of Massachusetts Bos ton\n“Black Landscapes of Fugitivity in the Northern Andes of Ecuador” \n\n11:15 a.m.\nCoffee Break\n\n11:30 a.m.\nCheryl White\, Anton de Kom Un iversity of Suriname\n“How the African Diasporic Reimagined the Amazonia n Built Environment in the 17th–19th Century”\n\n12:00 p.m.\nMorning S ession Discussion (Q and A)\n\n12:45 p.m.\nLunch\n\n2:00 p.m.\nSession 2: From the Domestic to the Industrial: Rethinking the Contexts of Ephemeral Architecture\nModerator: Ayala Levin\, University of California\, Los Ange les \n\nAlice Samson\, University of Leicester\n“Casas de paja/straw ho uses: Ephemerality and Permanence in the Indigenous Caribbean”\n\n2:30 p .m.\nJayur Madhusudan Mehta\, Florida State University\n“Indigenous Monu mental Architecture of the Mississippi River Delta: Villages\, Biodiversit y\, and Resilience”\n\n3:00 p.m.\nCoffee break\n\n3:15 p.m.\nLorena Teza nos Toral\, Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE)\n“The Bohío in Nineteent h-Century Cuban Sugar Mills: Creole Power and African Resistance in Late C olonial Cuba”\n\n3:45 p.m.\nAfternoon Session Discussion (Q and A)\n\n4: 30 p.m.\nReception\n\nSaturday\, April 15\, 2023\n\n9:30 a.m.\nMorning Cof fee and Registration\n\n10:00 a.m.\nStella Nair\, University of California \, Los Angeles and Paul Niell\, Florida State University\nWelcome (Back)\n \n10:15 a.m.\nSession 3: Tourism\, Sustainability\, and Impermanence in Ep hemeral Architecture\nModerator: Faiza Moatasim\, University of Southern C alifornia                        \n\nJosé Antonio Sierra-Huelsz\, Universidad de Guadalajara     (Remote Presentation)\n “Linking Tourism\, Thatched Architecture\, and Tropical Forest Managemen t”                                                 \n\n10:45 a.m.\nMaria Paz Gutierrez\, University of California\, Berkeley\n“Fantasy Island: The Other Amazon”\n\n11:15 a.m.\nCoffee Break\n\n11:30 a.m.\nDell Upton\, University of California\, Los Angeles\n“What is Impermanence?”\n\n12:00 p.m.\nMorning Session Di scussion\n\n12:45 p.m.\nConference portion of program concludes\n\nAfterno on Workshop at Chumash Museum\nhttps://theforgottencanopy.create.fsu.edu/w orkshop-iii/\n\n\n\nMarch 16\, 2023 Update\n\nApologies\, we have been hav ing some issues with our registration forms. To register please email c171 8cs@humnet.ucla.edu with the following information:\nFull name\nEmail addr ess\nAcademic Status (such as General Public\, UC Staff or Faculty\, Stude nt\, Other Faculty\, etc.)\nAcademic Institution if applicable\nLunch (Veg etarian/Non-vegetarian)\n \; 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:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR