The Center for South Asian Studies at the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites you to launch an international collaboration, the Ecologies of Care Initiative. In partnership with the University of British Columbia (UBC), Simon Fraser University (SFU), and Lincoln University (LU) this initiative invites scholars at the forefront of the social sciences, arts, and humanities to address livability as a desired condition for all.

Situated in the Himalayan region, the Ecologies of Care Initiative will include conversations across the boundaries of contemporary nation-states, including Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Northeast India, and beyond. Known as the water towers of Asia, this region holds much of the world’s snow and ice beyond the North and South Pole. It is a site of incredible cultural and linguistic diversity, with hundreds of languages spoken and distinct colonial experiences that shape contemporary global Indigenous movements in South Asia. Ecologies of Care focuses on tracing how peoples along the Himalayas cobble together shifting livelihoods among rapidly shifting governmental-sponsored projects, including militarism, gender, environmentalism, and tourism.

For the Conference Program and more information, please visit: https://csas.ucsc.edu/ecologies-of-care-2024-25/