Geographers and political ecologists studying wildlife often highlight the multi-scalar power dynamics that shape and are (re)produced through human-wildlife relations. This session invites work - past, present or future - that explores these politics and power relationships, particularly research that draws on feminist and/or anti-colonial frameworks.

• 1:00 PM
  Local Indigenous Conservation Experiences and Alternative Visions in Bangladesh’s Sundarbans Mangroves: Reflective Lessons from the Indigenous Munda
  Sujoy Subroto, University of Calgary

• 1:15 PM
  What do the social scientists say? A participatory case study of existing and desired elements of landscape, community, and support for conservation social science in Canada and beyond
  Zoë A. Meletis, University of Northern British Columbia

• 1:30 PM
  Fishing Like a State – The Political Ecology of Marine Acclimatization in New Zealand at the turn of the 20th Century
  Liam Kennedy-Slaney, Simon Fraser University