Climate Conversations – A Tale of Two Forests: Histories of Ecology and Management in Mexico and Arizona

Arizona Humanities 1242 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, United States

Why does Arizona hold prescribed burns of over-dense forest, when most of Mexico has no need to, even in similar ecosystems? Who lives in Arizona forestlands, and Mexican ones, and why does it matter? Why do some large mammals (the Mexican wolf and mule deer, among others) thrive in one country more than the other? […]

Climate Conversations – Hot House: The Converging Crises of Housing Shortage and Climate Change

Arizona Humanities 1242 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, United States

Arizona is on the frontlines of two simultaneous modern crises: a housing shortage crisis and a climate change crisis. These two problems are generally addressed separately, but how we solve one will impact our options for solving the other. Join environmental journalist Joan Meiners for a talk about a project to be published in The […]

Representation Matters – Beyond the Binary: A History of Gender and Sexual Fluidity

Arizona Humanities 1242 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, United States

Many people are confused by the seeming influx of new terms to describe gender and sexuality that have emerged in the last decade: nonbinary, genderfluid, genderqueer, pansexual, polysexual, and so on. But fluid conceptions of gender and sexuality (those that fall outside the binary concepts of male/female or heterosexual/homosexual) have been around for a long time. And […]

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Climate Conversations: Connections to Natural Material: Native Culture Today and Tomorrow with Yolanda Hart Stevens

Arizona Humanities 1242 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, United States

From birth to death, the mesquite tree is an integral part of life for many who call the desert home. The mesquite tree is just one of many holistic materials, elements of our natural environment, that are vital to sustaining Native culture and practices. But climate change and environmental degradation are changing the landscapes of […]

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Climate Conversations – Legacy of Extraction: Abandoned Mines on the Navajo Nation with Arlyssa Becenti

Arizona Humanities 1242 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, United States

Mining companies extracted millions of tons of uranium from the Navajo Nation between 1944 and 1986. Today hundreds of abandoned uranium mines litter the Navajo Nation. How have the Navajo people, land, and water suffered from exposure to these mines? Are people still at risk of radiation exposure? What is being done by the federal […]

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Representation Matters: LGBTQ+ Representation in Pop Culture & Politics: Q&A with David Boyles

Arizona Humanities 1242 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, United States

From music artists like Lil Nas X to TV dramas like Euphoria, the LGBTQ+ community, and their stories and experiences, are more visible now in popular culture than ever before. In many ways the rise in LGBTQ+ representation parallels the movement for LGBTQ+ representation in the 1970’s. What was happening to culture and politics during the […]

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Climate Conversations: De-Colonizing the Colorado River: Can We Re-Think Our Relationship with Water? with Dr. Andrew Curley

Arizona Humanities 1242 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, United States

Climate change is seen as the main culprit behind a drier, hotter Arizona. But what are the other factors contributing toward our water crisis? For 100 years, the Colorado River Compact established the law of the river. It codified water rights and spurred the modernization of water infrastructure. It fundamentally reshaped the natural environment and […]

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Climate Conversations: Atascosa Borderlands: Visual Storytelling along the Arizona-Sonora Border

Arizona Humanities 1242 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, United States

Along the US-Mexico border lies a remote expanse of the Coronado National Forest in Southern Arizona known as the Atascosa Highlands. An important biological and cultural corridor between Mexico and the United States, the Atascosas take up less than 1% of Arizona’s overall landmass, but host one-quarter of the state’s flora, including species which are […]

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Representation Matters: LGBTQ+ Representation in the Media, Then and Now with David Boyles

Arizona Humanities 1242 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, United States

Across the country, battles are being fought about the exposure of young people to LGBTQ+ representation in schools. Some schools have Gay-Straight Alliance clubs and other activities, so that all young people are represented and engaged. Other schools argue that this is harmful to young people, and expressly ban books, topics and discussions that represent […]

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Climate Conversations: How Will Arizona’s Future Be Shaped by Water? with Sarah Porter

Arizona Humanities 1242 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, United States

Water is key to Arizona’s future. Conditions on the Colorado River are worsening at an alarming rate. Water levels in Lake Powell and Lake Mead are plunging to record lows. Arizona is experiencing unprecedented drought compounded by climate change. How will water shortages change the landscape and environment across the state—today and in the future? […]

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