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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Tēnā koutou.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The Political Ecology Research Centre at Massey University and the Centre for Space, Place &amp; Society at Wageningen University are excited to share information about the upcoming open access, virtual
 conference <i>Conviviality </i>(October 4-9, 2021).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">This conference draws together many early-career researchers as well as established scholars, including many from the Global South, to examine intersections of agriculture and the practices, values,
 and limits of diverse relations among humans, plants, animals, and soil.&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Conference themes include:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Conservation Politics<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Conviviality through Peatlands - a collective brainstorm session hosted by
<a href="https://www.re-peat.earth/">RE-PEAT</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Cultivation Beyond Productivism<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Extraction, Labour, Ecologies<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Botanical Relations<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Multispecies Relations<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Indigeniety and Decolonization<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Convivial Placemaking - A digital roundtable discussion led by Dr. Vitalija Povilaityte-Petri<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The Urban Convivial<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Ideologies, Tools, and Advocacy<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The keynote speakers are:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
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<span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Maywa Montenegro<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Bram Büscher<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin, a Guatemalan farmer working at a Co-op in the Midwest<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Andre Leon<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Annu Jalais<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Pounamu Skelton of Te Āti Awa Taranaki and Ngāti Ruanui Iwi, an educator and Hua Parakore practitioner working in Taranaki<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Yanniek Schoonhoven<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">During the week of
<b>October 4-9, 2021 </b>conference content will be posted to</span><a href="https://perc.ac.nz/wordpress/conviviality/"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">the conference homepage</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">. Amid unprecedented demands on our time and attention, the asynchronous, virtual format encourages engagement that can be as light and flexible
 or immersive as your circumstances allow. Attendees can view presentations on demand and join in written discussions in the comments sections. Audio and visual responses and interventions are also welcome.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">There are no registration or costs associated with the conference, and the presentations and discussions will stay online as a resource.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">More information about the conference:</span><a href="https://perc.ac.nz/wordpress/conviviality/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://perc.ac.nz/wordpress/conviviality/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Ngā mihi</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Sita Venkateswar and Serena Stein (conference co-conveners)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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