A Human Coast Initiative Symposium

Session One

Time: 1:30 pm - 3pm

Josh Lewis, Ph.D. Bywater Institute, Tulane University. “Dredge or Die: Harbor Deepening, Ecology, and Justice Along the US Gulf Coast” 

Liz Skilton, Ph.D. University of Louisiana Lafayette. “Harvesting Histories: The Recent Louisiana Disasters Oral History Project”

Ned Randolph, Ph.D. Tulane University.  “Pipeline Logic and Culpability: Establishing a Continuum of Harm for Sacrifice Zones”

Session Two 

Time: 3:15pm - 4:45 pm

Audrey Grismore, Ph.D. The Water Institute of the Gulf. “Obtainability of Scientific Support: A Comparison Access, Means and Methods During the 1930s and 1940s Oil and Oyster Litigation in Coastal Louisiana”

Jessica Simms, Ph.D. Louisiana Office of Community Development. “Community-scale Climate Migration: The Resettlement of Isle de Jean Charles”

Scott Hemmerling, Ph.D. The Water Institute of the Gulf. “Elevating Local Knowledge Through Participatory Modeling: Active Community Engagement in Restoration Planning in Coastal Louisiana”

An LSU Center for Collaborative Knowledge program, sponsored by the Carl O. Sauer Professorship and the Department of Geography & Anthropology

COVID-19 vaccination and masks requested.