Join us for the School of Social Sciences Brown Bag lecture series on Monday, February 14th at 12pm with Zeke Baker, Assistant Professor of Sociology.
Title: Linked Political Ecologies of Colonial Exploitation: The Pribilof Islands-San Francisco Bay Area Connection, 1850-1910
In this talk, Dr. Baker presents analysis of the network of actors, resources and power dynamics that circulated across two geographically disparate area—the Pribilof Islands of the Bering Sea (Alaska) and the San Francisco Bay Area—from roughly 1850 to 1910. His empirical focus is on the commercial sealing industry. He use this case to demonstrate the networked nature of colonial-ecological exploitation, through which economic and political resources garnered through exploitation in one location form the basis for exploitation in another. The presentation draws upon in-progress fieldwork and ongoing archival research in California and Alaska.
Dr. Zeke Baker is an Assistant Professor in the Sociology department. He works in the areas of environmental sociology, science & technology studies, and political sociology, primarily using historical methods. He investigates the relationship between environmental change, science/knowledge, and power relations.
The School of Social Sciences Brown Bag Series is always free, open to faculty, staff, students, and the public, and provides a congenial interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of recent research by School of Social Sciences faculty. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021-2022 Brown Bag Series will take place via Zoom.