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This event presents Professor Pablo Mansilla Quiñones from Valparaíso, Chile. In this event, professor Quiñones creates a dialogue to discuss the coloniality of nature in Indigenous Mapuche territory in Chile and land defense. This event creates a needed discussion on cartography, ethnography, geohumanities, and creative geographies and environmental justice.
Presented by the Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment at the Schools of Public Engagement.
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Full-Time Assistant Professor at the Institute of Geography, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, and Director of the Research Group "Social Geography and Alternative Territories" He holds a Master's in Geography with a specialization in Urban and Regional Organization and a Ph.D. in Human Geography from Fluminense Federal University, Brazil. His work, grounded in decolonial thought and Latin American critical theory, focuses on Human and Social Geography and Territorial Planning, with a strong commitment to Indigenous peoples and social movements across Latin America. In recognition of his contributions to social geography, he received the Glenda Laws Award 2025 from the American Association of Geographers (AAG).
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Full-Time Assistant Professor at the Institute of Geography, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, and Director of the Research Group "Social Geography and Alternative Territories" He holds a Master's in Geography with a specialization in Urban and Regional Organization and a Ph.D. in Human Geography from Fluminense Federal University, Brazil. His work, grounded in decolonial thought and Latin American critical theory, focuses on Human and Social Geography and Territorial Planning, with a strong commitment to Indigenous peoples and social movements across Latin America. In recognition of his contributions to social geography, he received the Glenda Laws Award 2025 from the American Association of Geographers (AAG).
His interdisciplinary research within the social sciences has led to numerous publications, including Cultural Cartography of Wallmapu: Elements for Decolonizing the Map in Mapuche Territory and Memory of the Water People of Our Añu Territory, co-authored with Indigenous intellectuals.
His expertise spans participatory action research, Indigenous cartography, ethnography, geohumanities, and creative geographies. He currently leads two major interdisciplinary research projects: Climatic Pluriverses: A Decolonial Perspective on Geohumanities for Alternative Territories in Climate Change (www.pluriversosclimaticos.cl) and Decolonizing Animal Geographies from the South: Multispecies Trajectories Across the Andes in Environmental Change.
