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Maria Isabel du Monceau
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Short Biography:
May du Monceau is originally from Chile with a background in Anthropology. She has more than 20 years of experience working in conflict sensitive environments. Her work focuses on the cultural and political aspects of natural resources management, particularly in indigenous territories. She uses an interdisciplinary approach to analyze property relations and conflicts over resources use. Her specialization is in political ecology, environmental justice and indigenous movements in Latin America. May holds a Master in Environment, Development and Policy from Sussex University (UK) and a PhD in Resource Management and Environmental Studies from UBC. Her postdoctoral work focused on indigenous resistance and emerging approaches used by resource development projects (mainly extractive industries) to assess and mitigate the impact of their activities on indigenous territories. She plans to continue exploring the complex ways in which indigeneity is contested and represented in current debates over the extractive industry activity in South America.
Full Biography:
May du Monceau is originally from Chile with a background in Anthropology. She has more than 20 years of experience working in conflict sensitive environments. Her work focuses on the cultural and political aspects of natural resources management, particularly in indigenous territories. She uses an interdisciplinary approach to analyze property relations and conflicts over resources use. Her specialization is in political ecology, environmental justice and indigenous movements in Latin America. May holds a Master in Environment, Development and Policy from Sussex University (UK) and a PhD in Resource Management and Environmental Studies from UBC. Her postdoctoral work focused on indigenous resistance and emerging approaches used by resource development projects (mainly extractive industries) to assess and mitigate the impact of their activities on indigenous territories. She plans to continue exploring the complex ways in which indigeneity is contested and represented in current debates over the extractive industry activity in South America.
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