UBC Allard School of Law In this short presentation I will be introducing my Master of Arts in Asia Pacific Policy Studies (M.A.A.P.P.S.) research and thesis, as well as the film I am currently directing “Dragon Tears.” My thesis, which is entitled “Dragon Tears: a critical analysis on the political ecology of planetary survival” examines China’s environmental collapse, human rights and health crisis, China’s policy environment and environmental legal doctrine in the context of neoliberalism, global disparity, transnational pollution, climate change, and the survival of the human species. The three case studies which constitute my analysis have been carefully chosen to synthesize the complexity of China’s environmental collapse, policy environment and enforcement capacity. My (M.A.A.P.P.S.) research has been effectuated as the core research for the production of “Dragon Tears,” a feature documentary film currently in production on the topic of China’s environmental collapse and health crisis in the context of climate change and the possibility of human extinction. “Dragon Tears” examines the context of contemporary global capitalism that has led to extreme inequality, ecological destruction, and the violent normalization of localized morbidity in China. This film demonstrates that both China’s and global ecological resilience capacities are decreasing rapidly and establishes ecological principles for a paradigm shift. I will be discussing briefly the research assistant position that was offered by Dr. Potter for one semester in China under the grant for the Asia Pacific Dispute Resolution Research project awarded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada under its Major Collaborative Research Initiative Program. During this semester in China, I was expected to start the production of “Dragon Tears,” under the supervision of my host supervisor Dr. Wang Xi, which I did. Dr. Wang Xi is the director of the Environmental and Resources Law Institute (ERLI) at Jiao Tong University in Shanghai. I will be showing the 3-minute preview of “Dragon Tears.”
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BÉRANGÈRE MAÏA NATASHA PARIZEAU
My artwork, experimental films, and scholarly reflections emerge from a deep curiosity and fascination with the boundlessness of the human spirit, the limitlessness of the cosmic universe, the mythological, the spiritual, the exploration of my EARTH LIGHT body which emanates from infinity (this is the realm of the MYSTERY, the wildest imagination), as well as a real concern for our beautiful planet MOTHER EARTH. The premise of this heuristic body of work is that the current planetary crises are crises in human consciousness, crises of the humanity group soul/spirit. As an environmental advocate and consciousness activist, my work intends to intentionally participate in redesigning culture, the intentional participation in designing a post-growth ecological culture (this is the creative process of redesigning culture) for an ecologically sustainable and spiritually thriving planetary future. My intention is to shed light on the sacred multidimensional ways in which we potentiate the power of our consciousness. This body of work is a prayer to humanity to align our mind and hearts, to raise the power of our hearts, to develop methods and technologies to go inward towards the complexities and awareness of our individual connection to Source We are the Rainbow Warriors. If the world is indeed participatory, we manifest/dream this world into existence. Indeed, dear friends... a colourful future is ours to create! Archives
February 2021
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