Dr. Ingrid Hall

Biography

Ingrid Hall has been an Associate Professor at the University of Montreal since 2008. An ethnologist specializing in environmental anthropology, she teaches a course on this subject at the undergraduate level. Her primary research area is the Peruvian Andes, focusing on biodiversity conservation, particularly of potato species. Hall investigates how various stakeholders, including farmers, non-profit organizations, and international institutions, perceive and manage biodiversity. Her ethnographic research in the Andean community of Llanchu highlights the community's collective land management practices following the agrarian reform in Peru, emphasizing the need to understand contemporary peasant communities beyond traditionalist views. Her current projects address environmental indigeneity and the conservation of native potatoes, alongside broader themes such as the global governance of agrobiodiversity, particularly in relation to indigenous rights and biocultural heritage. Hall has contributed significantly to understanding the intersections between environmental policies and local community practices, particularly in the context of globalized conservation efforts and local governance dynamics.

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