Chantal Noa
transdisciplinary scholar, storyteller, and educator
PRESENTATIONS/LEctures
2023 Presentations
Journal of Ecohumanism: Environmental Humanities Conference, November
Becoming Earth: Ontological-Fluidity, and the Practice of Tracking as a Transspecies Technology
Panelist
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Pacifica Graduate Institute, Mythological Studies, November
Reclaiming a More-than-Human Psychology
Guest Lecturer
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James Madison University, Department of Philosophy and Religion, April
Forests as Theological Kin: The Orthodox Tewahedu Church Forests of Ethiopia
Guest Lecturer
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American Academy of Religion, Western Region, March
Civil Rights, Religion and Responsibility: What is the Role Religion Plays in Civil Rights Discourses in 2022 and Beyond?
Unit Chair, Religion, Literature, and Film
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International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture, February
“Rewilding’s Radical Roots and Uncertain Future”
Panel Participant
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2022 Presentations
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American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, November
The Spirit of Soul Food: Race, Faith, and Food Justice Book Roundtable
Panel Participant
Harvard Divinity School, Ecological Spirituality, April
Reclaiming Spiritual Identity in Native Place - Indigenous food sovereignty and the ontology of dwelling in GATHER
Presenter
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American Academy of Religion, Western Region, March
Grace, Mercy, and Atonement: Exploring Artistic, Ritual, and Social Action through Forgiveness
Unit Chair, Religion, Literature, and Film
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Forests and Priests, a story of land-based reconciliation between humans and trees in Ethiopia
Presenter
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East-West Psychology Metamorphosis Lecture Series, California Institute of Integral Studies, January
Lecturer
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2021 Presentations
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Decolonizing Research Academic Conference, California Institute of Integral Studies/Deep Water Initiative, April
Alternative Research Methodologies in Academic Institutions
Co-creator and Coordinator
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4th Religion and Ecology Summit, California Institute of Integral Studies, March
Sacred Sites and Traditional Ecological Knowledge Around the World
Panel Participant
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American Academy of Religion, Western Region, March
Spiritual Emergence during the Global COVID Pandemic
Unit Co-chair, Religion, Literature, and Film
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Reclaiming Spiritual Identity in Native Place - Indigenous food sovereignty and the ontology of dwelling in GATHER
Presenter
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The Emergence of Spiritual Ecology in My Octopus Teacher
Panel Chair
2020 Presentations
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Deep Water Initiative, Online Academic Panel, Decolonizing Research, October
Indigenous Research Methodologies in Western Academic Institutions
Co-creator and Coordinator
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Deep Water Initiative, Online Academic Panel, September
Co-creator and Coordinator
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American Academy of Religion, Western Region, March
The Chasing Hunt: transcendence, immanence and the zone of proximity in the Kalahari Desert
Presenter
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Philosophy, Cosmology and Consciousness Forum, California Institute of Integral Studies, March
Indigenous Storytelling in Film as a new form of Subtle Activism
Presenter
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Philosophy, Cosmology and Consciousness Forum, California Institute of Integral Studies, February
Becoming-Animal as Primal Theology in Primal Religions
Presenter
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4th Yale Graduate Conference on Religion & Ecology, February
Becoming-Animal as Primal Theology in Primal Religions
Presenter
2017-2019 Presentations
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5th World-Ecology Research Network Conference, Department of Anthropology and Social Change, CIIS, May 2019
Kalahari Dystopia’s and the Utopia of Becoming-Bushmen as Ecological Model
Organizer and Presenter
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Religion and Ecology Film Festival at the California Institute of Integral Studies, Deep Water Initiative, March 2019
Co-creator and Organizer
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Deep Water Initiative Film Series, 2019
Co-creator and Organizer
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Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness Symposium, California Institute of Integral Studies, November 2017
A.I. & Agriculture, a more than Human Approach
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