{"620467":{"#nid":"620467","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Environmental Activism and Power Dynamics in Russia","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EApril 17, 2019\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n7:30 PM\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nClapp Library Lecture Room, Wellesley University\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Russian Area Studies program and the Environmental Studies program present a lecture by Kate Pride Brown, sociologist and assistant professor of sociology at Georgia Tech. Dr. Brown\u0026rsquo;s recent book,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ESaving the Sacred Sea: The Power of Civil Society in an Age of Authoritarianism and Globalization\u003C\/em\u003E, explores how civil society in Russia has dealt with power on a global stage while under Russia\u0026rsquo;s authoritarian regime. Her talk, focusing mainly on environmental groups in the Lake Baikal region of Siberia, will describe their genesis and development while also probing the power dynamics that unfold when capitalist corporations form partnerships with environmental groups in Russia and beyond.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Kate Pride Brown will deliver this talk at Wellesley on April 17th."}],"uid":"33693","created_gmt":"2019-04-16 16:45:04","changed_gmt":"2019-04-16 17:38:16","author":"Kayleigh Haskin","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-04-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-04-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"620466":{"id":"620466","type":"image","title":"KPB Wellesley","body":null,"created":"1555433070","gmt_created":"2019-04-16 16:44:30","changed":"1555433070","gmt_changed":"2019-04-16 16:44:30","alt":"Photo of Kate Pride brown on a nature background with a green border.","file":{"fid":"236250","name":"Wellesley flier.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Wellesley%20flier.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Wellesley%20flier.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":331573,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Wellesley%20flier.jpg?itok=wHuldt0u"}}},"media_ids":["620466"],"groups":[{"id":"473211","name":"_OLD: School of History and Sociology Student Blog"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166849","name":"HSOC Blog"},{"id":"1506","name":"faculty"},{"id":"166958","name":"speakers and events"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}