Dr Daniel G. Cooper
Dr Daniel G. Cooper's work, research, teaching, and advocacy are composed of two primary streams that often overlap and converge. The first branch is top-down focused on international development, economics, climate change, technology, migration, and Indigenous empowerment. The second thread is ethno-geographic, derived from participatory bottom-up approaches to document and analyze traditional knowledge, medicine, and ontology including spiritual and religious traditions among the Akawaio, Makushi, Arekuna, and Alleluia in the Guiana Highlands of South America. Additional interests include North American and Californian social movements and Indigenous communities such as the Coastal Miwok, Ohlone, Hupa, and Kumeyaay, focusing specifically on colonial and missionary histories, resistance, syncretism, rewilding, and revitalization. Ultimately, Daniel aims to inform the field of historical ecological landscape with integral spiritual, psychological, and geographical perspectives.
The Indigenous Studies Network has been awarded for two years (Hilary Term 2022 - Hilary Term 2024).
