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SUMMARY:The 5th Annual Carlos Montezuma Native Health Lecture - Thresholds: The Politics of Environmental Regulation and Exposure on the Navajo Nation - Teresa Montoya
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DESCRIPTION:The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program  Presents in Co-Sponsorships   with  Block Museum of Art Northwestern University  Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) Northwestern University  Teresa Montoya\, PhD Diné (Navajo Nation) Assistant Professor Department of Anthropology University of Chicago  Thresholds: The Politics of Environmental Regulation and  Exposure on the Navajo Nation  This talk examines uranium contamination and its enduring legacies on the Navajo Nation and broader Diné homelands. I analyze how federal environmental standards—such as Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) as well as toxicological comparison values—produce uneven and often contradictory determinations of risk\, exposure\, and harm. Through ethnographic engagement with Diné communities downstream from the 1979 Church Rock uranium mill tailings spill\, I trace how these regulatory frameworks render certain forms of chronic exposure simultaneously visible and dismissible\, categorizing contaminated water as both “unsafe” and “safe” depending on shifting scientific criteria and limited datasets. By interrogating the epistemological and political limits of environmental regulation\, this talk contributes to discussions about how risk is defined\, by whom\, and the challenges of remediation for Diné communities today.  This annual lecture is named in honor of Carlos Montezuma\, the first Native American graduate of Northwestern University’s medical school.  This lecture is open to the public and will be held in the Searle Seminar Room in the Lurie Research Building (303 E Superior St)\, Chicago Campus. For those outside the Chicago area and anyone who would prefer to attend remotely\, a Zoom option is also available.  Only Zoom attendees are required to register ** PLEASE REGISTER TO RECEIVE THE ZOOM LINK** REGISTER HERE  Read more about this series | Sign up for lecture announcements\n\nRegister: https://northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/register/0DQhx1vTRWWzGH_VO9A_vQ
LOCATION:Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center\, Searle seminar room\, 303 E. Superior\, Chicago\, IL 60611
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