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Merino, Leticia, June 20, 2014

Collection ID:
14-021
Date:
June 20, 2014
Scope Content:
Leticia Merino is a researcher with a Doctorate of Anthropology specializing in agrarian studies. Merino opens the interview by discussing her personal background and how her background in forestry led her to Elinor Ostrom's book Governing the Commons . Merino met Ostrom in Mexico through Gustavo Gordillo, a mutual colleague. Merino was asked to go through the International Forestry Resources and Institutions (IFRI) program at the Ostrom Workshop, which she did, and became more involved after taking the course. Merino goes onto discuss collaborating with Ostrom through IFRI and the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC). She reflects on her friendship with Ostrom through a discussion of Ostrom's visit to a climate change conference in Mexico. The interview closes with a discussion on the 2012 Planet Under Pressure Conference in London where Ostrom was a keynote speaker.
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  2. Coming Together: An Oral History of the Ostroms and their Scholarly Impact on Problem Solving, 2014

Tucker, Catherine, July 09, 2014

Collection ID:
14-027
Date:
July 09, 2014
Scope Content:
Catherine Tucker has a joint appointment with the Department of Anthropology and the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida. Tucker begins her interview by recounting how she met Elinor Ostrom and her experiences with her at the Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change (CIPEC). She goes on to discuss Ostrom as a mentor and her own teaching. Tucker then talks about her work at the Ostrom Workshop which includes her teaching with the International Forestry Research and Institutions Research Program (IFRI). The interview concludes with Tucker reflecting on Elinor Ostrom and Vincent Ostrom and how they, especially Elinor Ostrom, would want to be remembered.
Place:
Mexico
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  2. Coming Together: An Oral History of the Ostroms and their Scholarly Impact on Problem Solving, 2014

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