Community Geography for
Just Futures
Dr. Sarah Kelly is a geographer who directs a research laboratory on water, energy, and culture in the northeast United States and in southern Chile.
Sarah is Co-Director of the Energy Justice Clinic at Dartmouth College, affiliated with the Department of Geography and the Irving Institute for Energy and Society.
Sarah is an Associate Researcher with the Center for the Integrated Management of Disaster Risks in Santiago de Chile and ANID Postdoctoral Researcher
Her participatory research on water, sovereignty, energy, and deep mapping spans a decade of collaboration with Mapuche-Williche communities.
The Kelly Laboratory supports community-based needs for environmental justice.
Latest Work
Co- Directing the Energy Justice Clinic @ Dartmouth College
Intercultural Water Transect: Epulafkenmapu
I am part of a multi-year collaboration called “EpuLakfenMapu: Intercultural Transect for the Maihue-Ranco Watershed. I coordinate the technical team of this research collaboration with two Mapuche-Williche women, Antumalen and Claudia Antillanca. The study is guided by Mapuche-Williche leaders and communities throughout the Puelwillimapu territory. The interdisciplinary team includes a marine biologist, botanists, a sociologist, an anthropologist, a filmmaker, and a graphic designer.
Mapping Disasters Collaboratively
Learn about the ways in which coronavirus is affecting the Mapuche community and their land through a collaborative project with Mapuexpress….