Oscar Carvajal, PhD ABDUniversity of TorontoPRESENTATIONS RELATED TO HOMO DOMESTICUS

2010 (Accepted) “The Built Environment as Domestication: Social and Ecological Changes,” The International Conference on the Constructed Environment, Venecia, Italy, November 17-19.

2010 “Redefining Domestication: The Condition of the Built Environment on Society and Ecology,” Toronto, Ontario, June 18-20.

2008 (Accepted) “Homo domesticus and the Critical Method: The Analysis and Critique of Human, Social and Ecological Crises in the Context of Human Domestication,” Critical Methods Conference, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, July 7-8.

2007 (Accepted) “Environment and Communication Technologies: The Built Environment as the Context of Human Domestication,” The Eighth Annual Convention of The Media Ecology Association (MEA), Mexico City, June 6-10.

2007 “Understanding Religion in the Context of Current Globalizing Dynamics: Recurrent Intensive Syncretism of Negotiating and Dominating Spiritualities within a Historical Process of Human Domestication,” The Religion and Society Panel at The Eastern International Regional Meeting of The American Academy of Religion (AAR-EIR), Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, May 4-5.

2007 (Accepted) “Understanding the Emergence of Religion within the Context of Human Domestication: Exploring the Influence of Architecture on the Theology And Philosophy of Religion,” The Theology & Philosophy of Religion Program Unit at The Pacific Northwest Region Annual Meeting of The American Academy of Religion, The Society of Biblical Literature, and The American Schools of Oriental Research, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, May 4-6.

2007 “How Human Domestication Informs Religion: Exploring the Institutionalization of Human Spirituality,” The Religion and Ecology Section at The Upper Midwest Region Annual Meeting of The American Academy of Religion and The Society of Biblical Literature, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, April 13-14.

2007 “Exploring the Interception of Religion and Science in the Context of Human Domestication: From Spirituality and Knowledge to Religion and Science,” The Religion, Ecology, and Culture Section at The Midwest Region Annual Meeting of The American Academy of Religion (MAAR), River Forest, Illinois, USA, March 31-April 1.

2007 “Religion in the Context of Human Domestication: From Human Spirituality to Institutionalized Religion,” The Religion and Ecology Panel at The Annual Conference of Western Region of The American Academy of Religion (AAR-WR) coordinated by The Western Commission for the Study of Religion (WECSOR), Berkeley, California, USA, March 24-26.

2006 “Fundamentalism in the Context of Homo domesticus: How Housing Shapes Religion and the Media in the Construction and Global Communication of Fundamentalist Knowledge,”

The Global Communication of Fundamentalist Knowledge Conference of The Globalization Programme of The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, December 14-16.

2006 (Accepted) “The Construction of White Borders in the Context of Domestication: A Study of the Influence of Housing on Humans,” The Borderpolitics of Whiteness Conference of The Department of Critical and Cultural Studies and the Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Association (ACRAWSA), Sydney, Australia, December 11-13.

2006 “An Analytical Study of the Old World Civilization: A Process of Human Domestication: The Emergence and Challenge of Homo domesticus,” 7th International Conference of Chief Justices of The World’s Global Symposium: “Towards A New World Civilization” for Civil Society Organizations of World Unity and Peace Education Department (WUPED) of City Montessori School (CMS), Lucknow, India, December 8-11.

2006 “Desertification in the Context of Human Domestication: The Endangering Endeavor of Endangered Humans Regarding Drylands,” The International Symposium on Drylands Ecology and Human Security (ISDEHS) of The Gulf Cooperation Council Network for Drylands Research and Development (NDRD), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 4-7.

2006 “Urbanization vis-à-vis Domestication: An Assessment of the City-world Path Regarding Human, Social, and Ecological Transformation,” First Biennial Conference of Fudan University International Urban Forum in The Fudan University, Shanghai, China, November 3-5.

2006 “Homo domesticus: A Socio-Ecological Analysis of the Ethical Implication of the Domestication of Humans: Particularity and Universality of Housing in Relation to Fundamentalism and Domination,” Third Globethics.net International Conference on Fundamentalism and Ethics, Huissen, Netherlands, August 27-31.

2006 (Accepted) “Architecture Regarding Knowledge, Belief, and Society: A Study on Human Domestication in Light of Thomas Berry’s New Cosmology,” The Annual Conference of The Graduate Student Association (HAPSAT) of The Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IHPST) of The University of Toronto, Ontario, August 25.

2006 “Homo domesticus: A Methodology for Religion and Theology: A Study on Human Domestication in Light of Thomas Berry’s New Cosmology,” The Annual Conference of The Canadian Society for the Study of Religion (CSSR), Toronto, Ontario, May 31.

1999 “Pondering Indoctrination: Toward an Analysis of Domestication Applied to HumanBeings,” Spanish Radio Program, Winnipeg, Manitoba, December.