WarīN K. Flores
Also known as: Katharhy, WarīNkwī, Nkwi, Nawi
University of Arizona, Indigenous R&D Think-Do Tank (Kinray Hub), University of the People
Research areas: Social Sciences · Health · Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law
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About
WarīN K. Flores is a citizen of the Kara and Kichwa Nations, Aþya Yala/Americas. As an ancestral land trustee of the Chįchup’amp’ Clan, WarīN holds relational affiliations with the Kutakachį Pueblo and the Chįchup’amp’ Ayll’u. With a lifelong biocultural governance experience across pluricultural and multinational contexts, WarīN is deeply engaged in the semipermeable transboundary spaces of the Andes and Amazon bioregions. WarīN's academic work evolves within the diaspora groundwork as an outsider-within, navigating between Indigenous and settler systems.
Employment
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University of Arizona Graduate Associate Researcher2024 - Present
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Indigenous R&D Think-Do Tank (Kinray Hub) Founder/CEO2023 - Present
Education
- 2022 - 2024
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (25)
- Kara::Kichwa Data Sovereignty Framework reference point for Indigenous data authority renascences in Latin America and the Caribbean Save
- Indigenous data in nature markets: an Indigenous data economy to generate value for nature and peoples Save
- A research agenda for mountain futures Save
- Decolonize or perpetuate: Realizing rights of nature through a critical property theory Save
- Aporte: Análisis crítico de la plurinacionalidad, la Soberanía de Datos Indígenas y los Derechos de la Naturaleza en el Plan Nacional de Fomento al Biocomercio, Ecuador Save
- Indigenous Biotechnology: Complementary Pathways for IDI Governance and Challenges in Biological Material Imports in Ecuador Save
- BioKulture Systems Design: A Kara-Kichwa Design Framework for Research, Development, and Innovation Governance Save
- From data subjects to digital sovereigns Save
- Indigenous-Led BioKulture Engineering: Planetary Stewardship in the Age of Complexity Save
- Carbon and nitrogen cycling in an urban constructed technosol: The artist-led carbon sponge pilot study Save
- Ecuador's Executive Decree No. 60: Militarizing Nature, Undermining Environmental Rights & Indigenous Sovereignty - Policy Brief Save
- Indigenizing fungal biotechnology for planetary health: an opinion paper Save
- AI and Indigenous Self-Determination Save
- Partnerships with Indigenous Peoples for an ethical bioeconomy Save
- 5.4 Letter to our relatives, ancestors, and future generations: A call to establish Indigenous Biotechnology Save
- Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in an Urban Constructed Technosol: The Artist-Led Carbon Sponge Pilot Study Save
- More than closing loops: Community-based circular food systems as pathways for transformation Save
- Status of Tribes and Climate Change Report (STACC): Save
- Indigenous Wisdom and Circular Economy: When Indigenous Relational Economy Theory Meets Western Sustainability and Circular Economies Save
- Biocultural Governance and AI's Role in Emergent Sovereignty Operationalizing Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Governance in Sustainable Development Save