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Call for Abstracts
"Ecoscapes"
Sixth Annual International Conference
Society for Philosophy and Geography
Towson University, Towson, MD (USA)
April 30-May 2, 2004
The conference organizers have coined the word, ecoscapes, to refer
specifically to the geographical moment of ecology, or, to state it
another way, the spatial relations comprising environments. J.B.
Jackson remarks that the suffix, 'scape,' is essentially the same as
'shape.' 'Scape' also indicates something like an organization or
system. 'Eco' has to do with habitat or environment. So, ecoscapes
concerns the geographical shape of environmental relations and
interrelations.
Papers are to address the spatial configurations of the relations that
form particular landscapes. Spatial relations are constitutive of a
geographical matrix that includes human-natural-artifactual-virtual
components. Any combination from the matrix is possible: e.g. human to
human; human to natural; human to artifactual; human to virtual;
natural to artifactual; natural to virtual; artifactual to virtual.
The many other combinations of relations from the above matrix are
also available for exploration. Geographical case studies of the
spatiality of specific types of relations in specific locales are
encouraged. Whatever your research concerns, please make thematic the
geographical moment of relations and your work will be appropriate to
the theme of the conference.
We also accept presentations on any themes that are germane to
philosophy and geography.
Papers should not exceed 25 minutes. Panels and special media
presentations will be allotted more time. Because this is an
interdisciplinary conference, speakers are requested to consider
audience diversity as they prepare their presentations. Accepted
papers may be submitted for publication in the edited volumes or in
the Society's journal.
We invite scholars from any academic discipline as well as from
non-academic researchers.
Send abstracts of approximately 200 words by February 1, 2004, to the
following e-mail address: <[log in to unmask]>
See conference website: http://wwwnew.towson.edu/spg/
Notification of acceptance: February 21, 2004
John Murungi
Dept. of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Towson University
Towson, MD 21252
USA
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