CFP for next year's RGS/IBG Annual Conference in London.
ATMOSPHERIC GEOGRAPHIES: Histories, Cultures and Politics of the Skies. Session at the RGS/IBG
Annual Conference, London, 2007
Studies of the atmosphere have traditionally been the reserve of the physical sciences. However,
an increasing number of geographers and others have started to explore the inter-relationships
between society and the atmosphere. The atmosphere is increasingly interpreted as a key space of
social, economic and geo-political relations. Once the atmosphere is understood as a thoroughly
humanized - not to mention non-humanized - space, important questions emerge concerning
how the atmosphere is used, performed and protected, and the ways in which various scientific
and cultural practices produce and legitimate knowledge about it. The atmosphere is not only a
sphere of bio-chemical exchange, but also a multifarious product of scientific practices, state
histories, cultural narratives and industrial decision-making. This session will draw together
academics working on the geographies, sociologies, and politics of the atmosphere. While we
particularly welcome papers exploring the historical dimensions of human-atmospheric relations
we welcome papers which address:
* Climate history and human societies.
* The atmosphere and the non-human.
* Histories of meteorology and weather sciences.
* The practices of climatology.
* The social geographies and human experiences of climate change.
* The politics of air pollution and clean air movements.
* Atmospheric knowledge production and use.
If you are interested in presenting a paper in this session please send an abstract of no more than
250 words to either Simon Naylor (Bristol) ([log in to unmask]) or Mark Whitehead
(Aberystwyth) ([log in to unmask]) by 26 January 2007.
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