Pioneer America Society:
Association for the Preservation of Artifacts &
Landscapes (PAS APAL)
40th Annual Meeting
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Abstract Deadline: July 11, 2008
The Pioneer America Society: Association for the
Preservation of Artifacts & Landscapes (PAS: APAL)
will hold its 40th annual conference at the recently
restored Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center in Baton
Rouge, Louisiana, on October 15-18, 2008.
This event will be held in conjunction with the
Eastern Historical Geographers Association (EHGA)
meeting and will be hosted by the Department of
Geography & Anthropology at Louisiana State
University.
The 2008 Conference theme is: Landscapes at Risk.
There will be two field trips. The Thursday River
Road tour will be led by cultural geographer, Craig
Colten, through landscapes that face non-weather-
related risks. The tour will include stops in
Carville, Donaldsonville, and Plaquemine, LA. Risks
from sprawling chemical complexes and the
emissions that rift from them present many challenges
to communities and landscape preservation. The
Saturday tour, led by cultural anthropologist, Jay
Edwards, will travel through the extensive areas of
weather-related devastation and renewal in New
Orleans. Creole cottages, shotguns, and doubles will
be staple fare for the day.
The conference committee is now accepting proposals
for papers, special sessions, and panel discussions.
The meeting organizers encourage papers and sessions
that reflect the conference theme, Landscapes at Risk,
but they welcome papers that will be of interest to
members of either organization.
Presenters must be members of PAS: APAL. Individual
memberships are $50 per year, while student
memberships are $25 per year.
Abstracts must be of no more than 200 words, which
includes the authors’ names, affiliations, and title
of the paper. You may submit as an email attachment
in Word or WordPerfect. The deadline for abstract
submissions is: July 11, 2008.
Abstract Format
Fred Kniffen
Louisiana State University-Celestial Campus
Diffusion in Heaven
Body of the abstract: This should include a problem
statement, a statement about methods, and a brief
description of the conclusions.
Please send abstracts to:
Craig E. Colten
Department of Geography and Anthropology
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Telephone: 225/578-6180
Email: [log in to unmask]
Audio-Visual Needs
Please mark audio-visual needs on the conference
registration form. (Conference registration forms are
available for download on the PAS: APAL website,
http://www.pioneeramerica.org.)
All rooms will have a digital projector; presenters
will be expected to bring laptops or coordinate with
others in their session to share a laptop if they wish
to make a digital presentation.
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