Second call for papers and expressions of interest to participate in a
workshop to be held 18th-19th March 2010, at the Scottish Association for
Marine Science, Oban. The workshop is organised by members of SAGES (the
Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society).
The workshop will include a combination of formal presentations and
discussion. Please send abstracts or expressions of interest to
participate to Leah Gibbs ([log in to unmask]) by Monday 7th
December.
Methodologies for Environment-Society Research: a workshop on
multi-disciplinarity and integration
18th-19th March 2010, at the Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban
Contemporary environmental debates are characterised by complex
society-nature interactions. Our understandings of global climate change,
governance of fisheries, forests and fresh water, environmental risk and
vulnerability (among a multitude of other concerns) are shaped by social,
political, cultural, economic, ecological and physical systems, and the
interconnections between these realms.
The complexity of socio-ecological systems and discourses presents
considerable challenge—and opportunity—for scholars seeking to develop
rigorous and just research strategies. Importantly, research at the
society–nature interface demands methodologies that extend beyond
single-discipline or single-method approaches.
This workshop seeks to explore methodologies and methods for
multi-disciplinary and integrative environment–society research. In
particular, it aims to:
- explore research methods available to scholars working at the
environment–society interface;
- consider the challenges presented by combining methods stemming from
diverse epistemic traditions; and
- identify opportunities and creative potential for developing new
methodological approaches and analytical techniques for rigorous and just
research.
We are seeking participants working with multi-disciplinary and
integrative methodologies for critical environment–society research, and
those interested in exploring and developing the creative potential in
this area. Participants’ methodological interests might include (but
should by no means be limited to) combinations of: narrative, modelling,
participatory action research, ecological surveys, statistics, visual and
performing arts, political economy, policy interventions, environmental
science methods, ethnography, visual simulation and mapping, and
traditional qualitative social science techniques. We are particularly
interested in hearing from people who are trying to bring together
multiple methods.
The workshop will be held in Oban at the Scottish Association for Marine
Science (SAMS) on 18th-19th March 2010. There will be no charge for
attending the workshop, and travel subsidies will be available for
unfunded participants. Information about accommodation options will
follow.
Please send abstracts, expressions of interest to participate, and other
enquiries, to Leah Gibbs ([log in to unmask]) by Monday, 7th
December, 2009.
This workshop is sponsored by SAGES: Scottish Alliance for Geoscience,
Environment and Society, and is organised by members of the Universities
of Glasgow and Edinburgh, and the Scottish Association for Marine Science.
Organisers: Dr Leah Gibbs (University of Glasgow), Dr Andrea Nightingale
(University of Edinburgh), Ms Ruth Brennan (Scottish Association for
Marine Science), and Dr Tavis Potts (Scottish Association for Marine
Science).
Leah M Gibbs
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Geographical and Earth Sciences
University of Glasgow
http://www.ges.gla.ac.uk/staff/lmgibbs
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