The Environment, Space, and Place Division (ESPD) seeks participants for the Tenth Annual Cultural Studies Association Meeting, to be held at the University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, March 28-April 1, 2012
(1) Environmental Commodification
In keeping with the conference theme of “Culture Matters,” papers are solicited for one session addressing “environmental commodification.” The production of material culture necessarily engages use of the physical environment. But especially since the environmental movement gained popularity in the 1960s, we have seen the rise of environmental commodification in the form of products and marketing designed to sell the environment in the form of consumer goods, whether they be “green products” such as hemp clothing or “natural” products (e.g. cosmetics, scented candles, furniture) intended to make you feel you are bringing the environment into your home. In this session, we want to critically examine products, practices and discourses engaged in the material commodification of the environmental at any scale and in any location.
(2) Materiality of Places
Places are socially constructed, but in many cases they are also materially produced through architecture, landscaping, or the intentional placement of objects. This session will look specifically about the role of materiality—rather than the organization of space itself—in the production of places: choices of design, manufacture, materials, textures, colors and objects as signs used in the production of place, intentionally or otherwise. In doing so, this panel aims to explore the role that materiality plays in the production of place and, in turn, on social relations and cultural understanding.
(3) Any papers relevant to the overall theme of Environment, Space and Place.
Persons interested in submitting papers for consideration should send the following:
• A 500-word abstract for your paper
• Name, email address, phone number, institutional affiliation, and department.
• List of audiovisual equipment needed for your presentation, if any.
• BE SURE TO IDENTIFY WHICH SESSION YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
All materials must be submitted by September 15, 2011.
Contact: Doug Herman, Senior Geographer, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian: [log in to unmask] (202) 633-8843.
Douglas Herman
Senior Geographer
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Washington, D.C.
202-633-8843 office
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