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On 15 December 2015 at 15:54, Brightman, Marc <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On behalf of Jerome Lewis (UCL), Mark Plotkin (Amazon Conservation Team)
> and myself, we invite contributions to the following panel at the RAI
> conference on Anthropology, Weather and Climate Change. Please note that
> the deadline for paper proposals is 8th January.
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> Panel Title: Traditional knowledge, infrastructure and climate change
> http://www.nomadit.co.uk/rai/events/rai2016/panels.php5?PanelID=3799
> Panel Short Abstract:
> Traditional peoples broadly represent one vision of sustainable
> livelihood. Large-scale 'sustainable' infrastructure projects (real and
> virtual/market) represent another, preserving consumer society. What
> happens when these visions confront each other in the same landscape? Are
> they compatible?
> Panel Long Abstract:
> Traditional peoples depend on local landscapes for the maintenance of
> their traditional knowledge practices. Such practices are often integral to
> their identity, wellbeing and livelihoods. The lands of traditional peoples
> are affected by accelerating changes: changing climate and weather, and
> also measures that are being taken in the name of adapting to or mitigating
> climate change, e.g. hydroelectric dams; solar farms; REDD and other carbon
> trading initiatives, railways and roads to access sites of 'sustainable'
> development.
> In the face of such changes, what are the prospects for preserving
> traditional knowledge? Can technological, financial and physical
> infrastructural projects provide additional sources of prosperity and
> better conditions for traditional knowledge to thrive? Does the small scale
> on which traditional practices exist merely allow them to continue to
> operate between the cracks of the gigantic scale infrastructure operations
> around them? Can partnerships with non-governmental and research
> organisations help traditional peoples maintain their livelihoods as well
> as adapt to radical changes in their landscape? Are outcomes always
> predictably confrontational or exploitative?
> This panel seeks to understand a range of situations in which these two
> scales of development confront or intersect with one another. We would like
> contributions describing encounters and engagements between community led
> practices of sustainability, and state and business led infrastructural,
> digital or engineered sustainability projects. We encourage innovative or
> alternative modes of presentation, and especially welcome contributions
> from individuals or organisations practically involved in sustainable
> infrastructure projects.
>
> Dr Marc Brightman
> Lecturer
> Co-director of CAOS
> Tutor for Erasmus, year abroad and affiliate students
> Co-Editor, Palgrave Studies in Anthropology of Sustainability
> Department of Anthropology
> University College London
> 14 Taviton Street
> London
> WC1H 0BW
> Tel. +44 020 7679 8652
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