Final invitation for papers for the Royal Anthropological Association
conference 2016: Anthropology, Weather and Climate Change (27 - 29 May
2016, British Museum) - *Deadline 8th January.*
We invite submissions to the following panel:
*P09: Knowing the atmosphere: exploring conceptual and practical dimensions
of weather and climate knowledge for environmental decision-making*
Convenors: Sophie Haines (University of Oxford); Emma Garnett (London
School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
Discussant: Steve Rayner
*Short Abstract*
The panel uses anthropological approaches to address perceptions,
measurements and understandings of atmospheric conditions (climate, weather
and change) and their social and cultural entanglements with
decision-making about environmental governance, resource management and
human lives.
*Long Abstract*Changes in atmospheric conditions on a range of timescales
bear implications for environmental decision-making: from real-time
fluctuations through days, seasons and decades, to the effects of such
changes on human health and environmental resources. The panel will explore
conceptual and practical interactions of climate variability, weather and
change, and address the consequences for governance in fields including
(but not limited to) natural resource use, environmental/public health, and
disaster management.
The panel invites papers that address perceptions, measurements and
understandings of atmospheric changes and their effects on humans and
social groups. These may be located at different levels of governance;
shared through common sensitivities and circumstances (e.g. gender, age,
poverty, environment, sector, cultural practices); and developed in
relation to particular technologies and scientific practices (e.g climate
modelling, weather forecasting, environmental epidemiology). Questions we
would like to probe include:
*·* To what extent are histories (e.g records) and futures (e.g.
forecasts) useful and used for decision-making?
*·* How are anomalies, extremes, transitions and averages defined
and experienced? What gets 'left out' in cases of uncertainty and
complexity?
*·* How is knowledge about weather and climate collected, produced
and codified (e.g. through record-keeping, oral histories, data practices,
experiments, modelling)?
*·* Which processes, practitioners and outputs are deemed
credible/legitimate for decision-making? What counts as 'evidence' in
different settings?
*·* Who has stakes in these decisions and how equitable are the
processes and outcomes?
How can anthropologists and other academic and applied disciplines tackle
these questions, and what opportunities and challenges are offered by
innovative methodological approaches and interdisciplinary engagements?
*Potential participants should upload their proposals (paper title, a short
abstract of <300 characters and an abstract of 250 words) via the panel
page http://www.nomadit.co.uk/rai/events/rai2016/panels.php5?PanelID=3791
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*The deadline for proposals is 8 January 2016 and decisions will be made by
20 January 2016.*
*Conference requirements and further instructions are available
at https://therai.org.uk/conferences/anthropology-weather-and-climate-change-2016
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*If you have any questions, please contact the panel
convenors [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> and
Emma Garnett [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> . We look
forward to your proposals.*
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