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>Royal Geographical Society, Annual International Conference
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>London, 30 August 2 September 2016
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>CFP Human dimensions of the coast new perspectives and nexus thinking
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>Kira Gee (Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht), Daniela Siedschlag (Helmholtz
>Zentrum Geesthacht), Catherine Leyshon (University of Exeter)
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>Sponsored by the Coastal and Marine Research Group
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>Coasts are particularly dynamic spaces where natural processes of change
>collide with changes in the social, cultural and economic sphere. These
>interactions have made coasts living spaces and hubs of maritime
>industry, marine and terrestrial planning spaces, natural environments
>and recreational spaces, rural areas and megacities. Coasts are affected
>by in- and out-migration and increasingly shaped by globalisation in an
>economic and political context. They are rich sites of tangible and
>intangible cultural heritage from coastal port cities, villages,
>harbours, lighthouses, and submerged and coastal landscapes to myths,
>languages, traditions and crafts. Currently, European coasts are
>receiving attention as desirable ports of entry and political borders; at
>the same time they are still regarded as peripheral regions and lines of
>separation that mark the boundary between land and sea.
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>Various integrated perspectives have been used to bring together the
>diverse range of perspectives on the coast, including e.g.
>social-ecological systems analysis, resilience thinking or integrated
>coastal management. This session asks whether, and how, nexus thinking
>could expand on these approaches. Nexus thinking places coasts at the
>centre rather than the periphery, which could lead to new perspectives on
>the relationship between land and sea, flow-oriented definitions of
>coast, more flexible conceptions of space, or non-spatial concepts of
>coast. Nexus thinking could increase the focus on the many
>interdependencies that shape the dynamics of coastal systems; it is also
>understood here metaphorically as bringing together different
>disciplinary approaches.
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>We welcome papers on any aspect related to nexus thinking on the coast,
>focusing on theories, concepts, methodologies and case studies. Papers
>could refer to, but are not restricted to the following:
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>* How can coasts be re-defined in the context of nexus thinking?
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>* How do coasts influence people and vice versa? E.g. through coastal
>sense of place, living conditions, and social and environmental policy,
>territorial and planning paradigms?
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>* How can coasts be understood as connections between the ³solid and
>liquid² and as centres or gateways? E.g. new marine uses, emerging
>(marine) energy landscapes?
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>* How do coasts connect people? E.g. through myths, history, heritage,
>trade/blue growth, constructed images, othering, or (economic and
>political) conflicts? Abstracts of about 200 words should be sent to
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>February 2016.
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