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Dear colleagues,
It is our pleasure to announce the first international conference of the
Centre for Space, Place and Society (CSPS), “*The Value of Life:
Measurement, Stakes, Implications*,” taking place from 28 to 30 June 2017
in Wageningen, The Netherlands. The *deadline for session proposals and
abstracts is Thursday, 15 December 2016 *and details can be found in the
CfP below. We encourage submissions in a variety of formats, including
abstracts for individual (15 min.) presentations, full (4 paper) sessions
or even multiple sessions, as well as posters, theatrical performances, art
installations, and whatever else you feel appropriate for this theme. For
further information, please contact the conference organisers by emailing
[log in to unmask] and/or [log in to unmask] Looking forward to
hearing from you!
On behalf of the CSPS conference organising committee,
Meghann Ormond
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Dr. Meghann Ormond
<http://www.wur.nl/en/Persons/ME-Meghann-Ormond-PhD.htm> - Assistant
Professor
Cultural Geography Chair Group
<http://www.wur.nl/en/Expertise-Services/Chair-groups/Environmental-Sciences/Cultural-Geography-Group.htm>
| Wageningen University & Research <http://www.wageningenur.nl/en.htm>
Gaia Building | Room B306 | Droevendaalsesteeg 3 | 6708 PB Wageningen | The
Netherlands
PO Box 47 | 6700 AA Wageningen | The Netherlands
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*The Value of Life: Measurement, Stakes, Implications*
*International Conference*
*Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands*
*28-30 June 2017*
*Conference website:* https://centreforspaceplacesociety.wordpress.com/
2017-conference/
*Keynote address: *Katherine Gibson, Institute for Culture and Society,
Western Sydney University, Australia
How to properly conceive of, value, measure, sustain and improve on ‘life’
– in its myriad forms and at a range of scales – is becoming an
increasingly profound concern in the 21st century. In this age of computing
and other significant technological advances, intensified measures of
quantification are enabling us to identify and capitalise on new insights
into countless dimensions of ‘life’ that had previously escaped our
awareness and comprehension. Wary of the implications of this, however,
some argue for a need to move away from quantification entirely to refocus
on the qualitative conditions under which ‘life’ – human and/or nonhuman –
is best sustained. Our conference aims to engage with this debate, asking
what is at stake in contestations over appropriate standards for measuring
and valuing ‘life’? How is ‘life’ variously categorized and defined in such
different systems of measure? What are the oppositions, trade-offs, and
potential complementarities between quantitative and qualitative
assessments?
The conference aims to attract scholars across a range of social and
natural sciences as well as practitioners, members of civil society and
policymakers with interests in the politics of ‘life’ writ large. Specific
topics may include (but are not limited to):
· The constitution of ‘life’ or ‘population’ as an object of
government;
· What makes a life matter, ‘liveable’ or ‘good’;
· Precarious life, environmental vulnerability and economic
precarity;
· Social practices around valuing life, including various forms of
resistance;
· Approaches to and techniques for ecosystem and natural capital
valuation, as well as their socio-environmental consequences;
· The role of new technologies in quantifying, monitoring and
monetizing human and non-human life;
· The emergence of ‘life sciences’, biotechnology and the genetic
engineering of human and non-human life;
· More than-, post - and/or non-human perspectives on life,
including its value in the context of biomedical enhancement;
· Nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and
cognitive science (NBIC) and/or synthetic biology.
We encourage submissions in a variety of formats, including abstracts for
individual (15 min.) presentations, full (4 paper) sessions or even
multiple sessions, as well as posters, theatrical performances, art
installations, and whatever else you feel appropriate for this theme.
Please submit your proposal by *15 December 2016* to [log in to unmask]
and/or [log in to unmask] We will notify you concerning your
inclusion by the end of January 2017. Upon acceptance you will be asked to
register and pay according to the following fee structure:
*Registration fees*:
€200 Full registration
€100 Student/professional/un(der)employed
*Centre for Space, Place and Society @ Wageningen University*
This conference is organised by the Centre for Space, Place and Society
<https://centreforspaceplacesociety.wordpress.com/> (CSPS) at Wageningen
University & Research <http://www.wageningenur.nl/> in The Netherlands*. *CSPS
brings together researchers from three university chair groups – Cultural
Geography (GEO), Rural Sociology (RSO) and Sociology of Development Change
(SDC) – and beyond to advance critical-constructive scholarship within the
social sciences. Our particular focus is on issues of socio-spatial and
environmental justice. In investigating dynamics of spatial and social
rootedness, connections, and circulations, with special attention to
questions of inequality, exclusion, difference and plurality, CSPS seeks to
translate knowledge into practical action in pursuit of a more just and
equitable world.
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