>From: "Barbara Smetschka" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "Conf99 Call"<[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Call for papers
>Date: Thu, Jan 21, 1999, 1:29 pm
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> Please, excuse any cross-postings!
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> Dear Madam / Sir,
>
> we are pleased to send you the invitation to participate in our
> conference "Nature, Society and History", 30 Sept - 2 Oct 1999 in
> Vienna (see below). We are looking for a broad variety of
> contributions of scholars from all scientific disciplines and thus
> invite you to send an abstract until February 1st, 1999 at the latest.

>
> Please distribute this information freely to everyone you feel it
> might concern! We disseminate this invitation through various e-mail
and
> address lists, so please excuse any cross-postings.
>
> Sincerely
>
> Barbara Smetschka
> (Local Organizing Committee)
>
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> This is the Second Call  for the International Conference:
>
> NATURE, SOCIETY AND HISTORY
> Long Term Dynamics of Social Metabolism
>
> International Conference
> September, 30th, - October, 2nd, 1999
> Vienna, Austria
>
> Second Circular & Final Call for Papers
> December 1998
> http://www.univie.ac.at/iffsocec
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> OUR VISION
>
>
> On the threshold of the third millennium the global community faces a
> number of unprecedented challenges. Among these one of the most
daunting
> is the challenge of making the planet ecologically sustainable. How
can
> humans redirect the global ecology to achieve this unassailable goal?
How
> can we reshape our systems of production and our patterns of
consumption
-
> our societal metabolism - to be sustainable over the long-term? How
can
we
> foster new forms of social and economic organization that enhance,
rather
> than degrade, the carrying capacity of the earth's ecosystems?
>
> This current ecological challenge is the contingent result of the
> long-term historical development of anthropogenic systems. Modern
> systems of industrial metabolism - encompassing material and energy
> flows - are also an outcome of this history. Hence, an understanding
of
> industrial metabolism is crucially dependent upon an understanding of
> long-term historical dynamics.
>
> Since the 1972 Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, a
> turning point in global ecological awareness, there has been
> considerable progress in theoretical knowledge, empirical knowledge,
> policy knowledge, management knowledge, and geopolitical knowledge on
the
> one hand. On the other hand there has been far less progress in
> integrating these various knowledge systems. The variety of knowledge
> systems has evolved often unmindful of one another, staying within
their
> often selfcontained domains of inquiry. As a result, the intellectual
> landscape is an orchard with trees bearing different fruit.
>
> This conference seeks to harvest the intellectual orchard and collect
its
> valuable fruit from different scientific communities at one location.
So
> sociologists, environmental historians, cultural anthropologists,
> geographers, material accounting experts, and others are invited to
bring
> together their special expertise, and to commonly look at the
long-term
> dynamics of societies' metabolism.
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> SYMPOSIA TOPICS and CHAIRS
>
>
> 1. Population and Health:
> What are the different dynamics of population growth in different
> cultures? Are there universal tendencies in demography? Are people
> becoming more healthy? Are there new risks for infections due to
> changing conditions for microorganisms?
>
> Invited Chairs: Alfred Crosby, N.N.
>
> 2. Cities and Settlements:
> Are there historical tendencies of living conditions in towns as e.g.
> sanitation, water supply, garbage disposal, transport? How will
transport
> and communication infrastructure shape future settlement patterns?
>
> Invited Chairs: Paul Brunner and Clemens Zimmermann
>
> 3. Traditions in Coping with Nature:
> Are the historically new patterns of industrial metabolism based upon
in
> particular cultural traditions in the relationship with nature? Does
the
> "industrial society" represent a specific "Western way of life"? Which

> other patterns have historically evolved? What does this mean for
> sustainable development?
>
> Chairs: Aromar Revi and Thomas Macho
>
> 4. Risk, Crises and Continuities:
> What were the crises and continuities most important for the economic
or
> ecological transition of the past 200 years? How did material flow and

> risk management change over time? Which major ecological, economic or
> social crises will be the most significant for the?
>
> Invited Chairs:  Mary Douglas and Christian Pfister
>
> 5. Using and Shaping the Land:
> What is the relationship between land use and social metabolism? How
did
> societies in the past use and shape the land? What are the ecological
> impacts of globalization especially since the time of discoveries?
What
is
> the relation between land use and global change?
>
> Invited Chairs: Simon Batterbury and Bill Turner II
>
> 6. Energetic and Material Metabolism:
> What happened in the transformation from the solar to the fossil-fuel
> society? How did the material metabolism change over the past 200
years?
> What are the technological and economic implications of changes in
> material and energy use? How will our energetic and material future
look
> like?
>
> Chairs: Joan Martinez-Alier and Carlo Jaeger
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> CONFERENCE PROGRAM
>
> -------------------------------------
> Thursday, 30.9. 10.00 - 19.30
> -------------------------------------
>
> Welcome and Opening Lecture
>
> Common Keynote for the parallel Symposia of the day: Ilona Kickbusch
>
> Parallel Symposia
> Population and Health
> Alfred Crosby, N.N.
>
> Cities and Settlements
> Paul Brunner & Clemens Zimmermann
>
> Common Poster presentation for the parallel Symposia of the day
>
> Evening Round-Up facilitated by: ISA: Environment and Society
> Marina Fischer-Kowalski
> -------------------------------------
> Friday, 1.10.        9.00 -19.30
> -------------------------------------
>
> Common Keynote for the parallel Symposia of the day: Ulrich
> Müller-Herold
>
> Parallel Symposia
> Traditions in Coping with Nature
> Aromar Revi & Thomas Macho
>
> Risk, Crises and Continuities
> Mary Douglas & Christian Pfister
>
> Common Poster presentation for the parallel Symposia of the day
>
> Parallel Business Meetings of ConAccount and ISA: Environment and
> Society
>
> Evening Round-Up facilitated by: Human Ecology
> Harald Wilfing
>
> -------------------------------------
> Saturday, 2.10.    9.00-17.00
> -------------------------------------
>
> Common Keynote for the parallel Symposia of the day: Stephen Boyden
>
> Parallel Symposia
> Using and Shaping the Land
> Simon Batterbury & Bill Turner II
>
> Energetic and Material Metabolism
> Joan Martinez-Alier & Carlo Jaeger
>
> Common Poster presentation for the parallel Symposia of the day
>
> Evening Round-Up facilitated by: ConAccount
> Stefan Bringezu
>
> Closing Session:
> Ambassador Mark Hambley
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> SPECIAL FEATURES
>
> The conference will feature opening sessions with an address of the
> Viennese major and an opening lecture by a member of the Scientific
> Committee. Parallel symposia will be introduced by a common keynote
> lecture to enhance cross-fertilization.
>
> The number of presentations is kept low in order to allow intense
> discussions and also for the poster contributions.
>
> "Short Time Gatherings on Long-Term Dynamics": will be held as
> semi-structured events around coffee tables to generate new insights
and
> to promote contacts between researchers from different scientific
> communities.
>
> Musical Event: A Viennese group will accompany the conference and will

> give a note to bring people across disciplinary boundaries into
accord.
>
> Evening Round-Ups will summarize insights of the day from the
> perspective of specific research traditions and offer an opportunity
for
> challenging these insights by other participants.
>
> Marketplace of Ideas: After the day's formal program people will
> exchange ideas and cluster them on black boards in order to connect
> people with common interests.
>
> The conference will serve as the annual meeting for ConAccount and
> International Sociological Association - RC 24: Environment & Society.

For
> these scientific communities special business meetings are scheduled
for
> Friday, October 1st between 17.00 and 19.30.
>
> Besides a proceedings volume of the conference papers, publications
> are planned in the following journals: Human Ecology Review;
> Environment and History, Journal of Industrial Ecology and Ecological
> Economics.
>
> Vienna is charming: Friday night will offer a social event with a
> variety of Viennese cultural diversity: music, dancing, old
> architecture, food and drinks in an unique atmosphere.
>
> If you want more from Vienna: Programs for accompanying persons and
> post conference tours for Sunday can be arranged.
>
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> SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
>
>
> Abstracts:  Abstracts of presentations should be typed in 12 point
> letters and not exceed one page. Oral presentations will be limited to
15
> minutes.
>
> They should include:
>  1. title of paper,
>  2. four keywords,
>  3. name of author(s),
>  4. affiliation,
>  5. e-mail address and other contact information,
>  6. abstract text,
>  7. intended presentation type (oral/poster).
>
> Language:  English
>
> Submission Method:  Abstracts should be submitted by e-mail (or on
> disk and as hard copy if e-mail is not possible).
>
> Deadline:
> Oral presentation: February 1st, 1999.
> Posters: March 1st, 1999.
>
> Selection of papers:  Referees will select the papers in a
> doubleblind procedure and match them to the symposia.
>
> Confirmation: The notification on selected papers and posters will be
> issued by March 15th, 1999.
>
> Invitation:  The general invitation with program will be sent by May
15th,
> 1999.
>
> Additional information:
> Prices for accommodation in hotels in Vienna range between ATS 700.-
and
> ATS 2000.- p.p. All travel information and details of payment will be
sent
> to you by our contracted conference organizer.
>
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> THE ORGANIZERS AND PARTNERS
>
> Scientific Committee:
>
> Marina Fischer-Kowalski, IFF Vienna, Austria
> Rolf-Peter Sieferle, Mannheim University, Germany
> Eugene Rosa, Washington State University, USA
>
>
> Local Organizing Committee:
>
> Willi Bruckner, IFF Vienna, Austria
> Helmut Haberl, IFF Vienna, Austria
> Barbara Smetschka, IFF Vienna, Austria
> Verena Winiwarter, IFF Vienna, Austria
>
>
> Invited chairs and keynote speakers: (* = invitation confirmed)
>
> -Stephen Boyden*, Nature and Society Forum, Canberra, Australia
>
> -Paul Brunner, Technological University of Vienna, Austria
>
> -Simon Batterbury, Brunel University, UK
>
> -Alfred Crosby*, University of Texas in Austin, USA
>
> -Mary Douglas, London School of Economics, UK
>
> -Mark Hambley*, Ambassador to the U.N., Washington, D.C., USA
>
> -Carlo Jaeger*, EAWAG Dübendorf, Switzerland
>
> -Ilona Kickbusch*, Yale University, USA
>
> -Thomas Macho*, Humboldt Universität Berlin, Germany
>
> -Joan Martinez-Alier*, Economic University of Barcelona, Spain
>
> -Ulrich Müller-Herold*, Technological University Zürich, Switzerland
>
> -Christian Pfister*, Universität Bern, Switzerland
>
> -Aromar Revi*, TARU Action Research Unit, Delhi, India
>
> -Bill Turner II, Clark University,Worcester, MA, USA
>
> -Clemens Zimmermann*, Universität Heidelberg, Germany
>
>
>
>
> The conference will be hosted by the
> Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies of Austrian Universities - IFF
-
>
> Social Ecology, Vienna, Austria
>
>
> in cooperation with:
>
> Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Vienna
>
> City of Vienna, Austria
>
> Austrian Society for Environment and Technology ÖGUT, Vienna, Austria
>
> Research Committee 24: Environment + Society, International
Sociological
> Association
>
> Breuninger Foundation, Germany
>
> Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Germany
>
> ConAccount, Concerted Action on Material Flow Accounting, EC
>
> Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment SCOPE
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> PARTICIPATION
>
> If you intend to participate at the Conference 99:
>
> NATURE, SOCIETY AND HISTORY
> Long Term Dynamics of Social Metabolism
>
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