Matt
I intend to offer a paper/abstract, if time in the next period.
David Crouch
On Wed, 2 Jun 1999 13:55:27 +0100 Matt Stroh
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> <color><param>0100,0100,0100</param>Dear Critters,
>
>
> I'm not convinced that my first attempt to send this to the mailbase
> was successful. I need to get the list of speakers sorted ASAP,
> so if could get back to me today/tomorrow - ideally by e-mail - to
> let me know whether you would like to submit an abstract, I'd be
> grateful.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Matt
>
>
> <flushboth><bold>Constructing nature:
> the politics of planning.
> Nature and society in the new millennium</flushboth>
>
> <flushboth></bold>It appears that “natural” and “nature” are increasingly problematic
> notions in both academia and for practitioners. Humanity has
> turned over so much of the world’s ‘natural’ biological and physical
> production to its own uses that many natural processes and areas
> have been altered to such an extent that the idea, or even ideal, of
> a pristine nature can only be seen as socially constructed. The
> aim of the session is to explore:</flushboth>
>
> <paraindent><param>out</param><flushboth>Changing ideas about what being “natural” means in various
> cultural and political contexts. </paraindent></flushboth>
>
> <paraindent><param>out</param><flushboth>Whether we should do without the natural in all of its various
> meanings: as amenity; as a criterion for sustainability planning;
> and, amongst others, as a basis for ecological management of
> protected areas.</paraindent></flushboth>
>
> <paraindent><param>out</param><flushboth>Whether, in spite of the above, there is a case to be made for a
> reconstruction and reconfiguration of the concept.</paraindent></flushboth>
>
> <paraindent><param>out</param><flushboth>Whether nature is only a social construct.</paraindent></flushboth>
>
> <flushboth>The Planning and Environment Research Group are offering a one
> day session at the Conference at the University of Sussex in
> January 2000 on the theme of “Constructing nature: the politics of
> planning” exploring nature and society in the new millennium and
> invite contributions from geography, other disciplines and from
> practitioners.</flushboth>
>
> <flushboth>Please send offers of papers in the form of a title and abstract (max
> 200 words) by 1st June 1999 to:</flushboth>
>
>
> <flushboth>Matt Stroh,
> School of Geography,
> University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT,
> tel 0113-233-3300.
> fax 0113-233-3308.
> e-mail [log in to unmask]</flushboth>
>
>
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> Matt Stroh,
> School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, LS2 9JT.
> Tel 0113 233 3317/3300 Fax 0113 233 3308
> e-mail: [log in to unmask]
> http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/staff/m.stroh/
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David Crouch
Anglia Polytechnic University
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