Dear all, It appears the conference-organising 'season' is truly upon us. Kevin ----------------------------------------; > >Apologies for any cross posting. > >CALL FOR PAPERS for the RGS-IBG Conference Belfast 2nd-6th January 2002 > >FEMINIST METHODOLOGIES >(Sponsored by Women and Geography Study Group) > >This session will consider how methodological inquiry in Geography has >been, and will be, impacted by feminist thought. Our aim is to bring >together diverse perspectives on the ways in which feminist methodologies >are framed and put into practice. At this stage we do not wish to exclude >any area, but are particularly interested in feminist methodologies >currently used in researching/writing on: masculinity; nature; the body; >the economy; development/anti-development; cybergeographies; and scale. >The session, we hope, will provide a platform from which a discussion on >the future direction of feminist methodologies can emerge. > >If you are interested in participating in this session, please submit a >title and short abstract (250 words maximum) by Friday 25th May 2001, to >Sarah Jenkins; [log in to unmask] > >Organisers: >Sarah Jenkins, Verity Jones, Deborah Dixon > >Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences >University of Wales-Aberystwyth >Aberystwyth >Ceredigion >SY23 3DB >Wales, UK > >Phone: 01970 622582 >E-mail: [log in to unmask] > > > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Kevin G. Ward School of Geography University of Manchester Manchester, M13 9PL E-mail: [log in to unmask] Tel.: +44 (0) 161 275 7877 (direct) +44 (0) 161 275 3636 (fax) EGRG web-page: http://www.soton.ac.uk/~egrg 'It will be a great day when furniture and cutlery designs [to name but two] swing like the Supremes' (Michael Wolff quoted in Penny Sparke, Furniture, London, 1986, p86).