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Dear All, Please see below the second CFP for the 2013 Dimensions of Political Ecology Conference. In addition to the DOPE Conference CFP, we would like to call attention to some conference highlights: * * *Panels:* * * Political Ecology: Pasts, Presents, Futures<http://www.politicalecology.org/2012/11/dope-2013-panel-political-ecology-pasts.html> · Panelists will include Dr. Tom Bassett (Illinois), Dr. Rebecca Lave (Indiana), Dr. Becky Mansfield (Ohio State), and Dr. Damian White (RISD). Bridging the Divide between the Academy and Activism<http://www.politicalecology.org/2012/11/dope-2013-panel-bridging-divide-between.html> · Panelists will include Dr. Donald Stull (Kansas), Dr. Shannon Bell (Kentucky), and their activist collaborators. * * *Organized Sessions:<http://www.politicalecology.org/p/dope2013-organized-sessions.html> * · Conservation and Coloniality: Postcolonial Environments and Decolonial Developments · Mapping the Potential for Landscape Political Ecology Studies · Appalachian Contours: Exploring Nature-Society Relationships Across the Region · Property Rights Regimes and Ecological Preservation · Urban Design, Climate Resignation, and the Politics of Sustainability: Accommodating Climate Change in Cities · Towards a Relational Political Ecology · Critical Learning in Critical Spaces: Pedagogical Implications of Engaging ‘Community’ · Weaponizing Nature · Politics of Ecosystem Services · World Turning: New Perspectives on Race, Class, Gender, and Global Climate Change · Political Ecologies of Health · Feminist Political Ecologies: Expansive Natures and Embodied Intersections · Molecular Futures: From Epigenetics to Synthetic Biology and all Monsters in Between * * *Field Trips:* · Tour of Marksbury Farm in Lexington, KY<http://www.politicalecology.org/p/dope2013-organized-sessions.html#localfood> · The ‘Spirit’ of Kentucky, from Field to Barrel to Bottle and Beyond!<http://www.politicalecology.org/p/dope2013-organized-sessions.html#bourbon> Undergraduate Student Symposium<http://www.politicalecology.org/2012/11/dope-2013-undergraduate-paper-and.html> : The Undergraduate Symposium is an opportunity for young scholars to take part in important discussions within political ecology, and to have a forum to share their work and receive feedback from scholars in the field. For more information, or to receive a power point presentation that details the symposium and can be shown in undergraduate course, please email Jessa Loomis ([log in to unmask]). The CFP is below. Best, UK Political Ecology Working Group The University of Kentucky Political Ecology Working Group invites you to participate in the third annual * DIMENSIONS OF POLITICAL ECOLOGY:* *CONFERENCE ON NATURE/SOCIETY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY* *February 28 – March 3, 2012* *University of Kentucky | Lexington, Kentucky, USA** * *Keynote Address*: Dr. Ariel Salleh (Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney) *Plenary Address*: Dr. Arun Agrawal (School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan) This three-day conference provides an opportunity to critically examine perspectives on human-environment relationships in their varied manifestations and to foster discussions among a diverse group of scholars. We encourage submissions from all individuals who are engaged in research on the ecological dimensions of political, economic, social, and scientific research regardless of their topical, theoretical, or methodological frameworks, including but not limited to: * * Environmental justice Cultural ecology Ecological modernization Environmental history Environmental law Restoration ecology Political economy of nature Genetic technology Commons, enclosures, and land tenure Environmental risk Resource management and conservation Non-equilibrium ecology Landscape studies Infrastructure Environmental discourse and policy Feminist political ecology Sustainability Urban political ecology Environmental sociology Food security and sustainable agriculture Knowledge production Science and technology studies Critical physical geography Scholar/activist relationships *Conference Highlights:* *Paper Sessions*: These will include 3 or 4 presenters with a discussant or 5 presenters without a discussant (each presenter will generally have 15 to 20 minutes to present with time for discussion). We are especially interested in accepting organized sessions. Please contact us if you are interested in organizing a session, but session organizers are also encouraged to circulate their own CFPs. * * *Panels on Scholar / Activist Collaboration*: As part of an interest in developing stronger connections between scholars and activists, we will be sponsoring a series of panels dedicated to fostering collaborative research projects between researchers and activists. * * *Undergraduate Student Symposium* *and Paper Competition*: This symposium provides undergraduate students with a forum to present their work, receive useful feedback, and connect with graduate students and faculty with similar research foci. * * *Field Trips*: These trips will focus on contemporary issues related to political ecology in the greater bluegrass region and will provide opportunities to meet with local activists (as well as sample some of Kentucky’s most famous agricultural output: bourbon). *Graduate Student Paper Competition*: Please look for additional information to be emailed and posted on our website in the coming weeks for application instructions for each competition. *Submission of Abstracts and Registration:* Abstracts or proposals should be 200 – 300 words in length and include three to five keywords. Participants should include name, affiliation, and email address (please specify if you do not want your email included in the program). All presenters must register online for the conference and pay the sliding registration fee. Please visit www.politicalecology.org to register.* The deadline for abstract submissions is December 1, 2012.* Please email any questions to [log in to unmask] -- Nate Millington Department of Geography University of Kentucky www.politicalecology.org @nate_millington