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CFP AAG 2014 Scalar political-economics of “global” natures Organizer: Jason Beery, University of Pittsburgh Despite the attention paid in political science and environmental governance literature to natures and resources commonly labeled “global resources” or “global commons,” such as the high seas, sea bed, Antarctica, genes, and outer space, there remains little research into the political-economic relationships, agendas, and hierarchies behind the construction and production of certain natures as “global” or “transboundary.” Though notable critical studies along these lines highlight how such natures are incorporated into various domestic and international political and economic projects exist (e.g. Bumpus and Livermann, 2008; Harris and Alatout, 2010; Mansfield 2001; McCarthy, 2005; Sneddon, 2006; Steinberg, 2001; Whatmore, 2002), there is ample room for more detailed analysis about how and why states, private capital, non-governmental organizations, international organizations, and others actively construct and produce specifically “global” and “transboundary” natures – and why other natures are not constructed as such. The goal of this session is to analyze and discuss the scalar political-economics of socionatures beyond and across borders to build deeper understanding of how and why the terms “global” and “transboundary” are employed, deployed, and contested and of the implications of these constructions. Papers focusing on any particular socionature beyond or across borders, on any part of the construction and production process (e.g. policy formation, legal negotiations, or scientific rationalization of natures), or on related theoretical areas (e.g. the relationship between states, capitalism, nature, science, and international law, territory and boundary ma(r)king, or cosmopolitanism) are all welcome. Please submit abstracts by November 29th to Jason Beery ([log in to unmask]). References: Bumpus, Adam G. and Liverman, Diana M. (2008) “Accumulation by Decarbonization and the Governance of Carbon Offsets”. Economic Geography 84(2). 127-155. Harris, L.M. and Alatout, S. (2010) “Negotiating hydro-scales, forging states: Comparison of the upper Tigris/Euphrates and Jordan River basins.” Political Geography 29: 148-156. Mansfield, Becky (2001) “Thinking through scale: the role of state governance in globalizing North Pacific fisheries”. Environment and Planning A 33. 1807-1827. McCarthy, J. (2005) Scale, sovereignty, and strategy in environmental governance. Antipode, 37(4), 731-53. Sneddon, C. and Fox, C. (2006). Rethinking transboundary waters: A critical hydropolitics of the Mekong Basin. Political Geography, 25, 181-202. Steinberg, Phil (2001) The Social Construction of the Ocean. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University. Whatmore, Sarah (2002) Hybrid Geographies. London: Sage. [Particularly Ch. 5, “Reinventing possession”] -- Jason Beery, Ph.D. Instructor Department of Statistics Department of Geology and Planetary Science 2717 Cathedral of Learning University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Fax: 412-648-8814 Office: CL 2632A Phone: 412-624-1942 Office hours: Monday 1-3p; Wednesday afternoon by appointment.