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Dear Friends Welcome! We hope this session interests you. Call for Papers NZGS-IAG 2018, University of Auckland, 12-14 July, 2018 Session Title: Saltwater Country: Difference and Co-belonging in a New Climatic Regime Keywords: difference, elements, more-than-human encounters, race, belonging, (Sponsored by the Cultural Geography Study Group, Critical Development Studies Group and Environmental Sustainability-Hazards Risks Disasters Study Group, Institute of Australian Geographers) Convenors: Michele Lobo, Michelle Duffy, Kaya Barry, Lauren Rickards, Paul Hodge, Roby Bartel We invite papers that highlight encounters with seas, oceans, rocky coastlines, tidal zones, islands, mangrove environments, reefs, and species that inhabit saltwater country (land, water, air) in a ‘New Climatic Regime’ (Latour, 2017). This session follows on from the successful IAG supported workshop, Oceanic Responsibilities and Co-belonging (Feb 2018) that engaged stakeholders in explorations of collaborative and creative responses to climate change. Papers could explore an analysis of climate change policies in relation to risk and security. It might include practices of deep-sea mining, offshore oil/gas production, fishing or immersive bodily practices of diving and aquabatics. It could be about multispecies encounters or rangers working on coastal country (land/sea). It may focus on travelling cyclones, festivals that celebrate the elements or nonhuman forces of saltwater country that might nourish the racialized and dehumanised. We welcome theoretical as well as empirical papers that may bridge divides within and across art, science and the humanities. We invite ‘minor’ western, non-western and Indigenous philosophies of life/non-life that can strengthen current explorations of resilience and sustainability. By centering saltwater country (land, water and air) we are inspired by van Dooren and Rose’s (2016) call for ‘Lively Ethographies’ that are awake to difference in human and more-than-human worlds. Please submit abstracts of 150-200 words to Michele Lobo [log in to unmask] and Michelle Duffy [log in to unmask] by 9 April 2018 and upload it on the conference website https://nzgsconference2018.org/ This session complements “Fresh/Salt: social and cultural geographies of water” convened by Carrie Wilkinson and colleagues (see abstract below) Kind Regards Michele Lobo (on behalf of organisers) -----Original Message----- From: A forum for critical and radical geographers <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Carrie Wilkinson Sent: Monday, 26 March 2018 10:06 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Reminder CFP: "Fresh/Salt: social and cultural geographies of water" (Deadline Extended) NZGS-IAG Call for Papers NZGS-IAG 2018, University of Auckland, 12-14 July, 2018 Session Title: Fresh/Salt: social and cultural geographies of water Key words: consumption, household, technology, material culture, transition Session convenors: Carrie Wilkinson, Leah Gibbs, Gordon Waitt (University of Wollongong) (this session is sponsored by the IAG Cultural Geography Group) Water is vital to life. Freshwater is becoming scarcer in many parts of the world; in others increasing climatic variability and extreme events are seeing higher than average rainfall and flooding. Human practices and interactions with freshwater are undergoing significant concomitant change, and people and societies are required to adapt governance and everyday practices to new regimes. Concurrently, oceans are undergoing the extreme pressures of warming, acidification, pollution and over-fishing. Such changes are shifting social interactions that are mediated by the ocean, such as fishing, transport, and tourism, and more-than-human relations with oceans, including recreation, and caring for Country. To date, salt and fresh water have received distinct treatment by the discipline of geography. The aim of this session is for geographers to share ideas on the past, present and futures of water, regardless of how they are categorised. Theoretical and methodological approaches of social and cultural geography are crucial for better understanding the challenges surrounding water. This session seeks to provide a forum in which to explore research frameworks, concepts, methodological innovation, and policy-relevant research to facilitate this understanding. We welcome theoretical, methodological and empirical research papers on water—fresh, salt and brackish. Please submit abstracts (200 words) to Carrie Wilkinson ([log in to unmask]) by 9 April 2018. For further information about the session, please contact Carrie. Important Notice: The contents of this email are intended solely for the named addressee and are confidential; any unauthorised use, reproduction or storage of the contents is expressly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please delete it and any attachments immediately and advise the sender by return email or telephone. 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