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Subject:

Urgent Call for Session Papers

From:

Andrew Samuel <[log in to unmask]>

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Andrew Samuel <[log in to unmask]>

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Fri, 11 Jan 2002 20:59:29 -0000

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Dear all,

EASST CONFERENCE, UNIVERSITY OF YORK: 31ST JULY - 3RD AUGUST 2002

Call for Session Papers: 'Land, Science and People' at EASST
Conference

DEADLINE SOON - FRIDAY 18th JANUARY

Co-organizers: Dr. Julia Garritt (Open University) and Dr. Andy Samuel
(University of Abertay Dundee)

Contact: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> or
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>

Conference Stream: Environments, Energy and Natural Boundaries
Three keywords:  environment, management, communities.

Session abstract:

This session intends to explore the interactions that take place between the
institutional and public spheres when science is called upon to decide how
and why land and natural environments should be managed. Such science-based
decisions can have profound ramifications upon the individuals, communities
and organisations that they directly affect by reinforcing a 'worldview' of
the environment different to that already conceptualized.

Thus we can witness a tension between scientific and 'other' understandings
of how and why the environment should be managed. Recent research in science
studies, for example, has revealed the antagonisms felt by local communities
and organisations when scientific experts are asked to evaluate a natural
environment with which the former have an interest. Such
scientifically-inspired practices can thus be said to have political
consequences both in the UK and abroad, leading us once more to question the
objectivity and impartiality of the science used.

This questioning of environmental science is especially pertinent given the
growing realisation that we need to secure the participation of all
interested parties in order to achieve a more subtle and progressive
understanding of environmental issues. Environmental uncertainties are
increasing recognised as both technical (for example, the unknown changes
effected by climate change, drought and trans-boundary pollution), and
social (for example, the political ramifications of drought-induced rural
migration, enforced emplacement/ displacement according to the distribution
of natural resources, and democracy movements borne of a frustration about
quality of life). It follows that we need to explore more integrative and
socially-oriented approaches to environmental management and its associated
science-based practices.

In an attempt to bring together different perspectives on how this might be
done, this session invites papers from a range of disciplines associated
with STS. Papers that take a substantive (as opposed to theoretical)
orientation will be particularly welcome, whether those investigations are
historical or contemporary.
____________________________________________________________________________

The deadline for abstracts for this session is soon - Friday 18th January.
If you are interested in presenting a paper in this session then please
submit an abstract to the session organizers. E-mail's as above.


Andrew Samuel
Sociology Division
University of Abertay Dundee
Marketgait House
158 Marketgait
Dundee DD1 1NJ
____________________________________________

Web Site: http://shs.tay.ac.uk/bstas
Tel: (Work) 01382 308716 (Mobile) 07714 329046
Fax: 01382 223121
E-mail: [log in to unmask]

BSA Scottish Study Group Web Site: http://shs.tay.ac.uk/StudyGroup

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