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Call for papers Third International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Emotional Geographies, April 6-8, 2010
The Third International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Emotional Geographies will be held at The University of South Australia in Adelaide April 6-8, 2010. Hosted by the Hawke Research Institute and the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre.
Invited Speakers include:
* Professor Sara Ahmed (Goldsmiths College, University of London)
* Professor Pal Ahluwalia (University of South Australia)
* Professor Michael Dutton (Griffith University & Goldsmiths College)
* Professor Sophie Watson (Open University)
* Professor Stephanie Hemelry Donald (University of Sydney)
Call for papers
We invite papers that interrogate emotion, society and space from diverse disciplinary and multidisciplinary backgrounds. We are interested in specific case studies as well as theoretical examinations of the nature of connections among these terms. The conference will be an exciting place to think about new ways of studying the natures, cultures and histories of emotional life. We welcome individual papers as well as panel proposals. We are happy to receive papers that engage in experimental as well as traditional formats.
Possible topics include:
* Embodiment and emotions;
* Dynamics of affect;
* Affective attachment and the other-than-human;
* Emotional labour and management;
* Affective spaces and the transnational;
* Migration, postcolonialism and emotions;
* Indigenous knowledges and emotion;
* Emotional architectures and landscapes of emotion;
* Affect, sense, sensation;
* Emotional publics and passionate politics;
* Semiotics and poetics of affect/emotion;
*Theories of affect, emotions, feelings;
*Affect and tourism;
* Queer spaces of affect;
*Emotion and political reform.
One special theme of the conference is Consuming and Producing Affective Spaces of Taste. Focusing on the relations of production and consumption we want to examine how spaces of tastes are being refigured within the cultural economics of transglobalisation. We are especially interested in specific studies of the changing geographies of food, tourism, and other material commodities, as well as more general theoretical investigations of the connections between production, consumption, emotions and space.
The conference organizers welcome proposals for further special themes.
Abstracts of 300 words to be sent to [CPCSGlobalisation@unisa.edu.au] by July 17 2009.
The venue
The University of South Australia is an innovative institution with a strong emphasis on multidisciplinary and collaborative research with industry. It is located in Adelaide; a vibrant cultural capital surrounded by four of Australia’s premier wine growing regions. With close proximity to the outback and in the driest state in Australia, Adelaide compels us to think about the emotions of land care, Indigenous culture, food production and transglobal economic and cultural connections.
Chair of the Organizing Committee
Professor Elspeth Probyn FAHA
Research SA Chair & Professor of Gender & Cultural Studies Co-Director The Centre for Postcolonial and Globalisation Studies
The Hawke Institute The University of South Australia.
Source: Conference announcement,
Third International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Emotional Geographies, April 2–4, 2010
Emotion, Space and Society
Article in Press, doi:10.1016/j.emospa.2009.04.001
ICCFR2 | Second International Conference on Coal Fire Research 19-21 May 2010, dbb forum berlin, Berlin, Germany
Conference Secretariat:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Carsten Drebenstedt
TU Bergakademie Freiberg (TUBAF)
Mining Institute
Gustav-Zeuner-Str. 1A
09596 Freiberg
GERMANY
T +49 3731 39-3482
F +49 3731 39-3581
info@iccfr2.de
Conference Website: http://www.iccfr2.de
Call for papers: (link to pdf file 2nd call).
Note: Deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended to 14 March 2010.
Description:
As a man-made hazard affecting limited natural resources in specific locales as much as the atmosphere at large, spontaneous coal seam fires are a delicate object of scientific research. Their very complex nature responds to a whole range of disciplines and necessitates a concerted interdisciplinary and international effort for effective mitigation. The repercussions of the phenomenon spread right into the realm of society and politics.
The Second International Conference on Coal Fire Research (ICCFR2) aims to provide the background knowledge for successful coal fire detection, modeling and environmental assessment. Targeting a problem of global concern, these approaches require sound scientific handling and expertise; ICCFR2, hence, will rally the international vanguard of coal fire research. Contributions from all disciplines and professions are welcome: from geo- and material scientists, remote sensing specialists, physicists and fire fighting engineers to economists and policy-makers. The problem truly transcends scientific, economic and political boundaries!
Native Title Conference 2010 People, Place, Power 1-3 June 2010, National Convention Centre, Canberra
The annual National Native Title Conference is the largest Indigenous policy conference in Australia and is a flagship event for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS).
This year, the Native Title Conference will be co-convened by the National Native Title Council and hosted by the Ngunnawal peoples, the traditional owners of the Canberra area.
The conference themes People, Place, Power reflect the significance of holding the event in Canberra, Australia’s capital, where major legal and policy decisions about native title have been made. This year the conference will address the following themes:
People
- the legacy of native title for future generations
- land justice and social and emotional wellbeing
- human rights and racial discrimination
- women and native title.
Place
- governing native title land - roles and responsibilities of PBCs
- land, water, heritage, country
- environment, conservation and joint management
- housing, tenure and community development.
Power
- the national policy framework and proposed National Partnership Agreement
- economic development and native title payments
- broader land settlements and native title agreements
- reforms to the Native Title Act.
The National Native Title Conference is essential for anyone who works in native title and Indigenous policy.Proposals for papers and panels are invited for consideration by COB Wednesday 31 March 2010.
Conference website: http://ntru.aiatsis.gov.au/
Phone: 02 6246 1161 Email: ntru@aiatsis.gov.au
New Zealand Geographical Society Conference 2010
with the Institute of Australian Geographers (IAG)
5-8 July 2010
Rydges Hotel, Christchurch, New Zealand
Website: http://www.nzgs2010.org.nz/
The biennial conference of the New Zealand Geographical Society in conjunction with the Institute of Australian Geographers will be held in Christchurch, New Zealand 5-8 July 2010. Full details about the conference can be found at http://www.nzgs2010.org.nz/ and further information concerning keynote speakers and field trips will be added in due course. The call for panel proposals and individual abstracts on any geographic theme is now open. The conference is open to geographers anywhere in the world and we especially encourage graduate students as well as established faculty to attend and present their work.
Panel proposals
Conference attendees are invited to submit proposals for panels, special sessions or workshops. Once approved by the programme committee, convenors will be responsible for issuing a call for papers and finding speakers. Each approved panel will be given one or two 80 minutes sessions of four speakers per session.
Panel proposals of a maximum of 400 words should be submitted through the conference website at http://www.nzgs2010.org.nz/no later than 31 January 2010. Early submission is welcome and encouraged.
General abstract submission
Speakers who are not assigned to a specific panel should submit an abstract of 250 words through the conference website at http://www.nzgs2010.org.nz/ and the programme committee will assign the paper to an appropriately themed session. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 1 April 2010.
If you have any questions about the conference programme, please contact Julie Cupples at julie.cupples@canterbury.ac.nz. If you have any questions about registration, the website, accommodation or any other conference-related matter, please contact the conference manager Eddy van Til at eddy@eenz.com.
We look forward to welcoming you in Christchurch in July 2010.
The NZGS2010 Organizing Committee
Department of Geography
University of Canterbury
Christchurch
New Zealand
Leading Change: Living for One Planet
The Australian Association of Environmental Educators Conference is being held in Canberra from 26-30 September 2010.
The Conference has a particularly strong youth component to create a dialogue for leadership at the interface of the disciplines of Health, Education and Environment on the impacts of environmental change as we consider the second half of the UN Decade for Education for Sustainable Development.
Confirmed speakers include Carmen Lawrence, Tim Flannery, Clive Hamilton and Greg Bourne (CEO World Wildlife Fund).
Further details can be found at http://www.conferenceco.com.au/aaee/. Call for abstracts is now open until March 31.
Contained Memory Conference 2010
Pupuri Pohewa
9-11 December 2010
Wellington, New Zealand
Organizer: Massey University (NZ) in partnership with Syracuse University (US) and Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Conference Venue: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Website: http://www.containedmemory.org.nz
The conference seeks to bring together multidisciplinary perspectives in a discourse on contained memory. By encompassing a wide variety of ways of conceiving memory through different cultural and theoretical orientations and disciplinary backgrounds, it is hoped this conference can build a nexus of contained memories.