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Cultural and Political Ecology Newsletter Issue 47, Spring 2006 Editor, Tony Abbott CONTENTS Calls:
Conferences, Meetings, Publications Letter from the Chair
Greetings to
everyone. I write this letter as your newly elected chair from springtime in
Michigan. First, I want
to say a BIG thank you to all the retiring officers and student reps, Brad
Jokisch, Dereka Rushbrook, Bill Moseley, James McCarthy, Gabriela Valdivia, Deb Sinha, and Mike
Goodman. I also want to thank James McCarthy for managing the listserve so well, a task he has agreed to continue. The outgoing
CAPE officer team has done a terrific job energizing and growing our
specialty group. We hope that as your new team we can keep the ball rolling. The
new team consists of me as chair, Tony Abbott continuing as secretary/
treasurer, webmaster and newsletter editor, Kendra McSweeney,
Mary Brook, and Claudia Radel as regional officers,
and Christian Abizaid, John Kelly, and Katharine
Meehan as student representatives. Brad Jokisch
will have completed his annual report as outgoing chair. It is posted at the
AAG website under the CAPE specialty group link. My mission
during my term will be to keep our specialty group growing and exciting. In
terms of some logistical considerations, I want to explore the elimination of
‘regional’ councilors and rather proposing three ‘at large’ councilors that
can then include Canadian, British, Australian, and other non-US based CAPErs. I’d also like to stagger the officer turnover. This
year Tony kindly agreed to stay on, providing us with good continuity,
however, I feel that instituting continuity may be in our best interest. A
proposal on how to do so will be forthcoming. I also hope to
sniff out any lurking old uses of the CESG acronym. All uses should have been
replaced with CAPESG or CAPE by now, but I know it is not yet complete. Please
let me know if you encounter any. Antoinette
WinklerPrins East Lansing,
Michigan April 12, 2006 Announcements
Robert McC. Netting Award William I. Woods
was the 2006 Robert McC. Netting award recipient.
The award is given in recognition of distinguished research and professional
activities that bridge geography and anthropology. Bill is currently
Professor of Geography and Director of Environmental Studies Program at the
University of Kansas. He is a specialist in the analysis of soils and
sediments in archaeological sites, particularly in Brazil and the US.
Midwest, but he has also worked in at least nine other countries. Bill has
made major contributions to our understanding of the prehistoric Indian
settlement at Cahokia, Illinois and prehistoric anthropogenic dark earths
(terra preta) in Amazonia.
He has more than 80 publications including nine books and monographs and has
been the Principal Investigator on 110 externally funded field projects. For
Dr. Woods’ distinguished research and professional activities that bridge
geography and anthropology, CAPE is pleased to award Bill the 2006 Robert McC. Netting award. Student
Paper Award The 2006 CAPE paper
award, with its cash award of $100, went to Ryan Galt, Ph.D. Candidate
University of Wisconsin, Madison for his paper titled “Export Farmers’
Responses to U.S. Pesticide Residue Regulations: The Political Ecology of
Regulatory Risk, Caution, and Local Interpretations in Costa Rica.” We had a
very high number of student paper submissions this year—14. This is an
excellent sign, especially because the officers were very pleased with the
high quality of most of the submissions. Student
Field Study Award The 2006 CAPE
Student Field Study Award, with its award of $500, went to Katharine Meehan,
Ph.D. Candidate University of Arizona “The abject commodity: Spatial
perceptions of sewage in San Diego-Tijuana”. Katharine had competition from 8
other field study proposals, which is considerably higher than any previous
year. The CPESG Listserv
(AAG-CESG-L) is for general exchange of information, news, views, debate,
questions and answers by the members of the specialty group. All current
CPESG members have been subscribed to the list. Go to
http://lists.psu.edu/archives/aag-cesg-l.html, select the link to join the
list, and follow the instructions. Thereafter, you can manage your
subscription and access the archives through the same interface. For all
queries, email James McCarthy jpm23@psu.edu.
Only list members (CPESG members) can post messages. To do so, send your
message to the list address: AAG-CESG-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU.
Everyone on the list will receive your message so please ensure that the
subject line is informative, and the content is appropriate. Contributions
sent to this list are automatically archived for posterity. The Journal
of Transdisciplinary Environmental Studies Visit their
special issue “Power, Development and Environment” online http://www.journal-tes.dk/ Calls: Conferences, Meetings, Publications
Managing Drought and Water Scarcity in Vulnerable
Environments: Creating a Roadmap for Change in the United States 18-20 September 2006,
Boulder, CO Drought-related
impacts can be expected to increase in intensity in the twenty-first century
as human population increases and land uses change. To evaluate current
drought-related problems and anticipate future issues, GSA and its partners
announce a participatory conference to be held 18–20 September 2006 near
Boulder, Colorado, USA. While broad in scope, the meeting will focus on
identifying successful strategies for drought and water scarcity management
and on developing a clear and decisive action plan. Regional Conference International Geographical
Union July
3-7, 2006, Brisbane, Australia Abstracts due by April 28,
2006. Check with the AAG national office about travel grants to this
conference Regional Division Meetings of the AAG These will be coming up in
the fall of 2007. Check the Notices section
of the CAPE webpage for links and dates. Call for submissions to Atlantic Studies, published by MESEA (The Society for Multi-Ethnic Studies:
Europe and the Americas). Bill Boelhower, editor of the journal Atlantic Studies, has just joined the
English Department at LSU. He would love submissions by Geographers, who are
already making many contributions to this multidisciplinary field. Cultural
and Historical Political Ecologists might find this a great outlet for some
of their research and will find a favorable reception. The journal's webpage
is at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/14788810.asp. Its terms of
reference are below. Contact: wboelh1@lsu.edu.
_Atlantic Studies_ provides an international forum for research and debate on
historical, cultural and literary issues arising within the new disciplinary
matrix of the circumatlantic world. In particular,
it seeks to foster a transcultural dialogue between
the two hemispheres and, specifically, among the nations of Europe, the
Americas and Africa. The Journal aims to celebrate the original Atlantic mappemonde: a highly critical space, centered not on a
single nation or land mass but on a new cosmopolitan interchange of ships and
peoples, cultures and texts, ideas and tools. Published on behalf of MESEA (The Society for Multi-Ethnic
Studies: Europe and the Americas), the Journal aims to be an important site
for scholarship on the comparative study of multi-ethnic cultures and
societies. It challenges nationalist histories and literatures by focusing on
the Atlantic as an arena of cultural change and exchange, translation and
interference, communication and passage. Atlantic Studies accordingly invites submissions in the
areas of history, cultural studies, critical theory, and literature from
academics, public intellectuals, contemporary commentators, and activists
whose focus of interest lies in circumatlantic
perspectives. The Journal will also publish work based on such visual
materials as photography, film, and information media. Each volume will also
include book and media reviews. Atlantic Studies encourages both scholarly research and
timely critical debate on current issues within its chosen paradigm. In as
much as they develop a comparative and intercultural perspective, essays on
race, class, gender, ethnicity and on human rights,
citizenship and identity politics will also be welcomed. Call for submissions to the International
Feminist Journal of Politics We invite critical and creative submissions from a global
cross-section of women writers on the politics of water for a forthcoming
special issue of International Feminist Journal of Politics (IFjP), published by Routledge/Taylor and Francis. Dr. Nandita Ghosh and Paola Corso will serve as guest editors for this special issue
of IFjP. "The Politics of Water: A Confluence
of Women's Voices" will combine testimonial accounts, critical essays,
short fiction, and poetry on the physical nature of women's struggle over
water as a resource and material reality. These struggles often place at risk women's bodies in national,
racial, ethnic, and class conflicts. For example, a 2004 Consumers
International report notes the following: Poor rural women in developing
countries may spend eight hours a day collecting water, carrying up to 20
kilos of water on their heads each journey. One in 10 school-age girls in
Africa do not attend school during menstruation or drop out at puberty because
of the absence of clean and private sanitation facilities in schools. Every
day 6,000 girls and boys die from diseases linked to unsafe water and women
are the main caretakers for sick children and adults. A woman in a slum in
Kenya pays at least five times more for one liter of water than a woman in
the United States. Women activists opposing dam projects in India brave the
rising waters in protest. As debates become more acrid in tone in the 21st Century over
the role of water in our increasingly fragile environment, such concerns are
sure to become more anxiety prone for rural women of the South who often
manage water resources for their communities. This special issue is a
response to such debates and concerns. All submissions must focus on gender thematics
in any discussion concerning the politics of water, but the editors are open
to work drawing from various disciplines including water resources social
studies, women's studies, cultural studies, literary studies, environmental
studies history, mythology, geography, political science, sociology,
anthropology, biology, and others. Please see the journal's Notes for
Contributors for further details concerning accompanying materials, format,
and house style. All submissions must be written in English. Guidelines for critical essays: Essays should not exceed 3,000
words. Submissions should be sent as follows: Dr. Nandita
Ghosh, Assistant Professor, Department of English,
Communications, Philosophy, Fairleigh Dickinson
University, Madison, NJ 07940. You can contact Dr Ghosh at nan_dita@excite.com
or nghosh@fdu.edu Jobs/Scholarships
POSTGRADUATE
RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY The Department of History and
Philosophy at Montana State University is currently searching for a postdoctoral fellow as part of the
NSF-funded program entitled "Mile High, Mile Deep: Imagining and
Modifying Topographical and Subterranean Environments." An
interdisciplinary research project, "Mile High, Mile Deep" seeks to
integrate the history of science and technology, environmental history, and historical geography. Information
regarding this fellowship can be found at (http://www.montana.edu/cgi-bin/msuinfo/fpview?ctype=p&csn=6234-3).
The past two holders of this position have been historical geographers. This
is a wonderful opportunity for young scholars working in the area of science,
technology and environment. If you have any further questions regarding this
fellowship, please contact Michael Reidy (mreidy@montana.edu). Meeting Reports
Annual Report to the AAG by outgoing Chair Brad Jokisch (Available
from AAG Specialty Groups Website) Minutes of the 2006 Business Meeting, Chicago I. CAPE participation in 2006 AAG and membership update A) 53 CAPE-Sponsored Sessions, nearly equal to 55 of last year. B) Membership is at 622 (382 Students, 240 Non-students), up from 525 in 2005. II. Financial Report (Tony Abbott) In summary, we are nearly where we began on year ago!
III. Newsletter and Webpage (Tony Abbott) 1) Spring issue of newsletter will be coming out soon, please submit announcements to the editor (Tony Abbott). 2) The website has been redesigned; please make comments or suggestions to the webmaster (Again, Tony Abbott) IV. News from the Specialty Group Chairs meeting A) CAPE is the 6th largest specialty group in AAG V. Awards A) Robert McC. Netting Award goes to William Woods. Antoinette WinklerPrins provided a testimonial. Woods thanked the board members and those who nominated him for the recognition. B) Best Student Paper goes to Ryan Galt of UW-Madison for his paper titled, “Export Farmers’ Responses to U.S. Pesticide Residue Regulations: The Political Ecology of Regulatory Risk, Caution, and Local Interpretations in Costa Rica.” (There were fourteen submissions this year and the competition was quite strong) C) Field Study Award goes to Katharine Meehan for proposal titled, “The abject commodity: Spatial perceptions of sewage in San Diego-Tijuana” (Again the competition was quite strong with nine submissions) VI. Election of new Officers (Chair, Treasurer/Secretary, three regional officers, graduate student reps) A) Chair. One nomination for Antoinette WinklerPrins, who was elected B) Secretary/Treasurer. There were no nominations. Tony Abbott agreed to continue for another year. C) Regional Councilors 1) West. One nomination for Claudia Radel, who was elected. 2) Central. One nomination for Kendra McSweeney, who was elected. 3) East. One nomination for Mary Brook, who was elected. D) Student Representatives, There were three nominations and lections as follows 1) Katie Meehan, University AZ 2) John Kelley, Kansas 3) Christian Abazaid, McGill VII. New Business A) Should we put a length limit on the student papers? It was noted that the reading of student papers is becoming challenging given the high rates of submission in recent years with some papers being in excess of 40 pages. James McCarthy suggested an 8,000 word limit, and further that we should encourage publication of the winning submissions. Brad Jokisch agreed to write some language up and circulate it to the new officers for consideration. B) Field study award, students were advised to adhere to format of application for future attempts. C) There was some discussion of staggering election times among officers to facilitate some degree of institutional memory among the board. D) There was some discussion of changing the format Regional Councilors to permit representation of members who are not situated in the United States Member
News and Hires
Maria Fadiman (Ph.D.
UT-Austin, Asst. Professor Florida Atlantic University-Boca Raton), was named
one of eight Emerging
Explorers by the national Geographic Society in February 2006. Excerpts
from the press release follow… National Geographic’s Emerging Explorers Program
recognizes and supports uniquely gifted and inspiring adventurers,
scientists, photographers and storytellers who are making a significant
contribution to world knowledge through exploration while still early in
their careers. The Emerging Explorers each receive an award of $10,000 to
assist with their research and to aid further exploration. The program is
supported by Microsoft and the Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation. Fadiman, 36, conducts ethnobotanical
studies of how indigenous people in Latin America and Africa use plants. An
assistant professor in the Department of Geosciences at Florida Atlantic
University, she recently completed her Ph.D. in geography from the University
of Texas at Austin. Projects she is currently involved in are a study of the
human role in the dispersal of exotic plant species in the Galápagos, and the ecological impact on the islands; the
use and importance of the baobab tree in Zimbabwe and Tanzania; and the food
plants of different ethnic groups in the rain forest of Ecuador. Deborah Che (PhD
Clark) has been appointed as an Assistant Professor of Geography at Kansas
State University, effective August 2006. April Luginbuhl (PhD Candidate OSU) received a 2006 AAG
Dissertation Grant. Kathleen McAfee (PhD UC Berkeley Geography 1999) has completed a term as Visiting
Canada Research Chair in Sustainability at Simon Fraser University. She will
be joining the faculty of the Department of International Relations at San
Francisco State University, where she will teach political economy of
international development and environment. Andrea Nightingale (PhD UMN-Twin Cities) has an article forthcoming
in Environment and Planning D: Society and Space “The Nature of
Gender: work, gender and environment” Morgan M.
Robertson (PhD UW-Madison,
Post-doctoral Fellow EPA) has been appointed Assistant Professor in Geography
at The University of Kentucky. His term will begin in the Fall of 2007. Dr.
Cynthia L. Sorrensen (PhD OSU) has been
appointed Assistant Professor of Geography in the Department of Economics and
Geography at Texas Tech University. Raymond
Bryant (Kings College London) has
been promoted to Reader. Necrology
Robin Donkin, emeritus reader in
historical geography, University of Cambridge passed
away in late January 2006. He earned his Ph.D. in 1953 at King’s College
Newcastle, University of Durham. Widely recognized as an historical geographer,
his works spanned many regions and focused on the global commerce of several
natural commodities. Some examples of his work include the following books:
(2004) Between east and west: the Moluccas and the
traffic in spices up to the arrival of Europeans, (1998) Beyond price: pearls
and pearl-fishing, origins to the age of discoveries, (1979) Agricultural
terracing in the aboriginal New World. Rick Schroeder (Rutgers) and wife Dorothy Hodgson lost their
young son, Toby on December 3 in Tanzania. In remembrance of Toby, people
wishing to do so may make donations to the Flying Medical Service, an Arusha-based non-profit medical outreach that runs
clinics and provides emergency care and transportation to people (primarily Maasai) in remote areas of Tanzania. FMS was started over
20 years ago and still run by a long-time friend of the family, Father Pat
Patten (who also gave the homily at Toby's service in Tanzania). Checks
should indicate "Toby Schroeder Fund" and be made out to
"Flying Medical Service." They can be mailed to: Flying Medical Service c/o Mike Patten 1758 Manchester Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
48236-1920 Book Reviews and Notices
Robert Kuhlken, long-time CAPE member and professor at Central
Washington University, has written a new book, co-authored with friend and
mentor, geography professor Philip Jackson from Oregon State
University. A
Rediscovered Frontier: Land Use and Resource Issues in the New West describes
the changing landscapes taking hold in the rapidly growing eleven western
states, and addresses the social, economic, political and geographical
realities of land use in the West today. The book begins by exploring the
meanings of the term “New West,” and then describes prototypical land use
patterns found throughout the region. It examines the spatial circumstances
of rural and small town growth patterns, and provides examples of the kinds
of development that could occur elsewhere in areas having similar geographic
situations. It then surveys the range of community response to development
pressures, paying special attention to the often neglected realm of private
land planning and local growth management in this region where public lands
usually receive the most scrutiny. The book then takes a closer look at
recent challenges to Oregon’s highly regarded statewide planning approach to
managing growth, and concludes by offering a forward-looking, cooperative
approach to comprehensive planning. It is intended as a text for college
students taking courses in land use planning, a sourcebook for land use
planning and environmental management professionals, as well as anyone who
cares about western environments. A Rediscovered Frontier is now
available in both hardback and paperback from the publisher, Rowman and Littlefield. Philip
Porter
(Emeritus UMN-Twin Cities) 1996 winner of the Robert McC.
Netting Award, has just published a new book, Challenging
Nature: Local Knowledge, Agroscience, and Food
Security in Tanga Region, Tanzania, University
of Chicago Press, 2006, 318 pp. Dr. Rajindra K. Puri, (University of Kent in
Canterbury, England) has just published his new book, Deadly
Dances in the Bornean Rainforest: Hunting Knowledge
of the Penan Benalui,
KITLV Press, 2006, 320 pp. Raymond
Bryant (Kings College London) has
published a new book Nongovernmental
Organizations in Environmental Struggles: Politics and the Making of Moral
Capital in the Philippines. Yale University Press, 2005, 288 pp. |
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