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To ecopolitics subscribers:
The conference announced below seems to be about the effect of armed
forces on the environment.
--Milton Takei
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>Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:20:58 -0700
>From: "Adam M. Sowards" <asowards@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Call for papers: militarized landscapes conference
>To: H-ENVIRONMENT@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>Subject: Call for papers: militarized landscapes conference
>Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:22:30 +0100
>From: PA Coates, Historical Studies <P.A.Coates@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>CALL FOR PAPERS
>
>Militarized Landscapes Conference
>
>3-6 September 2008: Goldney Hall, University of Bristol, UK
>
>The decimation of Vietnamese jungles with the defoliant Agent Orange in the
>1960s and the acrid black smoke billowing from burning oil wells during the
>Gulf War of 1990-1991 directed media and public attention towards war's
>environmental impact. Yet even before the first bomb is dropped, militarism
>and the preparation for warfare materially and imaginatively reshape
>landscapes and environments through army bases, training grounds, and other
>facilities. This small-scale conference, to be held at the University of
>Bristol, will address this area of growing interest to scholars,
>policy-makers, and public opinion by situating militarized landscapes
>within their geographical and historical contexts.
>
>This event forms part of a three-year research project funded by the UK's
>Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Further details can be found
>at:
>http://www.landscape.ac.uk/larger_grants/militarized_landscapes_project_details.htm
>
>We invite proposals for individual papers from historians, geographers,
>natural scientists, archaeologists, and others working in related
>disciplines. Proposals from PhD candidates are also encouraged. Abstracts
>of up to 500 words and a two page CV should be submitted by e-mail to the
>conference organizer (Peter Coates) by 31 December 2007. Decisions will be
>made by 1 February 2008. Funding is available to cover participants' costs
>and a visit to a militarized landscape will occupy one of the three
>conference days. Pre-circulation of papers is envisaged to maximize
>discussion time and we plan to publish a volume based on selected
>conference papers.
>
>Possible themes include (but are not limited to):
>
>Creation of military sites/Militarization of the landscape
>Human impacts of landscape militarization
>Military environmentalism
>Managing military lands
>Biodiversity on military lands
>Technology, landscape and militarism
>Visualizing military landscapes
>Protesting military landscapes
>Experiencing nature in militarized landscapes
>Converting military sites
>Conserving military landscapes
>Heritage and military landscapes
>Future of military landscapes
>
>
>For further details and to submit paper abstracts and CVs (by 31 December
>2007), please contact:
>
>Professor Peter Coates
>Historical Studies
>School of Humanities
>11 Woodland Road,
>University of Bristol
>Bristol BS8 1TB UK
>Tel. 00 44 (0) 117 9288393 p.a.coates@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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