2006 Annual Meeting, Association
of American Geographers
March 7-11, Chicago Illinois
2146: Political Ecologies of Knowledge, Science and Technology I: Networks, power, and situated knowledges
Wednesday, 3/8/06, from 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM
Session Description:
Political ecology, as a theoretical framework and methodological tool set, is greatly enhanced by drawing on the insights of STS (Science and Technology Studies) scholarship to better articulate the relations between not only nature and society but also science and nature, science and society, and science and 'other' knowledge articulations -- across various overlapping scales and contexts. Papers in this session draw from both political ecology and STS to discuss the different ways in which the demand for, and privileging of, certain types of knowledge impacts the lives and ecologies of natural-social systems around the world. Moving beyond critique the authors argue for different ways to build networks of knowledge, methods, and vision, to understand, present, and manage complex landscapes.
Sponsorship(s):
Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group
Indigenous Peoples Specialty Group
Qualitative Research Specialty Group
Organizer(s):
Mara Jill Goldman - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dianne E. Rocheleau - Clark University
Chair(s):
Chris Sneddon - Dartmouth College
Papers:
8:00 AM Introduction: Dianne E. Rocheleau - Clark University
8:05 AM Author(s): *Roopali Phadke - Macalester College
Abstract Title: Towards a Geography of Epistemology: Learning from the People's Science Movements in India
8:20 AM Author(s): *Dianne E. Rocheleau - Clark University
Abstract Title: Powered Webs and Rooted Networks in Complex Landscapes
8:35 AM Author(s): *Mara Jill Goldman - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Abstract Title: Beyond critique and integration towards postcolonial dialogues: a look at wildlife distribution patterns in Northern Tanzania
8:50 AM Author(s): *Peter Brosius, Ph.D - University of Georgia
Abstract Title: Conservation and the Metrics of Accountability
9:05 AM Discussant: Sarah Whatmore - Oxford University
