2006 Annual Meeting, Association
of American Geographers
March 7-11, Chicago Illinois
2546: Political Ecologies of Knowledge, Science and technology IV: A Panel Discussion
Wednesday, 3/8/06, from 3:00 PM - 4:40 PM
Session Description:
This panel discussion brings together scholars working in political ecology, STS, and applied conservation geographies. They will discuss the different ways in which political ecology research benefits from a more rigorous engagement with Science and Technology Studies (methods, tools, and theory). They will explore the various ways in which the very nature of nature, politics, science and indigenous knowledge articulations, are drawn into question, re-theorized, and problematized through the combined efforts of STS and political ecology scholarship. Discussion will also address how this methodological and theoretical engagement impacts the practice of applied participatory conservation research and work.
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):
Mara Jill Goldman - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Panelist(s):
Peter Taylor - University of Massachusetts
Marla Emery - USDA Forest Service
Karl Zimmerer - University Of Wisconsin-Madison
Dianne E. Rocheleau - Clark University
Peter Brosius - University of Georgia
Introducer(s):
Mara Jill Goldman - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Session Description:
This panel discussion brings together scholars working in political ecology, STS, and applied conservation geographies. They will discuss the different ways in which political ecology research benefits from a more rigorous engagement with Science and Technology Studies (methods, tools, and theory). They will explore the various ways in which the very nature of nature, politics, science and indigenous knowledge articulations, are drawn into question, re-theorized, and problematized through the combined efforts of STS and political ecology scholarship. Discussion will also address how this methodological and theoretical engagement impacts the practice of applied participatory conservation research and work.
