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litsci-l-digest Wednesday, August 31 2005 Volume 01 : Number
116
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CFP: ASLE/SLSA panels for SLSA conference in Amsterdam
FW: ASLE/SLSA panels for SLSA conference in Amsterdam
Fwd: Book Announcement
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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:43:07 -0500
From: "Alaimo, Stacy"
Subject: CFP: ASLE/SLSA panels for SLSA conference in Amsterdam
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CALL FOR PAPERS:
ASLE (Association for the Study of Literature and Environment) Panel(s)
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for the 4th European meeting of the SLSA (Society for the Study of =
Literature, Science, and the Arts), June 13-16, 2005, Amsterdam School =
for Cultural Analysis. The conference is entitled CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: =
Science Literature Arts. For more about the conference, see: =
http://slsa.press.jhu.edu/european_conference_flier.html
As ASLE=92s official Liaison to the SLSA, I would like to encourage more
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dialogue between science studies and environmental philosophy, =
ecocriticism, and green cultural studies.
Possible ASLE panels:
- --Bodies and Natures at Risk: The Politics of Knowledge in
Environmentalism, Environmental Justice, and Science Studies
How do works of art and literature contend with the political and =
epistemological difficulties of inhabiting a matrix of known and unknown
=
material risks? How do environmental health and environmental justice =
movements negotiate the complex political-scientific landscape? Can the
=
questions, insights, and theories of science studies scholarship help us
=
make sense of bio-art, environmental art, environmental memoir, or =
environmental justice literatures? Does the traffic in toxins, which =
does not respect boundaries, make us all =93companion species=94? What
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sort of environmental ethics emerges at the crossroads of environmental
=
justice, environmentalism, and science studies?
- --Ecofeminism as Feminist Science Studies?
Although most scholars would consider environmental feminism to be =
worlds apart from science studies proper, are there productive overlaps
=
or alliances between ecofeminist activism, philosophy, or literature and
=
the questions, paradigms, and goals of science studies? How can science
=
studies scholarship complicate and enrich feminist environmentalism? =
What ethical and political challenges does environmental feminism bring
=
to science studies? Does science fiction offer a productive site to =
work through the intersections between feminism, environmentalism, and =
science?
Please email a 200 word abstract of a 20-minute presentation along with
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a one-paragraph professional biography. Please include a title, your =
institutional affiliation, and contact information. Audio-visual =
requests must accompany the proposal. (No attachments please.) All =
proposals must be received by November 1, 2005 to be considered. =
Please email your proposal to Dr. Stacy Alaimo, the SLSA Liaison for =
ASLE: stacya@exchange.uta.edu.
Dr. Stacy Alaimo
Associate Professor of English
University of Texas at Arlington
stacya@exchange.uta.edu
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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:00:00 -0500
From: "Alaimo, Stacy"
Subject: FW: ASLE/SLSA panels for SLSA conference in Amsterdam
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CALL FOR PAPERS:
ASLE (Association for the Study of Literature and Environment) Panel(s)
=
for the 4th European meeting of the SLSA (Society for the Study of =
Literature, Science, and the Arts), June 13-16, 2005, Amsterdam School =
for Cultural Analysis. The conference is entitled CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: =
Science Literature Arts. For more about the conference, see: =
http://slsa.press.jhu.edu/european_conference_flier.html
As ASLE=92s official Liaison to the SLSA, I would like to encourage more
=
dialogue between science studies and environmental philosophy, =
ecocriticism, and green cultural studies.
Possible ASLE panels:
- --Bodies and Natures at Risk: The Politics of Knowledge in
Environmentalism, Environmental Justice, and Science Studies
How do works of art and literature contend with the political and =
epistemological difficulties of inhabiting a matrix of known and unknown
=
material risks? How do environmental health and environmental justice =
movements negotiate the complex political-scientific landscape? Can the
=
questions, insights, and theories of science studies scholarship help us
=
make sense of bio-art, environmental art, environmental memoir, or =
environmental justice literatures? Does the traffic in toxins, which =
does not respect boundaries, make us all =93companion species=94? What
=
sort of environmental ethics emerges at the crossroads of environmental
=
justice, environmentalism, and science studies?
- --Ecofeminism as Feminist Science Studies?
Although most scholars would consider environmental feminism to be =
worlds apart from science studies proper, are there productive overlaps
=
or alliances between ecofeminist activism, philosophy, or literature and
=
the questions, paradigms, and goals of science studies? How can science
=
studies scholarship complicate and enrich feminist environmentalism? =
What ethical and political challenges does environmental feminism bring
=
to science studies? Does science fiction offer a productive site to =
work through the intersections between feminism, environmentalism, and =
science?
Please email a 200 word abstract of a 20-minute presentation along with
=
a one-paragraph professional biography. Please include a title, your =
institutional affiliation, and contact information. Audio-visual =
requests must accompany the proposal. (No attachments please.) All =
proposals must be received by November 1, 2005 to be considered. =
Please email your proposal to Dr. Stacy Alaimo, the SLSA Liaison for =
ASLE: stacya@exchange.uta.edu.
Dr. Stacy Alaimo
Associate Professor of English
University of Texas at Arlington
stacya@exchange.uta.edu
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Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:37:11 -0400
From: "Wayne Miller"
Subject: Fwd: Book Announcement
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Forwarded from Laura Sell lsell@dukeupress.edu:
New book on perceptions of Mars in scientific works and science fiction
Dying Planet: Mars in Science and the Imagination by Robert Markley
A fascinating exploration of how Mars has served as a screen on which we
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have projected our hopes for the future and our fears of ecological =
devastation on Earth.
"This is both a complete literary history and an exemplary exercise in =
modern science studies, tracing how a particular science works over the
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generations to incorporate new technologies, create paradigm shifts, and
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understand the universe a little more accurately. By combining these in
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one study, Markley clarifies a great deal about the poorly understood
but =
very important relationships between science, literature, culture, and =
reality. He also gives us all the latest news from Mars, which keeps =
getting more interesting. It's a fascinating story, and Markley is the =
first to tell it."*Kim Stanley Robinson
For more information:
http://www.dukeupress.edu/books.php3?isbn=3D8223-3638-3
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Laura Sell
Duke University Press
Publicity
905 West Main Street
Suite 18B
Durham, NC 27701
Tel: (919) 687-3639
Fax: (919) 688-4391
lsell@dukeupress.edu
http://dukeupress.edu
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