CALL FOR PAPERS: CULTURES OF NATURE
Deadline extended to March 10, 2000.
The SLS Environmental Studies Discussion Group invites papers on the
theory and practice of analyzing cultures of nature, both historical
and
contemporary.
Possible topics include, but are by no means limited to, the following:
— environmental literature,
— the cultural work of public natural spaces,
— the environmental history of Nature's Nation,
— the digital machine in the virtual garden,
— neo-romantic naturism and the idea of wilderness,
— representations of environmental apocalypse,
— ecotourism and uneven development,
— jobs vs. trees,
— the significance of the Battle of Seattle,
— ecological revolutions and red-green symbiosis,
— international capitalism and the global environment.
We will host a series of panels at the 14th annual Society for
Literature and Science conference, to be held in Atlanta, Georgia on
October 5-8, 2000, at the Sheraton Colony Square Hotel.
The conference is co-sponsored by
--the Ivan Allan College of the Georgia Institute of Technology,
--the School of Literature, Communication and Culture, and
--the Center for New Media Education and Research.
For more information, visit the conference web site at
http://sls2000.lcc.gatech.edu/
Please submit 250-500 word abstracts by March 10, 2000 to
Lance.Newman@lcc.gatech.edu
or
Lance Newman
Literature, Communication, and Culture
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0165
SLS Environmental Studies Discussion Group Co-Chairs:
Richard Grusin, Lance Newman, Kavita Philip
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Lance Newman
School of Literature, Communication, and Culture
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0165
404-894-1023
Lance.Newman@lcc.gatech.edu
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