Hi, I'm brand new to the list. I'd like to tell everyone about the
University of North Dakota Writer's Conference this coming spring: March
18-22 1997. We're situated in Grand Forks, ND, ninety miles from the
Canadian Border.
The Title of the conference is: Writing Nature/The Nature of Writing.
The participants so far are: Susan Griffin, Bill McKibben, Linda Hogan,
Annick Smith, David Treuer, Bill Morrissey and Garrett Hongo.
We have set up a web site for the conference:
http://www.und.nodak.edu/dept/library/events/writers.htm
It's in the early stages of construction, so any suggestions for links
either to the conference authors or their work or to eco-feminist, nature
writing, environmental issue sites, etc would be greatly appreciated.
Any questions or comments about the writers or the conference are also
welcomed.
Thanks
Bill Archibald
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Nov 26 11:42:53 1996
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 10:45:33 -0800
From: Jennifer Gilden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Organization: Oregon State University
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ecofeminists and forests (fwd)
References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Niamh and Sadeka--
I am also working with women and the timber industry. For my MA thesis
project I interviewed women and men in several timber communities in Oregon.
My focus is on how gender roles are changing as the economy changes. Among
other things, I found that women in these communities are becoming more
involved in politics and *pro* timber-industry activism.
It would be interesting to compare the reasons for women's
involvement in pro and anti-logging efforts. I think these two groups have
more in common than is usually thought. The women I interviewed felt they
were fighting for the existence of their families, communities, and
marriages. They felt they had a strong tie to the environment and that
"outsiders" (urbanites and "preservationists") didn't understand what was
really going on with the timber industry.
The timber industry is extremely patriarchal (part of my thesis is on
symbolism of gender roles...in some of the Paul Bunyan stories, women cause
the destruction of the timber culture when they lure the loggers away to
start families). I found it interesting that the women I interviewed showed
such strong support for a culture that neglects their many contributions, and
relegates them to a supporting role that is often very difficult to maintain.
But *do* support it, very strongly.
I'd be interested in hearing more about the women you interviewed.
Jennifer Gilden
Niamh Moore wrote:
>
> ..I'm back too, having spent three and a half months in British
> Columbia, Canada, mostly Vancouver and Vancouver Island, recording
> life stories of women involved in a campaign against clear-cut
> logging in Clayoquot Sound, an area of ancient temperate rainforest
> on the west coast of Vancouver island .. so am very pleased to read
> recent postings on forestry in various parts of the world ... while
> my focus is on Clayoquot Sound, I am hoping to be able to provide
> some account of how what is happening there has a bearing on the
> rest of the world, and vice versa. Would love to hear more from
> Moonshadow and from Sadek .... and would love to know if anyone
> has done, or knows of any work involving life stories of
> ecofeminists (or is that too much to hope for!), or environmental
> activists? This is all part of my PhD research which is looking at
> the relationship (or lack of one) between feminism and ecofeminism,
> focusing in particular on debates about theory and activism, so I
> have been talking to women activists, many who call themselves
> ecofeminists, about what they are doing and why they are doing it,
> and what life events and experiences have contributed to their
> involvement in this campaign .... I had an amazing, enchanted summer
> talking with lots of truly wonderful women.
> Niamh Moore,
> Research Centre in Women's Studies,
> University Of Sussex,
> Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QN.
> England.
> Phone: 44-1273-606755 x4281
> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
**************************************************************
Department of Anthropology
Oregon State University
"Speak up for yourself or you'll end up a rug." Mae West
**************************************************************
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Nov 26 13:04:37 1996
27 Nov 1996 09:04 +1300 (NZD)
27 Nov 1996 09:06:20 +1300
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 09:06:00 +1300
From: "STEFANIE S. RIXECKER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Environmental Studies Position at Western Mich. Univ./fwd
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Organization: Lincoln University
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Environmental Studies: Western Michigan University seeks applications for
a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in environmental studies for
Fall 1997, pending budgetary approval. The Environmental Studies Program
is a thriving, broadly interdisciplinary, undergraduate program, focusing
on a systemic and proactive approach to environmental concerns, which
offers over 200 students the opportunity for a coordinate major or minor.
Faculty directly attached to the Program via their appointment in the
Department of Science Studies, together with contributing faculty housed in
several other departments within the University, combine expertise in the
sciences, the social sciences and the humanities. The position requires a
terminal degree in a program/area that emphasizes one of three, broadly
interdisciplinary foci, Environmental Studies, Ecological Design or
Environmental Education, or a terminal degree in an allied descipline
together with subsequent professional experience in one of these three
areas. Candidates will be expected to teach undergraduate courses in the
Program and work collaboratively with a broad range of faculty, advise
students, and conduct an on-going research program in their area of
expertise. For more detailed Program/course information visit our web
site: http://wmich.edu/science/docs/esp/esp.html. Western Michigan
University, a Carnegie Classification Doctoral I Institution and equal
opportunity employer, has embarked upon a vigorous affirmative action
program and encourages applications from women and members of minority
groups. Send letter of application, vita, statement of research interests,
academic transcripts and three letters of recommendation to: David
Hargreave, Program Director and Chair of the Search Committee, Department
of Science Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008. FAX
(616) 387-4998; INTERNET [EMAIL PROTECTED] Review of applications
will begin December 1, 1996 and applications will be accepted until the
position is filled.
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Nov 26 13:07:18 1996
27 Nov 1996 09:06 +1300 (NZD)
27 Nov 1996 09:08:53 +1300
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 09:08:22 +1300
From: "STEFANIE S. RIXECKER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NEWS: NEH Nature Writing Institute (3/1; 6/16-7/25)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Organization: Lincoln University
Hello All!
Since some of you mentioned Terry Tempest Williams, I thought this
might be of interest. It's cross-posted from H-ASEH, so apologies
for any duplications to list members. I do not have any further
information, so please contact those listed in the message.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 22:40:51 -0500
From: Dan Philippon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"The Environmental Imagination: Issues and Problems in American Nature
Writing," an NEH Summer Institute for College and University Faculty, will
take place at Vassar College for six weeks between June 16 and July 25,
1997. The institute will examine American nature writing from the colonial
period to the present day through a variety of perspectives. Institute
faculty include Frank Bergon, Lawrence Buell, John Elder, Wayne Franklin,
William Howarth, Carolyn Merchant, Elisa New, Vera Norwood, and Hertha D.
Wong. Visiting Writers include A.R. Ammons, Linda Hogan, Barry Lopez, and
Terry Tempest Williams. For further information, e-mail
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or see the institute web site:
http://iberia.vassar.edu/vcl/NEH/neh.html
--
Dan Philippon
Department of English
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22903
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Nov 26 13:08:14 1996
27 Nov 1996 09:07 +1300 (NZD)
27 Nov 1996 09:09:58 +1300
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 09:09:40 +1300
From: "STEFANIE S. RIXECKER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: New Environmental Studies list
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Organization: Lincoln University
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
------- Forwarded Message Follows -------
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 22:18:57 -0600 (CST)
From: Scott Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
One result of a recent conference on Environmental Studies programs, held
at St. Thomas University, is a new discussion list dedicated to
Environmental Studies programs--courses, syllabi, administration,
internships and job placement, etc. The list is open to all, and is
not archived. While the primary topic and audience is ES in the academy,
the goal of the list is not reductive.
To join, send a note to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Have the note read: subscribe es
Questions and comments regarding the list should be mailed to me at:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (cord.edu is Concordia College in Moorhead, MN)
Feel free to forward this note to any and all. The list is just
starting.
All best,
W. Scott Olsen
Moorhead, Minnesota
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Nov 26 13:28:56 1996
27 Nov 1996 09:28 +1300 (NZD)
27 Nov 1996 09:30:36 +1300
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 09:30:23 +1300
From: "STEFANIE S. RIXECKER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CFP: Society for Utopian Studies/fwd
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Organization: Lincoln University
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "P. Fitting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
THE SOCIETY FOR UTOPIAN STUDIES
1997 MEMBERSHIP/ CALL FOR PAPERS
Founded in 1975, The Society for Utopian Studies is an
international, interdisciplinary association devoted to the study
of utopianism in all its forms with a particular emphasis on
literary and experimental utopias.
Scholars representing a wide variety of disciplines are active in the
association and approach utopian studies from such diverse backgrounds as
American Studies, Architecture, the Arts, Classics, Cultural Studies,
Economics, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Gender Studies,
History, Languages and Literatures, Philosophy, Political
Science, Psychology, Sociology and Urban Planning.
The Society publishes the journal Utopian Studies and a newsletter, Utopus
Discovered, which contains information about upcoming conferences
and workshops, and details on publications in the field.
The twenty-second annual meeting of the Society will be held
in Memphis, Tennessee October 16-19, 1997. The Conference
Coordinators are Professors Peter Fitting of the University of
Toronto, Lyman Tower Sargent of the University of Missouri-St. Louis
and Jennifer Wagner of the University of Memphis. For information
about registration, travel and accommodations, please contact
Professor Wagner, Department of English, University of Memphis,
Memphis, TN 38152 (901-678-4329, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]).
If you wish to organize a panel or present a paper, please contact
Professor Sargent, Department of Political Science, University of
Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis MO 63121-4499 (314-516-5521; fax
314-516-5268; e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]). The Society's annual
meetings provide an ideal venue for intellectual interchange in a cooperative,
non-competitive, congenial, and convivial environment. At the
meeting the Society will present the Arthur O. Lewis Award for
the best paper by a junior scholar given at the previous annual
meeting and the Eugenio Battisti Award for the best article in
each volume of Utopian Studies. Membership in the Society
includes announcements regarding the annual meeting, Utopian
Studies, and Utopus Discovered. Dues are $45.00 for regular
membership, $20.00 for students, retired and unemployed. One can
become a Sponsor for $100.00, a Benefactor for $200.00 or a
Patron for $300.00.
For more information on the Society, see our web-site at
www.utoronto.ca/utopia
______________________________________________________________
MEMBERSHIP 1997
THE SOCIETY FOR UTOPIAN STUDIES
Name___________________________________________________
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Make checks payable to: The Society for Utopian Studies
(Checks should be drawn on a U.S. bank in U.S. dollars, or in
the U.K. in the equivalent amount in British pounds, made out to
Lyman Tower Sargent, or send an international money order).
Mail to:
Lyman Tower Sargent
Society for Utopian Studies
Department of Political Science
University of Missouri-St. Louis
St. Louis, MO 63121-4499
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Nov 27 07:02:10 1996
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 09:02:03 -0500 (EST)
Disposition-Notification-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Reid Lifset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Time Use, Gender Roles and Waste Generation
Dear members of the eco-fem list,
The Yale University Program on Solid Waste Policy has recently
released "No Time to Waste: Time and the Generation of Residential Solid
Waste" as part of its Working Papers on Solid Waste Policy Series.
The paper by Geoffrey Godbey of Pennsylvania State University, a
leading scholar of time use, addresses the changing attitudes of individuals
toward consumption and waste generation in light of changing demographics
and work and family life. It describes how the changing roles of men and
women in the household and in employment have shaped the products that we
purchase and consume and how that in turn alters the waste that we discard.
The Yale Program on Solid Waste Policy, a research and teaching unit
of the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University,
publishes the Working Paper Series on Solid Waste Policy to fill in critical
gaps in research and analysis and to advance the policy debate in solid
waste management.
For ordering and cost information for any of the papers, visit the
Program's web page at
http://www.yale.edu/pswp
or send e-mail to e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Abstracts of the papers are
also available via e-mail.
Thank you for your interest,
Reid Lifset
Editor, and Assoc. Dir.
Working Papers on Solid Waste Policy
----------------------------------------------------------
Program on Solid Waste Policy
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Yale University
205 Prospect Street
New Haven,CT 06511-2106
USA
203-432-3253 (telephone)
203-432-5912 (fax)
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>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Nov 27 09:06:00 1996
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 10:05:58 -0600 (CST)
From: William C Archibald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: UND's 28th Annual Writer's Conference
In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sorry, there was an error in the URL that a kind participant of this list
has pointed out to me. The corrected web site for the UND Writer's
Coonferece is:
>
> http://www.und.nodak.edu/dept/library/Events/writers.htm
>
Bill
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Nov 27 15:47:52 1996
28 Nov 1996 11:47 +1300 (NZD)
28 Nov 1996 11:49:39 +1300
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 11:49:11 +1300
From: "STEFANIE S. RIXECKER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: FYI: American Historical Association: Jan 2-5, '97 New York
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Organization: Lincoln University
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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The American Historical Association
Annual Meeting--New York City,
Jan. 2-5, 1997
The American Historical Association in conjunction with more than 40
other professional societies affiliated with the AHA will host the 111th
Annual Meeting in New York City from Jan. 2-5, 1997. The theme of the
meeting will be Human Rights. There will be more than 150 sessions covering
all geographic, topical and thematic specialties with scholars from across
the United States and around the world in attendance. In addition, the
world's largest contingent of academic, trade, and multimedia publishers
will gather with displays of their products.
*Human Rights, History, and Historians* will be the theme of the plenary
session. A substantial number of the other sessions will focus on this and
other current topics, such as affirmative action; welfare; ethnic, racial
and other identities; science and scientific thinking; gender; leisure;
imperialism; slavery; military organizations; war veterans; diplomacy and
foreign policy; law and rights; the visual arts; religious experiences and
institutions; labor; and others.
"Wonder" is the title of Caroline Walker Bynum's presidential address.
She will discuss miracles and marvels in the European Middle Ages. By
exploring medieval conceptions of and responses to the cultural, natural,
and supernatural "other," she will reflect upon the responsibilities of
historians today.
The Film _Nixon_ as history and Commentary on American Civilization."
is the title of a special session sponsored by the Historians Film Committee.
Participants will include George McGovern, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., and
Oliver Stone.
Thirty-nine sessions will compare the history of different times and places.
There will also be numerous sessions on teaching, graduate student issues
and other professional issues.
For more complete information, including a full list of sessions, travel
information and registration information, see the AHA Web Page at:
http://web.gmu.edu/chnm/aha
or see the September, October, November, and December issues of the AHA's
newsletter _Perspectives_, or contact the AHA by mail at 400 A. Street, SE,
Washington, DC 20003-3889; phone:(202) 544-2422; fax: (202) 544-8307.
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Nov 28 03:18:27 1996
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Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 12:18:45 -0800
From: Norton Tennille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Organization: Southern Africa Environment Project
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: UND's 28th Annual Writer's Conference
References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
William C Archibald wrote:
>
> Sorry, there was an error in the URL that a kind participant of this list
> has pointed out to me. The corrected web site for the UND Writer's
> Coonferece is:
Perhaps Mr. Archibald should attend the conference and concentrate on
spelling and proofreading.
