DOCSLIB.ORG

MONDAY, AUGUST 20 the Length of Each Daytime Session/Meeting

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
MONDAY, AUGUST 20 the Length of Each Daytime Session/Meeting Discussant: Craig Calhoun, Social Science Research Council MONDAY, AUGUST 20 Imagine, as sociologists are wont to do, a two-by-two table with the words The length of each daytime session/meeting activity is one "Real and Unreal" on one axis, and "Utopia and Dystopia" on the other. As a hour and forty minutes, unless noted otherwise. The usual counterpoint to the ASA's 2012 conference theme of Real Utopias (Cell 1), this panel explores Cells 2-4 (real and unreal dystopias and unreal utopias). turnover schedule is as follows: Sociology is often seen as a product of and response to crisis, and many in our 8:30 am – 10:10 am field have studied and theorized the real dystopias produced by capitalism, 10:30 am – 12:10 pm modernity, empire, and other forms of domination. Fictional utopias and 12:30 pm – 2:10 pm dystopias, as well as cults and tropes of dystopia and apocalypse, are sources of insights into social life and social change. Finally, sociologists from Georg 2:30 pm – 4:10 pm Simmel and Walter Benjamin to present day practitioners have considered the 4:30 pm – 6:10 pm meaning and function of ruins, while Theodor Adorno imagined a negative Session presiders and committee chairs are requested to dialectic as an alternative to positive dialectics of social progress. What are the see that sessions and meetings end on time to avoid relationships among these approaches, and the analyses of real utopias that are the topic of ASA 2012? conflicts with subsequent activities scheduled into the same room. 429. Thematic Session. Improving America: Lessons from the Civilized World 7:00 am Meetings Colorado Convention Center ASA Business Meeting – Hyatt Regency Denver Session Organizer: Salvatore J. Babones, University of Sydney Presider: Salvatore J. Babones, University of Sydney 8:30 am Meetings Panelists: Berch Berberoglu, University of Nevada-Reno 2011-12 ASA Council Members-at-Large – Hyatt Regency Hiroshi Ono, Texas A&M University Denver Robert J.S. Ross, Clark University Honors Program Wrap-up – Hyatt Regency Denver Anders M. Hayden, Dalhousie University Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements Council Discussant: Salvatore J. Babones, University of Sydney and Business Meeting – Colorado Convention Center This session will be used to present a cast that America has much to learn State, Regional, and Aligned Sociological Association Officers from social policies that are already in place throughout the civilized world. Simply raising the American social model to the level that prevails in the rest – Hyatt Regency Denver of the developed world would result in near-utopian changes in living standards and quality of life for the vast majority of Americans. The effect 8:30 am Sessions would be greater than the effects that might be achieved by more utopian proposals like basic income grants, bifurcated markets, and more participatory 427. Real Utopia Proposal Session. Designs and Dilemmas forms of governance. What’s more, the US was a welfare state leader until the of Participatory Budgeting 1970s…it’s not utopian to imagine that I could be a leader again. Each speaker Hyatt Regency Denver will highlight a different aspect of the social model that the US could have— today—within its current national income levels if only had the desire. Session Organizer: Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Brown University Panelist: Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Brown University 430. Thematic Session. Sustainable Cities - A Critical Discussant: Michael D. Kennedy, Brown University Approach This paper considers the travel, translation, and adoption of Participatory Colorado Convention Center Budgeting (PB) as a policy instrument first originating among social movements linked to Brazil's Workers' Party in the late 1980s and then Session Organizer: Michael R. Goldman, University of traveling along various routes to arrive in the most varied places by the late Minnesota-Twin Cities 2000s. This paper discusses institutional dilemmas (such as those related to Presider: Michael R. Goldman, University of Minnesota-Twin scale and those related to interfaces with non-deliberative institutions) faced by Cities adopters as well as recurring controversies (such as the discussion over the legitimate representatives of 'the people') in the process of its adoption. It Panelists: Asef Bayat, University of Illinois at Urbana- argues that PB has the potential to both politicize as well as depoliticize claims Champaign for inclusion as well as to promote or hinder redistribution. Ananya Roy, University of California-Berkeley AbdouMaliq Simone, University of London-Goldsmiths 428. Thematic Session. Dystopias and Unreal Utopias (or College Other three Cells in the ASA Conference's Implicit 2x2 So seductive is this notion of sustainable cities that today dozens of Table) official documents circulate exclaiming the pathway; most notable calculations Colorado Convention Center and financed policies come from our universities, the World Bank, Session Organizer: George Steinmetz, University of Michigan Pricewaterhousecoopers, and India’s and China’s equivalent of the Chamber of Commerce. What has been the effect of these ‘sustainable cities’ strategies, Presider: Craig Calhoun, Social Science Research Council and what efforts are being made to wrest control of such ideas and make them Panelists: Isaac Ariail Reed, University of Colorado-Boulder meaningful to non-elites struggling for justice amidst rapidly changing Craig Calhoun, Social Science Research Council urbanization processes? This panel will try to explicate some of the Apocalypse and Dystopia: An American Cultural History. progressive urban trends occurring in the global South, in order to suggest areas of research and action relevant to making urbanism a more socially and John R. Hall, University of California-Davis ecologically just set of practices. Free Market Utopianism: Decoding Polanyi's Delphic Trope. Margaret R. Somers, University of Michigan 431. ASA/NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Special Zombies and the Current Crisis. Julia Adams, Yale University Session. Causes and Consequences of the Great Sociologies of Run and Negative Dialectics. George Recession: Micro Impacts Steinmetz, University of Michigan Colorado Convention Center Session Organizers: Marc Schneiberg, Reed College Colorado Convention Center Patricia E. White, National Science Foundation Session Organizer: Josh Whitford, Columbia University Presider: Marc Schneiberg, Reed College Presider: Delia Baldassarri, Princeton University Trapped: How Risk and Uncertainty are Endangering the The Problem of Emergence. John F. Padgett, ; Walter W. Futures of American Working-class Youth. Jennifer M Powell, Stanford University Silva, Harvard University Relational Signals and Institutional Expectations: Ego Unequal Disadvantage: The Influence of Economic Recession Networks and Market Value in Five High Technology on Gender and Ethnic Biases in Entrepreneurial Investment Sectors. Jason Owen-Smith, University of Michigan; Markets. Sarah Thebaud, Princeton University Helena Buhr, Tagged, Inc; Russell James Funk, University The Culture of Class Power: How Employers Reorganize of Michigan-Ann Arbor Markets and Shift Risk to Workers. Stephen R. Viscelli, For a Sociology of Algorithms: Reproducing the Social in the University of Wisconsin Automation of the New York Stock Exchange. Daniel Beunza, London School of Economics and Political 432. Policy and Research Workshop. Panel Study of Science; Yuval Millo, London School of Economics and Income Dynamics Political Science Hyatt Regency Denver Sociological Institutionalism and the Socially Constructed Session Organizer: Wei-Jun Jean Yeung, National University Economy. Matt Vidal, University of London-King's of Singapore College; Jamie Peck, University of British Columbia 433. Teaching Workshop. Teaching Introductory Sociology Discussant: Delia Baldassarri, Princeton University for the First Time 436. Regular Session. Jobs, Occupation, and Professions Hyatt Regency Denver Hyatt Regency Denver Session Organizer: Nancy A. Greenwood, Indiana University- Session Organizer: Ronnie J. Steinberg, Vanderbilt University Kokomo Presider: Ronnie J. Steinberg, Vanderbilt University Leader: Nancy A. Greenwood, Indiana University-Kokomo Inside the Organization: Developing a Typology of Regulatory Co-Leader: Jay R. Howard, Butler University Encounters. Garry C. Gray, Harvard University; Susan S. The goal of this workshop is to assist new instructors who are teaching introductory sociology for the first time. We will provide resources from the Silbey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology scholarship of teaching and learning about the possible content and pedagogies Moving on? A Growth-curve Analysis of Occupational for this class. We will look at introductory sociology and how it functions as a Attainment and Career Progression Patterns in West course in the undergraduate general education core and as an introduction to Germany. Anna Manzoni, North Carolina State University the major. We will also discuss best practices for course design, choosing course goals, textbook selection, syllabus construction, assessment of learning Worker Uncertainties during a Merger Announcement: A outcomes, as well as class management techniques. We will offer useful Multi-level Analysis of Employee Job Security. Jack Lam, checklists and a bibliography of resources. Participants should bring questions University of Minnesota; Kimberly Fox, University of or issues they want to discuss to the workshop. Minnesota; Phyllis Moen, University of Minnesota; Erin
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Uncovering the Underground's Role in the Formation of Modern London, 1855-1945
    University of Kentucky UKnowledge Theses and Dissertations--History History 2016 Minding the Gap: Uncovering the Underground's Role in the Formation of Modern London, 1855-1945 Danielle K. Dodson University of Kentucky, [email protected] Digital Object Identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.13023/ETD.2016.339 Right click to open a feedback form in a new tab to let us know how this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Dodson, Danielle K., "Minding the Gap: Uncovering the Underground's Role in the Formation of Modern London, 1855-1945" (2016). Theses and Dissertations--History. 40. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/history_etds/40 This Doctoral Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the History at UKnowledge. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations--History by an authorized administrator of UKnowledge. For more information, please contact [email protected]. STUDENT AGREEMENT: I represent that my thesis or dissertation and abstract are my original work. Proper attribution has been given to all outside sources. I understand that I am solely responsible for obtaining any needed copyright permissions. I have obtained needed written permission statement(s) from the owner(s) of each third-party copyrighted matter to be included in my work, allowing electronic distribution (if such use is not permitted by the fair use doctrine) which will be submitted to UKnowledge as Additional File. I hereby grant to The University of Kentucky and its agents the irrevocable, non-exclusive, and royalty-free license to archive and make accessible my work in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known.
    [Show full text]
  • Geography Education, Spatial Thinking, and Geospatial Technologies: Introduction to the Special Issue Injeong Jo Texas State University, [email protected]
    View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research Volume 5 Article 1 Number 3 Geospatial Teaching and Learning 7-2018 Geography Education, Spatial Thinking, and Geospatial Technologies: Introduction to the Special Issue Injeong Jo Texas State University, [email protected] Jung Eun Hong University of West Georgia, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.uwm.edu/ijger Part of the Earth Sciences Commons, Environmental Sciences Commons, and the Geography Commons Recommended Citation Jo, Injeong and Hong, Jung Eun (2018) "Geography Education, Spatial Thinking, and Geospatial Technologies: Introduction to the Special Issue," International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research: Vol. 5 : No. 3 , Article 1. Available at: https://dc.uwm.edu/ijger/vol5/iss3/1 This Review Article is brought to you for free and open access by UWM Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research by an authorized administrator of UWM Digital Commons. For more information, please contact open- [email protected]. Geography Education, Spatial Thinking, and Geospatial Technologies: Introduction to the Special Issue Abstract This special issue contains six papers on the development of students’ knowledge, skills, and practice of geospatial thinking in a variety of educational contexts. Each of the papers addresses an aspect of the research gap that deserves timely attention in the field, focusing on curriculum design, pedagogical approaches, exemplary resources or tools, and strategies to move forward for the promotion of geospatial teaching and learning.
    [Show full text]
  • Mobile Learning for Sustainable Development and Environmental Teacher Education
    sustainability Article Mobile Learning for Sustainable Development and Environmental Teacher Education María Sebastián-López and Rafael de Miguel González * Faculty of Education, ARGOS-IUCA, University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected] Received: 30 September 2020; Accepted: 18 November 2020; Published: 23 November 2020 Abstract: Outdoor learning has, for a long time, been an important instructional resource in school education, usually embedded in the natural sciences and social sciences curricula. Teaching geography, geology, or biology beyond the traditional classroom allows students to interact with physical and social environments for meaningful learning. Mobile devices that are based on geospatial technologies have provided more accurate data, but also a combined instructional design with other WebGIS, map viewers, or geographic information system (GIS) layers, which are useful to foster education for sustainable development. This paper analyzes the applications of mobile learning based on citizen science and volunteer geographic information, but also on the growing awareness that citizens and educators need a set of digital competencies to enhance and innovate lifelong learning and active citizenship. The empirical research aims to measure teacher–training experience, highlighting the potential of mobile devices and their applications in environmental education. Data collected from the research and results prove the positive impact of mobile learning in environmental education. Finally, a discussion about mobile learning and education for sustainable development is provided. Keywords: environmental education; sustainable development; mobile learning; competencies 1. Mobile Learning for Geographic and Environmental Education The teaching of school geography has always had an indisputable locational component, which has required leaving the classroom and the school for direct knowledge of the students’ natural and social environment.
    [Show full text]
  • Perceptions and Experiences of Global Citizenship Education
    1 PERCEPTIONS AND EXPERIENCES OF GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION A thesis presented by Evan S. Saperstein to The School of Education In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in the field of Education College of Professional Studies Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts March 2019 2 Abstract In recent years, the idea of "global citizenship" has grown in scholarly circles and developed into a nascent discipline known as global citizenship education. As a general matter, global citizenship education strives to deepen cross-cultural understanding through the study of current transnational issues. This qualitative, interpretivist case study sought to examine and evaluate how students enrolled in a global studies curriculum at an urban New Jersey public high school view their roles and responsibilities in the world today. The study included interviews from an administrator, two global studies teachers, and six students enrolled in the second sequence of a two-year course in the global studies curriculum. The study also included observations and analysis of the course curriculum, syllabus, and student assignments. This study advances four primary findings. First, the need for continued curriculum development and design of global studies related courses and content. Second, the need for pre- service and in-service training for teachers of global studies related courses, including teacher education and professional development programs. Third, the importance of experiential learning, among other forms of pedagogy and instructional practices, in furthering the goals of global citizenship education. Fourth, the need for class projects, international education programs, and other experiential learning opportunities (such as fieldwork, service-learning, or community programs) to cultivate student interest in global citizenship education.
    [Show full text]
  • D2.2 Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for Linking Geographical, Archaeological, Historical, and Ecological Data and Information for the Case Studies
    HERCULES Sustainable futures for Europe’s HERitage in CULtural landscapES: Tools for understanding, managing, and protecting landscape functions and values GA no. 603447 D2.2 Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for linking geographical, archaeological, historical, and ecological data and information for the case studies Main authors: Niels van Manen, Maurice de Kleijn, Daniel Löwenborg and Kim von Hackwitz With contributions from Carole Crumley, Jan Kolen, Henk Scholten and Philip Verhagen Reviewers: Carole Crumley and Matej Batič Work Package Work Package 2 Studying long-term landscape change Deliverable nature Report (R) Dissemination level Public (PU) (Confidentiality) Estimated indicated 14 Actual person-months 7 person-months Date of delivery Contractual 31 May 2015 Actual 05 June 2015 Version 1 Total number of pages 31 Keywords Spatial Data Infrastructure; GIS; GI-Literacy; Long-term changes; Spatial Modelling Deliverable D2.2 Executive summary The second deliverable of WP2 (D2.2) of the HERCULES project contains the outlines of the Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for retrieving and linking archaeological, historical, and ecological data and geo-information to support the interdisciplinary study of landscape change. It reports on the current state of the infrastructural facility, as the content (data) and functionality (query, analysis and visualization functions) will be refined further in the process of the modelling conducted in three regional case studies (task 2.3) and inter-regional comparisons within the HERCULES project. The SDI outline defines an innovative SDI conceptualization and architecture, grounded in international SDI literature and the functionality and data needs of interdisciplinary research of the long-term development and transformation of cultural landscapes.
    [Show full text]
  • 8:00 Am Meetings Alpha Kappa Delta Council Meeting Palais Des
    8:00 am Meetings even decide to collaborate! Alpha Kappa Delta Council Meeting 1:00 pm Meetings Palais des congrès de Montréal, 523B, 8:00am-4:30pm Association of Korean Sociologists in America (AKSA) Department Chairs Preconference. The Sociology Major in the Palais des congrès de Montréal, 519A, 1:00-6:00pm Changing Landscape of Higher Education: Director of Graduate Studies Preconference. The Future of the Recommendations from the ASA Task Force on Liberal PhD in Sociology Learning Palais des congrès de Montréal, 520B, 1:00-4:30pm Palais des congrès de Montréal, 520A, 8:00am-4:00pm 1:00 pm Sessions Group Processes Palais des congrès de Montréal, 522ABC, 8:00am-6:00pm 002. Course 02. Media Preconference Palais des congrès de Montréal, 520C, 1:00-4:30pm North American Chinese Sociologists Association (NACSA) Session Organizer: Dustin Kidd, Temple University Palais des congrès de Montréal, 525A, 8:00am-6:00pm Leader: Dustin Kidd, Temple University 8:30 am Meetings The 2017 Annual Meeting will offer a special workshop aimed at increasing knowledge of both traditional and social media, as well as strategies Orientation for 1st Year Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) for using these tools in sociological work. The Media Preconference is organized by Dustin Kidd (Temple University). Topics covered include: Fellows Creating a social media strategy Twitter for Academics Engaging with Palais des congrès de Montréal, 518C, 8:30am-2:30pm Journalists Social Media Techniques for the Classroom Section on Teaching and Learning Preconference. Thinking 003. Course 03. Advanced Regression Modeling: A Discrete Matters: Critical Thinking, Active Listening, and Evidence- Approach Based Writing Palais des congrès de Montréal, 520D, 1:00-5:00pm Palais des congrès de Montréal, 519B, 8:30am-5:00pm Session Organizer: Roger A.
    [Show full text]
  • Literature Review on Spatial Thinking
    GI Learner Creating a learning line on spatial thinking LITERATURE REVIEW ON SPATIAL THINKING Luc Zwartjes María Luisa de Lázaro Karl Donert Isaac Buzo Sánchez Rafael De Miguel González ElżBieta Wołoszyńska-Wiśniewska The European Commission support for the production of this puBlication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot Be held responsible for any use which may Be made of the information contained therein. © 2017, GI Learner project, 2015-1-BE02-KA201-012306 www.gilearner.eu 2 Literature review on spatial thinking Content 1 BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................ 4 2 GI-LEARNER PROJECT .................................................................................................. 7 3 WHAT IS SPATIAL THINKING ........................................................................................ 8 4 BACKGROUND OF SPATIAL THINKING ....................................................................... 11 5 SPATIAL THINKING TO GEOSPATIAL CRITICAL THINKING ............................................ 15 5.1 Spatial thinking – critical thinking .....................................................................................15 5.2 Geospatial critical thinking ................................................................................................16 5.3 Participation and spatial citizenship ..................................................................................19
    [Show full text]
  • Citizen Science and Digital Geomedia: Implementing a Biodiversity Information System in Cabo Verde
    299 Citizen Science and Digital Geomedia: Implementing a Biodiversity Information System in Cabo Verde Detlef KANWISCHER1, David BURGER1 and Thomas NAUSS2 1Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Germany · [email protected] 2Philipps-Universität, Marburg / Germany This contribution was double-blind reviewed as full paper. Abstract Digital geomedia has an enormous potential for the activation of citizens and organizations in the area of ecological and spatial awareness. By means of the new spatial media, the civil society is given the opportunity to acquire information and knowledge on environmental aspects. At the same time, they can collect new georeferenced data independently, and contribute this data to the scientific community. The purpose of this paper is to contribute a practical approach to promote a sustainable biodiversity management and monitoring system in combination with an education system in Cabo Verde. The underlying theoretical framework for the design of the participatory Biodiversity Information System (BIS) is set by the critical GIS-debate. The project is based on educational approaches of environmental citizenship and spatial citizenship, which explicitly take into account aspects of participa- tion, empowerment, and capacity building. The result of this paper aims at implementing a cooperation between citizens and scientists in the area of biodiversity in Cabo Verde. 1 Science Communication and the Role of Digital Geomedia Scientists of all research disciplines are being confronted with the phenomenon that within the last decades, successful research explaining the functional relationships of complex ecosystems has been conducted, but at the same time many natural ecosystems are being threatened by destruction through human activities. The explanation of this observation is complex and multi-layered.
    [Show full text]
  • Mapping the Far Right: Geomedia in an Educational Response to Right-Wing Extremism
    International Journal of Geo-Information Article Mapping the Far Right: Geomedia in an Educational Response to Right-Wing Extremism Thomas Jekel * ID , Michael Lehner and Robert Vogler ID Department of Geography and Geology & PLUS-School of Education, University of Salzburg, Salzburg 5020, Austria; [email protected] (M.L.); [email protected] (R.V.) * Correspondence: [email protected] Received: 7 June 2017; Accepted: 18 September 2017; Published: 22 September 2017 Abstract: Across Europe, and probably the world, messages of the extreme right surface with increasing and alarming regularity in both public and virtual space. Within the virtual space, geomedia are increasingly used in nationalist propaganda, a trend which is embedded in a wider development in public discourse, election results, and policies. In Austria and Germany, particular sensibilities due to the responsibility for the Holocaust have developed, leading to various specific education initiatives that address this part of history. This paper presents an activist learning environment using geomedia to deconstruct right-wing extremist discourses, and has been tested used in university settings in Salzburg and Vienna. Using a combination of Instagram and geospatial technologies not visible to learners, results of reflection and learning processes are analyzed qualitatively across two slightly different enactments of the learning environment. Experiences suggest an encouraging potential of geomedia use in critical learning processes, as long as the technology
    [Show full text]
  • DYC 2017 – Natl Activities 1 D'youville COLLEGE The
    D’YOUVILLE COLLEGE The American History and Civics Education-National Activities Grant Program Program Narrative Table of Contents Section Page a) Quality of the Project Design 2 - 17 b) Significance 18 - 24 c) Quality of the Management Plan 25- 38 d) Quality of the Project Evaluation 39 - 47 DYC 2017 – Natl Activities 1 A. QUALITY OF THE PROJECT DESIGN Project Description DATA CITIZENS WESTERN NEW YORK (WNY) is an innovative teacher professional development model designed to support geography, civics, and government teachers and their students as they explore global historical questions using geo-spatial data to analyze and address local civic issues in teacher led civic engagement projects. We frame this work as preparation for “spatial citizenship” in the 21st century (Schulze, Gryl, and Kanwischer 2015; Gryl and Jekel 2012). Innovative instructional techniques using geospatial (GIS) tools emphasize the use of available technologies to explore key ideas in history and civics within geographic-spatial contexts and ultimately increase civic understandings among secondary school students. We see this innovative initiative as direct preparation of both teachers and students for upcoming changes to New York State testing in Global History and Geography II. Phase I of DATA CITIZENS WNY involves a two-week intensive SUMMER INSTITUTE for teachers. Phase II involves a two-week SUMMER CAMP for local high school students which serves as a “living laboratory” in which teachers apply their newly acquired knowledge with student learners, and complete a community-based citizen data project. This model presents unique opportunities to address gaps in teacher knowledge about applied geography as well as model engaged citizenship for students.
    [Show full text]
  • Geospatial Technologies and Geography Education in a Changing World Geospatial Practices and Lessons Learned Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences
    Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences Osvaldo Muñiz Solari · Ali Demirci Joop van der Schee Editors Geospatial Technologies and Geography Education in a Changing World Geospatial Practices and Lessons Learned Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences Series Editor Dr. R.B. Singh More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/13113 AIMS AND SCOPE Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences synthesizes series diagnostigation and prognostication of earth environment, incorporating challeng- ing interactive areas within ecological envelope of geosphere, biosphere, hydro- sphere, atmosphere and cryosphere. It deals with land use land cover change (LUCC), urbanization, energy flux, land-ocean fluxes, climate, food security, ecohydrology, biodiversity, natural hazards and disasters, human health and their mutual interaction and feedback mechanism in order to contribute towards sustain- able future. The geosciences methods range from traditional field techniques and conventional data collection, use of remote sensing and geographical information system, computer aided technique to advance geostatistical and dynamic modeling. The series integrate past, present and future of geospheric attributes incorporat- ing biophysical and human dimensions in spatio-temporal perspectives. The geosciences, encompassing land-ocean-atmosphere interaction is considered as a vital component in the context of environmental issues, especially in observation and prediction of air and water pollution, global warming and urban heat islands. It is important to communicate the advances in geosciences to increase resilience of society through capacity building for mitigating the impact of natural hazards and disasters. Sustainability of human society depends strongly on the earth envi- ronment, and thus the development of geosciences is critical for a better under- standing of our living environment, and its sustainable development.
    [Show full text]
  • Uneven Resistance to Inequality in the Spaces of Food Labor and Urban Land Use Politics
    MAPPING POWER RELATIONS IN THE ALTERNATIVE FOOD MOVEMENT: UNEVEN RESISTANCE TO INEQUALITY IN THE SPACES OF FOOD LABOR AND URBAN LAND USE POLITICS By JOSHUA SBICCA A DISSERTATION PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 2014 1 © 2014 Joshua Sbicca 2 For Jennifer and human flourishing 3 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This dissertation is a collective product. While there were times when I felt like a lone wolf in the desert support in the form of critical feedback, encouragement, a hug, or a hot meal were readily and often supplied. In the first semester of graduate school, I took a seminar in Environmental Justice from Brian Mayer. Wanting to understand how people were fighting for environmental goods, I became enamored with the topic of food. No one in the department is a food scholar, but I received nothing but support from all those I encountered. Beginning with my master’s degree, Brian and Christine Overdevest were strong supporters of my work, and endorsed my qualitative project in the hopes this would feed into a dissertation. In addition, Stephen Perz always allowed my intellectual curiosities to guide me, partially because we share a wide view of environmentally related social science. Moreover, he offered regular constructive criticism and editing advice for my first two publications. I especially want to thank Whitney Sanford for requiring that we read Marx’s Ecology by John Bellamy Foster. This work proved to be a deep source of inspiration at a critical time in my graduate training.
    [Show full text]