Multiple Meeting Announcements
Workshop Announcement and Call for Abstracts
The 7th International Kastelli Symposium 2010:
People in a Changing World
18-19 November 2010
Oulu, FinlandSession Announcement and Call for Abstracts
S48 - How will a continued ice retreat affect arctic productivity
and food webs?
2011 ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting
13-18 February 2011
San Juan, Puerto RicoWorkshop Announcement and Call for Papers
Exploring Ice and Snow in the Cold War
27-29 January 2011
Munich, Germany
- Workshop Announcement and Call for Abstracts
The 7th International Kastelli Symposium 2010:
People in a Changing World
18-19 November 2010
Oulu, Finland
Registration and Submission Deadline: Thursday, 15 October 2010
The 7th International Kastelli Symposium will be held at the University
of Oulu, Finland, on 18-19 November 2010. The primary theme of the
symposium is "People in a Changing World."
Sub-themes include adaptation of people to changes in society and
culture, effect of political issues on welfare and wellbeing, and future
aspects of health and wellbeing. A book of abstracts will be compiled
and published from the abstracts submitted to the Symposium.
Registration and online abstract submission are available at:
http://arctichealth.oulu.fi/kastelli.
The Symposium is organized by the Thule Institute, University of Oulu,
in cooperation with the University of Arctic Thematic Networks on Global
Change and Arctic Medicine.
Pre-conference Course, 15-17 November 2010
A research training course also entitled "People in a Changing World"
and targeted to doctoral students will be held in Oulu 15-17 November
2010, preceding the Symposium. The course will cover the long-term
historical research and forecasting of the future of human-environment
relationships with respect to health, economic- and socio-cultural
wellbeing, societal resilience, adaptation and transformability,
vulnerability in different scales, and human communication. Case studies
on environmental and economic changes and their socio-cultural effects
help students to understand how people will affect communities and
cultures, their self-image, and ultimately their health.
The course is funded by Nordforsk Top-level Research Initiative "Effect
studies and adaptation to climate change" as the first course organized
by the Nordic Network 'People and Ecosystems in a changing world.'
Further information about the course program and registration can be
found at: http://arctichealth.oulu.fi/kastelli.
- Session Announcement and Call for Abstracts
S48 - How will a continued ice retreat affect arctic productivity
and food webs?
2011 ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting
13-18 February 2011
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Organizers of special session S48, entitled 'How will a continued ice
retreat affect arctic productivity and food webs?,' announce a call for
abstracts. The session will be convened at the 2011 American Society for
Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Aquatic Science Meeting, scheduled for
13-18 February 2011 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Global warming is especially pronounced in the Arctic with records
indicating a heating rate of 0.4 deg C per decade--twice as fast as for
the rest of the planet. A clear sign of the ongoing warming is the
reduction in the extent and thinning of ice cover. The function of
arctic marine ecosystems is intimately linked to ice dynamics;
stratification and warming that may result in new structural and
functional states. Structural shifts may arise from range changes of
sub-polar species or the loss of key arctic species. In addition,
temperature, light, and freshwater inputs drive key organism functions
such as primary and secondary production and respiration rates, so the
physiological and life history traits of the organisms present may
change. Apart from the response on the separate levels of the food web
(e.g. the microbial community, copepods, benthos and fish, mammal and
bird predators), changes in productivity on different trophic levels
will compound with separate responses and may affect the flux of organic
matter and nutrients through the food web. Arctic waters are considered
to turn highly productive in the near future. Moreover, areas of
deep-water convection that facilitate the export of organic carbon into
the deep sea make the system an important feature of the biological
pump.
To this session, organizers invite contributions that address how ice
retreat may affect the productivity and food webs of the arctic marine
system. Contributions that shed light on all aspects (e.g. metabolism,
physiology, species distributions, cycling of elements, physical
features) that ultimately relate to productivity are encouraged.
Experimental, modeling, and monitoring based studies are invited.
For abstract submission guidelines, please go to:
http://www.aslo.org/meetings/sanjuan2011/abs_guide.html.
A list of all special sessions is available at:
http://www.aslo.org/meetings/sanjuan2011/special_sessions.html.
- Workshop Announcement and Call for Papers
Exploring Ice and Snow in the Cold War
27-29 January 2011
Munich, Germany
Submission Deadline: Sunday, 30 August 2010
A workshop entitled "Exploring Ice and Snow in the Cold War" will take
place at the Deutsche Museum in Munich, Germany from 27-29 January 2011.
The workshop is supported by the Rachel Carson Center for Environment
and Society
The scientific exploration of extreme climatic conditions and hostile
environments flourished during the Cold War. In the course of these
years of confrontation between East and West, research on 'the cold'
served ambivalent purposes. On the one hand, increasing knowledge about
extreme climatic conditions seemed to guarantee political power and
access to future resources. One the other hand, the very nature of the
earth's surface and its characteristics challenged dichotomous
ideologies of 'East' and 'West'. Events like the International
Geophysical Year (1957-1958) structured global efforts to investigate
the world as a whole. Spatial images of the 'blue planet' can be seen to
be a result of the environmental knowledge gained through earth
sciences. As the earth's climate influenced many aspects of human life,
culture, and politics, the scientific perception of ice and snow needed
to be investigated from different perspectives. Scientific disciplines
such as meteorology, geophysics, glaciology, and oceanography were part
of the exploration of ice and snow.
This workshop is interested in new research projects at the interface of
environmental history, military history and the history of science and
technology to contribute to the discussion on the scientific perception
and constitution of nature in the Cold War.
Applications for any of the following research areas, as well as
proposals that deal with the workshop's topic from alternative
perspectives, are welcome:
Sites of Knowledge
How did military strategy and politics influence concrete research
projects and how did this knowledge flow back into society? Are there
typical Cold War sciences dealing with ice and snow and which places,
sites, or laboratories were typical for these endeavors? Which
infrastructures were required to explore ice and snow and what role did
technology play in the construction of artificial environments?Knowledge and the Environment--Environmental Knowledge
Did the Cold War foster or inhibit knowledge about the fragility of
nature, and which scientific disciplines were involved in this process?
When, where, and how were issues of pollution addressed? Did knowledge
motivated by military and strategic interests also play a part in
environmental contexts?Metaphors, Visions, and Narrations
Epistemologically, ice and snow are objects that are shaped through
different scientific perspectives and cultural narratives. Which
metaphors, visions, and narratives are associated with the scientific
exploration of extreme climatic conditions during the Cold War?
Travel and accommodation costs will be met by the organizers.
Applications must be written in English. Abstracts (500 words) and a
short curriculum vitae should be submitted by email no later than August
30th 2010 to:
Christian Kehrt
Email: kehrt [at] hsu-hh.de
For further information on organizational issues, please contact:
Franziska Torma
Email: franziska.torma [at] carsoncenter.lmu.de