CFP: Plurality and Planning: The Problem of Risk at Multiple Scales (due tomorrow!)

[Max Liboiron]

FYI. The deadline is tomorrow, but the abstracts are very short.

We're seeking a few more papers for the following panel for the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, March 24-28, 2015, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 

Panel Title: "Plurality and Planning: The Problem of Risk at Multiple Scales"

Organizers: Elizabeth Reddy (University of California, Irvine) and Emily Brooks (University of California, Irvine)

Abstract: 

Defining risks and disasters is often a matter of thinking with scale and multiple contingencies at once. This panel addresses risks and disasters as both powerful ideas and things in the world which are conceptualized, calculated, and acted upon at multiple scales simultaneously, often by scientists or local experts, but also by community members. The papers collected here explore how experts and community members address risks and disasters as they unfold on multiple spatial scales (local or translocal, regional, national, global), along different timelines, or simply in different ways for individuals and groups.

We particularly invite papers that engage with:

_the politics of determining the spatial boundaries, causes, and/or effects of a disaster

_relations between regional or national definitions and local experiences of risk and disaster

_environmental hazards that resist containment (pollution, toxicity, etc.)

_attempts to map or model risks and disasters at different scales

_conflicts between impact assessments done by and for different groups

_moments when different risks or disasters are revealed to be related or interdependent

To submit: We invite interested participants to send a paper title, brief (50-100 word) abstract, institutional affiliation, and contact information to Elizabeth Reddy (ere...@uci.edu) and Emily Brooks (ebro...@uci.edu) by October 1. We will confirm participation in this session by October 5.