FYI...Stefanie ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- WATER: CULTURAL REPRESENTATIONS & ECOLOGICAL QUESTIONS > the topic of a >University of Oregon German Studies symposium >to be held at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon >October 16-19, 1997. > >Co-sponsors: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD); >UO Humanities Center; UO College of Arts and Sciences; >UO School of Architecture and Allied Arts > >The symposium aims to provide a forum for analyzing the cultural, >environmental, and political significance of water from a broad range of >interdisciplinary and international perspectives. It will coincide with an >invitational photography exhibit sponsored by the UO >Museum of Art, which will display works related to the theme of water by >photographers from Germany and the Pacific Northwest. > >Sessions will link the ecological and cultural responses to water by >addressing such issues as >boundaries, water as transportation, architecture and water, >hygiene/purity/pollution, floods and drought, aridity, waterpower, >hydrophobia, fishing (including Native American fishing rights) and >imaginary water creatures. The presentations should contribute to an >intercultural discussion of water-related issues. > >Abstracts for papers (in English/20-minute limit) are now being accepted. Due to the Lingua Franca publication schedule for this notice, readers are eligible for an extended submission deadline of April 15. > For submissions and/or more information, contact Susan C. Anderson, Chair, >German Studies Committee, Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literatures, >University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403; tel. (541) 346-4056; fax (541) >346-4126; e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ************************************ Stefanie S. Rixecker Department of Resource Management Lincoln University, Canterbury Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************
