job announcement/fwd
FYI. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Forwarded Message Follows --- JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Georgia Tech's School of Literature, Communication, and Culture (LCC) is participating in the fundamental reconfiguration of the role of higher education in an increasingly technological, multicultural environment. Currently offering a master's degree in Information Design and Technology (IDT), a bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, and Culture (STAC), and a minor in Women in Science and Technology (WIST), LCC is also responsible for providing courses in literature, communication, and culture to all Georgia Tech undergraduates. In keeping both with our current programs and with an eye toward developing a PhD program in the history, theory, and practice of technologies of representation, we seek to fill 4-5 tenure-track positions at the rank of assistant professor (except where noted; for all positions, however, we will in extraordinary cases consider candidates at the rank of associate or full professor). All new faculty will share LCC's commitment to interdisciplinary work at the theoretical and applied levels, as well as to the integration of new electronic technologies into humanities and communication education. We are especially interested in considering applications from women and minority candidates. Applications must be postmarked by Friday, November 3 (except where noted); this deadline will be strictly observed. FACULTY POSITIONS AVAILABLE 1) Film Studies: 1 position (film history/theory/video production). The committee seeks candidates with expertise in the practical and theoretical aspects of the relation of film to other electronic visual media - including video, animation, digital graphics, and multimedia. Send letter and CV to Prof. J. P. Telotte, Film Studies Search Committee. 2) Electronic Communication: 1 or 2 positions (graphics and/or professional communication). The committee seeks candidates with expertise in the practical and theoretical aspects of graphic design, theories of visualization, and/or professional communication. Candidates who pass the initial screening will be asked to submit a portfolio of recent work. Send letter and CV to Prof. Jay Bolter, Electronic Communication Search Committee. 3) Cultural Studies: 1 or 2 positions (science and technology studies). The committee seeks candidates with expertise in the cultural studies of science and technology, with an emphasis in eighteenth-century or American studies. Candidates working on modes of visual representation are especially welcome. Send letter and CV to Prof. Alan Rauch, Cultural Studies Search Committee. 4) American Studies: 1 associate professor position (science and technology studies). The committee seeks candidates with proven scholarly record of accomplishment in American cultural studies of science and technology. Candidates working on modes of visual representation are especially welcome. Send letter and CV by October 30 to Prof. Richard Grusin, American Studies Search Committee. School of Literature, Communication, and Culture GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0165 * richard grusin director of undergraduate studies school of literature, communication, and culture georgia institute of technology atlanta, georgia 30332-0165 tel: 404-894-2739 fax: 404-853-0373 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
Sept. 1996 Conference/fwd
FYI. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Forwarded Message Follows --- **CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT*** SUSTAINING ECOSYSTEMS AND PEOPLE IN TEMPERATE AND BOREAL FORESTS An International Conference On Integrating Conservation Of Biological Diversity With Social And Economic Goals 9-13 September 1996 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada *** Conference Themes Plan to join us at this international conference September 9-13, 1996 in Victoria, British Columbia, on Canada's beautiful west coast. You will hear about the latest research, conceptual approaches, and operational examples from this region and around the world. The objective is to explore practical ways of integrating biological diversity with economic and social systems at a variety of scales and organizational structures. The conference will bring together people with understanding that covers the broad range of subjects required to sustain forests, human communities, and ecosystems. It will promote understanding of problems and will emphasize constructive long-term solutions for addressing changes needed to sustain biological diversity of native forests and the human communities they support, into the 21st century and beyond. Need Management of the world's forests to sustain diversity, productivity, and renewability is essential. Forests support much of the world's terrestrial biological diversity, contribute to economic activity in many nations, and provide crucial ecological services. While tropical forests have received much attention, the harvest and conversion of temperate and boreal forests from native to managed is also of growing concern, especially in developed nations. Many initiatives and interests are focusing on sustainable forestry at a variety of scales, including global, national, provincial, regional, landscape, and stand levels. There is a world-wide need to better understand the variety of approaches to sustaining forest diversity. If ecosystems and biological diversity are to be sustained in the face of the expected human population growth and economic development of the 21st century, economic and biological goals will have to integrated while continuing to meet the needs of both rural and urban peoples. This conference will focus on pro-active solutions to this integration of biological, social, and economic goals. Issues and Proposed Discussion Topics ISetting the Global Stage: Updates on National and International Issues e.g, UNCED follow-up, Criteria and Indicators, Eco-labelling and Certification of Forest Products, Biodiversity Strategies, Population Growth and Resource Consumption trends II Understanding Principles and Concepts of Ecosystems, Human Values, and What to Sustain e.g., Landscape Ecology, Conservation Reserve Effectiveness, Threatened and Endangered Species, Human Communities and Values, Adpative Management, Legal Roles, Resource Ownership ad Tenure Rights III Managing for Sustainability at Regional and Local Scales: Examples of Solutions e.g., Planning and Monitoring Systems, Cumulative Effects, Forecasting and Modelling, Roles of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, Management and Integration of Aquatic and Riparian Ecosystems, Case Study Examples of Sustainable Management Initiatives Associated Activities Conference delegates will have ample opportunities to visit native forests in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Pre- and Post-Conference field trips are being planned to Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island, to the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii), to the central interior of British Columbia, and to the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State, USA. How To Register An Expression Of Interest Information on registration, special conference flights, accommodation, and field trips, and a call for abstracts will be circulated in the fall of 1995. To register your name on the conference mailing list, or for further information, please contact our Conference Secretariat: Connections Victoria Ltd. P.O. Box 40046 Victoria, BC Canada V8W 3N3 Telephone: 604-382-0332 Fax: 604-382-2076 PLEASE CROSS-POST AS APPROPRIATE
RE: Biodiversity Convention & First Peoples
Thanks for the great subject! I think that intellectual property rights (ie those related to genetics and industrial farming) are the greatest harm to the environment and to the human capacity for self-empowerment, as well as to biodiversity. If we allow corportations to become owners of the very processes that we consider part of the life cycle, then we are giving up far more than the rights to create our own varieties of tomatoes. Also, the issue has many correlations (although not absolute ones) to the current US abortion debate. The issue may not be whether or not it is right to have an abortion (in terms of the public, secular debate) but whether or not it is safe to allow the government to make the womb public space. How many of you saw the film, "when it rains it thunders" about a futuristic world where a series of comprimises by feminists and legal super-stars leads to the implementation of registering pregnancies with the police, who are able to do uterine warrants? Can intellectual property rights let the government make DNA anaylsis warrantable? DNA searches, ets. YIKES! So, those are my concerns. The moral issues will be with us forever, now that the technologies have been invented. But the legal issues, those are what worry me more. Kim >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Oct 6 09:04:32 1995 Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 09:20:21 -0600 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kimberly Hart) Subject: Seminar help Hello, I am working on a seminar on ecofeminism for a group of botany graduate students. The students are quite conservative and for most of them, this will be the first academic discussion about ecofeminsim. The ironic thing is, I'm supposed to be the most informed on the subject (out of all the students) yet I have never formally studied the philosophies of ecofeminism. I have long been a feminist and an ecologist/environmentalist, but, as I said, I lack formal training in thought or action with the two combined. I am interested in your opinions, anything that might help me approach this topic with this particular group. They are conservative, yet most are quite open-minded and I'm excited to present a new way of thought to them. I've come up with 3 questions, if you have time to respond, please do. Your input is greatly appreciated. 1. Why is feminism combined with the ecological movement? (this is what most people ask me about the subject). 2. How do femenist viewpoints enlarge our understanding of ecology and environmental activism? 3. How do you (as an ecofeminist) define ecofeminism? Once again, thanks for your help. Cheers to you all, Kim Kim Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kimberly Hamblin Hart 47 S. Eastwood Orem, UT 84058
