For people in Oxford, there are some interesting events this coming Wednesday (May 10th):
Oxford University Centre for the Environment Symposium:
“What Future for Environmentalism?”10.00 Introduction
10.05 Noel Castree, Manchester University, “‘The Paradoxes of Environmental Politics”
10.45 David Pepper, Oxford Brookes University, “Ecotopianism: Transgressive or Regressive?”
11.25 Andrew Dobson, Keele University, “The Invisibility of the England and Wales Green Party – Why, and Does it Matter?”
12.05 General questions and discussion
12.30 Lunch
1.30 George Monbiot, journalist and writer, “Just Green”
2.10 Diana Liverman, Oxford University, “Environmentalisms and the Response to Neoliberalism in Latin America”
2.50 Joan Martinez Alier, Barcelona Autonomous University, “Social Metabolism and Ecological Distribution Conflicts”
3.30 – 4.00 Final discussion and close
As far as I can tell, all of these events are taking place in their building on South Parks Road.
Many thanks to Taylor Owen for forwarding me an email about it. Such is the decentralized nature of Oxford that, despite being on every mailing list I’ve come across, I hadn’t heard a word about it before. There is also a lecture that evening:
The Africa Society and Rhodes Scholar Southern Africa Forum Joint Panel Discussion Series:
Framing the Continent in 2005: Implications for the FutureMarked by the Make Poverty History Campaign, LiveAid, the G8 summit, and the Commission for Africa, 2005 was dubbed by many as the ‘Year of Africa.’ As we move into 2006 it is worth reflecting on the impacts-positive and negative-of these high profile initiatives and the subsequent media attention.
5:00pm to 7:00pm
Rhodes House: Jameson Room
I will be attending both.
PS. A compilation of Oxford Environment related information and events can be found here. The OUCE website is very counter-intuitive if you are trying to figure out what’s going on there. I couldn’t even find a page with information on this Wednesday’s event.
