Annual Env-Soc-Dev symposium

3rd Annual Symposium on Environment, Society and Development

'Critical Perspectives on Resource Justice: Lessons from the Field'

Geography, National University of Ireland, Galway

August 28, 2012

This one-day symposium culminates the MA in Environment, Society and Development at NUI Galway each year. The aim of this year's event is to examine pathways to merge critical perspectives on resource justice with research based practice. Dimensions of food, housing, and energy-resource justice will be explored alongside a critique of existing ideologies and politics of the everyday. Speakers include Yves Cabannes (UCL), urban planner and activist specialising in international urban and municipal governance, and Michael McCaughan, researcher, writer and activist based in the Burren, Co. Clare. In addition, an array of national and international panelists, including Jon Hallé (Share Energy UK), Gerry Kearns (NUIM), Anna Ryan (UL), Anne Schiffer (designer and campaigner) and Neil Smith (CUNY), will discuss how spaces and processes can be created to develop alternative politics for a more just distribution and sustainable use of resources. Invited participants represent both academic, activist and practitioner perspectives, spanning the disciplines of geography, politics, planning, architecture and design. Cross-cutting themes will include the ethics and politics of public and professional responsibility and action, and avenues for merging critical geography and research based practice.

There is no fee to attend, and the preliminary programme can be found here.

To register by August 20, 2012, please contact Alma Clavin at alma.clavinnuigalway.ie. Please include your name, title and institutional affiliation. Note that space is limited.

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