Young Environmental Scholars Seminar Series
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Young Environmental Scholars Seminar Series
Roundtable on Water
'Divining Water': Locating the Socio-Political Contexts of Water
Registration requested by 5 p.m., May 24, 2013.
The YES Seminar Series organized by and for Stanford postdoctoral scholars and graduate students brings together environmental researchers from all seven schools at Stanford for innovative dialogue and productive collaboration regarding environmental issues. The goals of the seminar series are to advance interdisciplinary environmental research, identify connections across the Stanford community, build strategic collaborations, and introduce new scholarly communities to the Stanford Woods Institute.
May 31, 2013
noon - 3:00 pm
Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Environment and Energy Building, Bechtel Conference Room (Y2E2 299)
Photo Credit: Robert Dawson, Stanford University
Divining Water brings together scholars, policy-makers, activists, and artists to think through the socio-political contexts of their work on and with water (i.e.., ethics, privatization, legal protections, rights, trans-boundary governance, conflict, and so on). Traditional approaches to water management, governance and engineering have tended to emphasize design and implementation. In this final YES seminar we seek to broaden the scope and ask: How can locating the socio-political contexts of water policies and practices address complex issues and transform debates? How do we link people back to the water itself? How can humanistic approaches be brought to bear to address environmental issues surrounding water?
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Andrew Fahlund |
Executive Director, Water in the West |
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Serena Ferrando |
Ph.D. Candidate, Italian |
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Heather Lukacs |
Ph.D. Candidate, E-IPER |
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David M. Kennedy |
Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History, Emeritus; Senior Fellow, Emeritus at Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment |
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Richard Luthy |
Silas H. Palmer Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Senior Fellow - Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment |
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Emma S. Norman |
Assistant Professor of Geography, Michigan Technological University |
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Cynthia Truelove |
Ph.D., Visiting Researcher, Water in the West and Water-Energy Research Initiative |
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Agenda |
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11:30 am |
Lunch and Registration |
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12:00 pm |
Poem “The Water Diviner” by Dannie Abse |
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Welcome and Introductory Remarks |
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Robert Dawson "Picturing the Commons: Understanding Water through Photography" |
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Panel Discussion |
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Q & A and Discussion |
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3:00 pm |
Adjourn and Informal Reception |
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