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To: EANTH-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU, H-NET List for Environmental History <H-ENVIRONMENT@H-NET.MSU.EDU> Subject: 2nd CFP for panel on unsuccessful protected areas Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:12:51 +0000 Hi all We are still looking for one or two panelists for the following AAA panel proposal -- please send me abstracts by March 20 to allow time for the AAA on-line submission process. I am interested in putting together a panel for the 2007 American Anthropological Association meetings (in Washington DC, 11/28-12/2/2007) on unsuccessful attempts at establishing protected areas. Works like Latour's Aramis and Scott's Seeing Like a State have demonstrated the value of studies of policy and program failures but environmental anthropologists have seldom examined the failure of protected area proposals. My (envisioned) paper will focus on four case studies: 19th C Lake Tahoe, the recent Maine Woods National Park proposal, and two past and current proposed park sites in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province. Some broader questions that papers might address include: to what extent can park proposal failures be attributed to resistance on the part of residents/users of the proposed protected area? Do the representations deployed in park proposal failures challenge or reproduce problematic notions of wilderness, community, noble savagery, the nature/culture divide, etc.? How do park proposal failures relate to commoditization, class conflict, and political economy more broadly? How do the gaps between policy and practice that underly so-called "paper parks" come into existence -- through failures of state capacity, corruption, deliberate neglect, etc.? What lessons can understanding the past failures of proposed parks offer for anthropologists, NGOs and communities concerned about current park proposals? Derick A. Fay, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Anthropology Union College Schenectady, NY 12308 (518) 388-8747
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