POLLEN24 in Lund invites abstracts for papers that address issues of how to combine ecology with more traditional social science approaches to political ecology within the field of agricultural research.…
POLLEN24 in Lund invites abstracts for papers that address issues of how to combine ecology with more traditional social science approaches to political ecology within the field of agricultural research. More information about this CfP, including its rationale, deadline, and contacts below.
POLLEN24 – 10-12 June 2024, Lund- Sweden
The world is currently facing multiple crises, including (but not limited to) the entangled climate−and biodiversity crises. Although these crises, and the responses to them, play out in all sectors of society, agriculture is an interesting and important case. This is because, while some forms and aspects of agriculture are a major contributor to both climate change and biodiversity loss, agricultural production is also significantly negatively impacted by it, with implications for future production of food and the wellbeing of people. At the same time, agriculture is an interesting case for studies within political ecology because it is an activity and a form of land use where the social, political and ecological might be particularly intertwined. For research that aims to contribute to changes in global agricultural practices, and that aim to build knowledge for more just and sustainable societies both ecological and social science is needed. As of yet, ecology however remains an underused discipline within political ecology as a field.
In this panel we hope to contribute to a fruitful conversation about how to combine ecology with more traditional social science approaches to political ecology within the field of agricultural research. We invite paper submissions that engage theoretically and/or methodologically with ecological research in studies that take a political ecological approach to agriculture and agrarian change, and/or which engage social science and ecology for the purpose of contributing towards the understanding of farming systems and their change (for inspiration you can have a look at some of the papers given in the reference list).
Please submit your abstract (max 200 words including title) no later than 7 December to Klara.fischer@slu.se or fabian.botzl@slu.se. If needed, we will make a selection of the submitted abstracts. We will let you know if you are included in our panel proposal by December 12, and submit the panel proposal on December 14 to the POLLEN conference.
You also access this Call for Papers at this link.
References cited:
Chaplin-Kramer, R., Chappell, M. J., & Bennett, E. M. (2023). Un-yielding: Evidence for the agriculture transformation we need. Ann NY Acad Sci., 1520, 89–104. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.14950
Fischer, K., Jakobsen, J., & Westengen, O. T. (2021). The political ecology of crops: From seed to state and capital. Geoforum, 130, 92-95.
Harmon, D. (2007). A bridge over the chasm: Finding ways to achieve integrated natural and cultural heritage conservation. International Journal of Heritage Studies, 13(4-5), 380-392.
Head, L. (2016). Hope and Grief in the Anthropocene: Re-conceptualising human–nature relations. Routledge.
Moon, K., & Blackman, D. (2014). A Guide to Understanding Social Science Research for Natural Scientists. Conservation Biology, 28(5), 1167-1177. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12326
Paulson, S., Gezon, L. L., & Watts, M. (2003). Locating the political in political ecology: an introduction. Human organization, 62(3), 205-217.
Taylor, M. (2018). Climate-smart agriculture: what is it good for? The Journal of Peasant Studies, 45(1), 89-107.
Walker, P. A. (2005). Political ecology: where is the ecology. Progress in Human Geography, 29(1), 73-82.