6-0385 ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABILITY, ADAPTATION, AND CHANGE

Sunday, November 20, 2011: 12:15-14:00

Abstract not available in preliminary program.

12:15

Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience: The Problem with Taking Abstractions for Granted

Tori L Jennings (University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point)

12:30

Blessing the Facts: Finding Trusted Messengers for Climate Change

Candis Callison (UBC School of Journalism)

12:45

Anthropological Contributions to Studies of Resilience: Small-Scale Fishing Communities and Climate Change

Karma C Norman (NOAA) and Victoria C Ramenzoni (University of Georgia)

13:00

Conserve and Sustain? Environmentally Focused Development Projects and Fishers In the Dominican Republic

Scott C Freeman (Columbia University - Teachers College)

13:15

Bt Cotton's Unintended Effects and Missing Debates In India

Julia Freeman (Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability)

13:30

Sustainability Talk and the Politics of Coffee In Costa Rica

Julia Smith (Eastern Washington University)

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