Representations of Labor in Reclaiming the Commons
Panel proposed at the 2023 ASLE + AESS Conference: “Reclaiming the Commons”
July 9-12, 2023 in Portland, Oregon
While we must consider real-world examples, histories, and theories that orient efforts toward reclaiming the commons, environmental humanists are uniquely poised to consider how creative texts (including but not limited to novels, short stories, poems, films, theatre, visual art media, and podcasts) represent the imagined labor of reclamation. Though these representations may range from realist to fabulist, from actionable to impossible, EH teachers, writers, scholars, and activists ...
Communicating Catastrophe in the Blue Commons
Panel proposed at the 2023 ASLE + AESS Conference: “Reclaiming the Commons”
July 9-12, 2023 in Portland, Oregon
We are seeking proposals for inclusion on the panel “Communicating Catastrophe in the Blue Commons.” In July 2022, the UN Ocean Conference issued the “Lisbon Declaration” entitled “Our ocean, our future, our responsibility” with its authors emphasizing that “restoring harmony with nature through a healthy, productive, sustainable and resilient ocean is critical for our planet, our lives and our future.” This exemplifies another step in a longer ...