[ biodiversity in four dimensions ]
BIOLOGY • ANTHROPOLOGY • HISTORY OF SCIENCE • VISUAL ARTS
Rapid biodiversity loss is currently one of the most far-reaching changes in humans' natural environments around the globe, with consequences that might equal or surpass those of climate change.
friday.4.8.2011
10:00 AM-4:30 PM
MARGARET JACKS HALL (BLDG. 460)
TERRACE ROOM (4TH FLOOR)
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| 10:00 | Introduction Ursula K. Heise, English, Stanford University |
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| 10:15 | Opening Remarks Gretchen Daily, Biology, Stanford University |
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| 10:30 | Biodiversity: The Worst Idea Conservation Ever Had Peter Kareiva, Biology, Santa Clara University/The Nature Conservancy |
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| 11:15 | The 'Living Dead' Species of Madagascar: Biodiversity Loss and the Dislocation of Time Genese Sodikoff, Anthropology, Rutgers University |
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| 12:00 | Art, Science, and Biodiversity Susan Middleton, Photographer, San Francisco |
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| 12:45 | Lunch Break (Lunch provided; RSVP justin5@stanford.edu) |
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| 1:45 | Seedbanks and Hotspots: Biodiversity in Many ColorsGeoffrey Bowker, History of Science, Pittsburgh University | |
| 2:30 | Stilled Life Isabella Kirkland, Painter, Sausalito |
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| 3:15 | Concluding Remarks Don Maier, Philosophy |
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| 3:30 | Discussion | |
symposium description
Rapid biodiversity loss is currently one of the most far-reaching changes in humans' natural environments around the globe, with consequences that might equal or surpass those of climate change. "Biodiversity in 4 Dimensions" approaches this crisis through different forms of knowledge and creative expression. What concepts, theories and methods do we bring to bear on our research and debates about species survival, endangerment, and extinction? How do we decide what to preserve and what to let go? What stories and metaphors shape our understanding of ecological networks and their changes? How do we represent biodiversity to ourselves and to others by means of particular images and narratives, and to what effect? Do the arts approach biodiversity loss differently than the sciences? This one-day conference will approach these and related questions through the disciplines of biology, anthropology, history of science, and the visual arts (photography and painting).