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industrial metabolism based upon<br />
in particular cultural traditions in<br />
the relationship with nature Does<br />
the ‘industrial society’ repres<strong>en</strong>t<br />
a specific ‘Western way of life’<br />
Which other patterns have historically<br />
evolved What does this<br />
mean for sustainable <strong>de</strong>velopm<strong>en</strong>t<br />
Chairs: Aromar Revi and Thomas<br />
Macho<br />
4. Risk, Crises and Continuities:<br />
What were the crises and continuities<br />
most important for the<br />
economic or ecological transition<br />
of the past 200 years How did<br />
material flow and risk managem<strong>en</strong>t<br />
change over time Which<br />
major ecological, economic or<br />
social crises will be the most significant<br />
for the future<br />
Invited Chairs: Mary Douglas<br />
and Christian Pfister<br />
5. Using and Shaping the Land:<br />
What is the relationship betwe<strong>en</strong><br />
land use and social metabolism<br />
How did societies in the past use<br />
and shape the land What are the<br />
ecological impacts of globalization<br />
especially since the time of discoveries<br />
What is the relation betwe<strong>en</strong><br />
land use and global change<br />
Invited Chairs: William Cronon<br />
and Bill Turner II<br />
6. Energetic and Material Metabolism:<br />
What happ<strong>en</strong>ed in the<br />
transformation from the solar to<br />
the fossil-fuel society How did<br />
the material metabolism change<br />
over the past 200 years<br />
What are the technological and<br />
economic implications of changes<br />
in material and <strong>en</strong>ergy use How<br />
will our <strong>en</strong>ergetic and material<br />
future look like<br />
Chairs: Joan Martinez-Alier and<br />
Carlo Jaeger<br />
The confer<strong>en</strong>ce will be hosted by<br />
the Institute for Interdisciplinary<br />
Studies of Austrian Universities,<br />
IFF, Social Ecology, Vi<strong>en</strong>na, Austria<br />
E-mail:<br />
barbara.smetschka@univie.ac.at<br />
Further information:<br />
http://www.univie.ac.at/iffsocec<br />
Questioning<br />
natural spaces and their<br />
aesthetic appreciation<br />
A joint session of the Canadian Society<br />
for the Study of European I<strong>de</strong>as,<br />
the Canadian Society for Aesthetics,<br />
and Society for Philosophy and Geography<br />
at the Congress of Humanities<br />
and Social Sci<strong>en</strong>ces to be held at<br />
Université <strong>de</strong> Sherbrooke, Québec,<br />
Canada, June 3 and 4, <strong>1999</strong>.<br />
Giv<strong>en</strong> rec<strong>en</strong>t poststructuralist and<br />
postmo<strong>de</strong>rnist analyses of our<br />
conceptions of our world, to what<br />
ext<strong>en</strong>t, and in what way, does it<br />
make s<strong>en</strong>se to speak of nature as a<br />
refer<strong>en</strong>t This question poses itself<br />
concretely in <strong>en</strong>vironm<strong>en</strong>tal aesthetics<br />
for, in this context, we need<br />
to ask ourselves whether it makes<br />
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contactblad <strong>van</strong> <strong>de</strong><br />
stichting net werk <strong>voor</strong> <strong>de</strong><br />
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geschie<strong>de</strong>nis <strong>van</strong> hygiëne <strong>en</strong> milieu<br />
redactie: myriam d a r u<br />
webversie: jan <strong>van</strong> <strong>de</strong>n n o o r t<br />
s<strong>en</strong>se to speak of appreciation<br />
of natural spaces for themselves<br />
(‘disinterestedly’) if we are limited<br />
to the ‘intertextual play of signifiers.’<br />
In other words, are we caught<br />
in a mere play of projections, or is<br />
there some access left to something<br />
like ‘autonomous nature’<br />
Dr. Thomas Heyd, Departm<strong>en</strong>t of<br />
Philosophy, University of Victoria,<br />
Victoria, British Columbia, V8W<br />
3P4, Canada. Fax 250 - 721 7511.<br />
E-mail: theyd@uvvm.uvic.ca. Tel.<br />
250 - 381 2239.<br />
The Health of Nations<br />
De sam<strong>en</strong>leving als medisch ontleedbaar<br />
object in m<strong>en</strong>swet<strong>en</strong>schap,<br />
cultuur <strong>en</strong> politiek in Ne<strong>de</strong>rland <strong>en</strong><br />
België, 1860-1914<br />
Het colloquium (Leuv<strong>en</strong>, 19 november<br />
<strong>1999</strong>) wil <strong>van</strong>uit e<strong>en</strong> i<strong>de</strong>e<strong>en</strong>historisch<br />
perspectief bestu<strong>de</strong>r<strong>en</strong><br />
hoe e<strong>en</strong> medische kijk op <strong>de</strong> sam<strong>en</strong>leving<br />
tij<strong>de</strong>ns <strong>de</strong> twee<strong>de</strong> helft <strong>van</strong><br />
<strong>de</strong> neg<strong>en</strong>ti<strong>en</strong><strong>de</strong> eeuw in e<strong>en</strong> groei<strong>en</strong>d<br />
aantal domein<strong>en</strong> <strong>van</strong> m<strong>en</strong>swet<strong>en</strong>schap,<br />
cultuur <strong>en</strong> politiek ingang<br />
vond. De herkomst, draagwijdte, <strong>de</strong><br />
ev<strong>en</strong>tuele evolutie, <strong>de</strong> gr<strong>en</strong>z<strong>en</strong> <strong>en</strong> <strong>de</strong><br />
implicaties <strong>van</strong> <strong>de</strong>ze klinische houding<br />
zull<strong>en</strong> wor<strong>de</strong>n on<strong>de</strong>rzocht. De<br />
lezing<strong>en</strong> kunn<strong>en</strong> betrekking hebb<strong>en</strong><br />
op <strong>de</strong> intellectuele constructie <strong>van</strong><br />
<strong>de</strong> medisch ontleedbare sam<strong>en</strong>leving<br />
in wet<strong>en</strong>schap <strong>en</strong> cultuur<br />
(g<strong>en</strong>eeskun<strong>de</strong>, sociologie, politieke<br />
theorie, economie, historische<br />
cultuurkritiek <strong>en</strong> literatuur), maar<br />
ook op het meer praktijkgerichte<br />
discours over <strong>de</strong> prev<strong>en</strong>tieve zorg<br />
om <strong>de</strong> gezondheid <strong>van</strong> maatschappelijke<br />
groep<strong>en</strong> (<strong>de</strong> bevolking in<br />
het algeme<strong>en</strong>, <strong>de</strong> arbei<strong>de</strong>r, het kind,<br />
<strong>de</strong> vrouw) <strong>en</strong> over <strong>de</strong> diagnose <strong>en</strong><br />
behan<strong>de</strong>ling <strong>van</strong> zog<strong>en</strong>aamd zieke<br />
groep<strong>en</strong> (geestesziek<strong>en</strong>, criminel<strong>en</strong>,<br />
vreem<strong>de</strong> rass<strong>en</strong>). Hierbij staat <strong>de</strong><br />
vraag c<strong>en</strong>traal in hoever het gebruik<br />
<strong>van</strong> biologische <strong>en</strong> medische metafor<strong>en</strong><br />
- die al dan niet e<strong>en</strong> parallel<br />
von<strong>de</strong>n in <strong>de</strong> ontwikkeling <strong>van</strong> <strong>de</strong><br />
g<strong>en</strong>eeskun<strong>de</strong> zelf- ook daadwerkelijk<br />
e<strong>en</strong> an<strong>de</strong>re visie op <strong>de</strong> sam<strong>en</strong>leving<br />
impliceer<strong>de</strong> <strong>en</strong> nieuwe politieke<br />
problem<strong>en</strong> <strong>en</strong> oplossing<strong>en</strong> op <strong>de</strong><br />
ag<strong>en</strong>da bracht. De bijdrag<strong>en</strong> tot het<br />
colloquium hebb<strong>en</strong> zoveel mogelijk<br />
betrekking op zowel <strong>de</strong> Ne<strong>de</strong>rlandse<br />
als <strong>de</strong> Belgische situatie.<br />
Voorstell<strong>en</strong> tot lezing<strong>en</strong> (750-1000<br />
woor<strong>de</strong>n, Ne<strong>de</strong>rlandstalig of Franstalig)<br />
kunn<strong>en</strong> wor<strong>de</strong>n ingedi<strong>en</strong>d tot<br />
15 februari <strong>1999</strong>.<br />
Inlichting<strong>en</strong>: H<strong>en</strong>k <strong>de</strong> Smaele<br />
H<strong>en</strong>k.<strong>de</strong>smaele@arts.kuleuv<strong>en</strong>.ac.be;<br />
0032 (0)16324969)<br />
of Kaat Wils Kaat.Wils@arts.kuleuv<strong>en</strong>.ac.be;<br />
0032 (0)16324971)<br />
<strong>de</strong>partem<strong>en</strong>t Geschie<strong>de</strong>nis, KU<br />
Leuv<strong>en</strong>, Blij<strong>de</strong> Inkomststraat 21/5,<br />
B-3000 Leuv<strong>en</strong>.<br />
Het colloquium wordt georganiseerd<br />
door <strong>de</strong> professor<strong>en</strong> Emiel Lamberts,<br />
Jo Tollebeek, Geert Vanpaemel, <strong>en</strong><br />
door H<strong>en</strong>k <strong>de</strong> Smaele <strong>en</strong> Kaat Wils.<br />
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