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SUMMARY:Biodiversity and its Histories\, Cambridge
DESCRIPTION:Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge\, CB3 9DT \nDeborah Coen\, Barnard College\, Columbia University\nHelen Anne Curry\, University of Cambridge\nPaul White\, University of Cambridge \nFormed at the intersection of biology\, politics\, and law\, the concept of biodiversity has become one of the most crucial and complex terms in the environmental sciences\, and operates as both fact and value in public debates about the preservation of species and habitats from human influence\, exploitation\, and destruction. Although the origins of the concept are well known\, its relationship to other traditions and discourses is less well charted. \nThis conference will bring together scholars and researchers in ecology\, politics\, geography\, anthropology\, cultural history\, and history and philosophy of science to explore how aesthetic\, economic\, and moral value came to be attached to the diversity of life on earth. We will draw on a rich body of research on hybridity and exchange\, habitat and distribution\, civilization and extinction from the eighteenth century onwards\, bringing renewed attention to a powerful contemporary concept whose historical and disciplinary breadth has yet to be critically examined. This is especially important at a moment when political debates threaten to eliminate the rich valences and values attached to biological diversity by substituting instrumental calculations and impoverished notions such as ‘ecosystem services’. \nConference fees are £50 (full fee) and £25 (student/unwaged). Registration required; for more information\, please visit the conference website. \nThis event is sponsored by the Centre for Research in the Arts\, Humanities and Social Sciences (CRASSH) and the Darwin Correspondence Project.
URL:https://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/scisoc/cssevent/biodiversity-histories-conference/
LOCATION:Allison Richard Building\, University of Cambridge\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge\, CB3 9DT\, United Kingdom
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