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DESCRIPTION
TITLE: 6TH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATION AND ENVIRONMENT
CONFERENCE
THEME: Communication
and Public Participation in Environmental
Decision Making: Advances in Theory and
Practice.
DATE/LOCATION: July 27‑31, 2001
Cincinnati, OH
Marriott
Kingsgate Conference Center
University
of Cincinnati campus
(http://conferencecenters.com/CVGKG/)
HOST: Center
for Environmental Communication Studies and
Department of Communication, University
of Cincinnati
CO-SPONSORS: University of Cincinnati
Institute for Community Partnerships
Scripps
Howard Foundation
University
of Cincinnati Just Community Initiative
University
of Cincinnati Department of African American Studies
University
of Cincinnati Radway Environmental Information Project
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr.
Robert D. Bullard, Ware Professor of Sociology and Director of the
Environmental Justice Resource Center at Clark Atlanta University (http://www.ejrc.cau.edu/,
will present a keynote speech open to the general public on Saturday, July 28,
at 7:30pm, at the Kingsgate Conference Center ballroom. Free parking is available
SPECIAL EXHIBIT: “Fruit of the
Orchard: Pollution, Environmental Justice, and Social Responsibility,” a
photography exhibit by Ms. Tammy Cromer-Campbell, will be on display at the
U.C. Health Sciences Library Gallery from July 16-August 24. Ms. Campbell will also attend the
conference. For samples of her work,
see the Mothers Organized to Stop Environmental Sins web site at http://www.mosesnonprofit.com/images.htm.
COMMUNITY
TOURS: On Monday afternoon, July 30, conference
participants will be invited to go on a “toxic tour” of an urban Cincinnati
community.
RESOURCE
ROOM: The
Conference will make a Resource Room available where individuals or
organizations can place information related to environmental organizations,
environmental books and other publications, undergraduate or graduate programs
in communication or other fields, upcoming conferences or other events. If you would like to bring items to display
in the Resource Room, please contact Steve Depoe at depoe@uc.edu.
FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
PURPOSE: The purpose of
this conference is to bring together environmental communication scholars,
environmental and community activists, and environmental decision makers who
are concerned with informed and empowered public involvement in environmental
matters. Our hope is that the
conference will serve as an opportunity to establish a dialogue between
communication and other scholars interested in environmental matters, and
further the discussion of the relationship between academic research and public
policy, and between scholarly activity and public activism.
We invite papers and panel proposals
that contribute to the theory and practice of public participation in
environmental decision making. Applied,
critical, and theoretical explorations of the constraints on and possibilities
for public involvement; the strategies and tactics of public advocacy; and the
impact of public participation on environmental decision making in local,
national, or global environmental controversies are welcome.
In keeping with the tradition of the
previous five Conferences on Communication and the Environment, papers and
panel proposals that are not related to the 2001 Conference theme are also
welcome.
SPECIAL PANELS: We
invite public participation practitioners, environmental decision-makers,
environmental organizations, community‑based environmental activists, and
others to submit proposals for special programs or sessions. Ideas for such programs may range from
practical workshops for effective participation strategies, and roundtable
discussions by citizens and activists describing their attempts to participate
in environmental decision making, to the viewing of films/videos that document
public involvement in a particular environmental controversy. We are looking for programs that will
complement, and yet provide an interesting alternative to, traditional academic
presentations of research.
COST: The Conference
registration fee is $50. This fee will
be waived for any graduate student who attends the conference. Fee covers costs of publishing proceedings,
along with Monday evening dinner.
Additional costs are detailed below in the “Accommodations” section.
PRE-REGISTRATION:
Pre-registration for the Conference is
strongly encouraged. Please complete the downloadable pre-registration
form, and fax it to Steve Depoe at (513)-556-0899. To request a
pre-registration form, e-mail Steve Depoe at depoe@uc.edu.
All Conference fees will be due at the time of final registration, which will be
held at the beginning of the Conference.
Downloadable
pre-registration form
KINGSGATE LODGING
COSTS: Costs for
staying at the Kingsgate Conference Center are as follows (assuming 4-night
stay):
Single occupancy: $169.00/night
Double
occupancy: $112.50/night
Triple
occupancy: $109.00/night
Quad
occupancy: $102.00/night
This price includes lodging; meals
(except for Sunday breakfast and Monday dinner); and conference facilities
(meeting rooms, A/V equipment, breaks, parking, etc.). This price does not include applicable state
and local taxes (currently 10.5%).
You can make room reservations at the
Kingsgate by calling 1-(888)-720-1299.
Mention the group name “Conference on Communication and Environment” to
get the conference rates. Reservations
must be made by July 6, 2001.
For
more information about the Kingsgate Conference Center, see their web site at http://conferencecenters.com/CVGKG/.
COMMUTER COSTS: Daytime or
commuter conference attendees (including attendees staying at other hotels) will
pay a Day Meeting Package rate of $54/day plus tax, which includes lunch, along
with conference facilities. The rate
increases to $62/day plus tax for breakfast and lunch, and $79/day plus tax for
all three meals. (NOTE: THIS IS A CORRECTION
FROM PRICES QUOTED IN EARLIER CONFERENCE INFORMATION).
PRESENTATION
GUIDELINES: 1. Panel sessions will run approximately 80
minutes. Each panel has 3-5
papers. Please plan an oral
presentation of 8-12 minutes, so as to allow time for questions and discussion.
2. Unless otherwise indicated in the program,
we will ask the first presented listed on each panel to serve as the panel
chairperson. That individual will be
responsible for introducing each author and paper to the audience.
3. Part of your conference costs are being used
to provide access to audio-visual (VHS player, TV monitor) and other equipment
(such as computers and projection units for POWER POINT style presentations). If you would like to have such equipment
available for your presentation, please send an e-mail to depoe@uc.edu. Please make your request by no later than July 6.
PUBLICATIONS: The
2001 Conference on Communication and the Environment will produce two
publications. We are seeking a
publisher for a book that will include the top 10‑14 essays that address
the Conference theme. We will also
publish a set of Conference proceedings.
We intend to pursue an on‑line publication of the Conference
proceedings as well as publishing a hard‑copy version.
PREPARATION
GUIDELINES: Only completed
papers submitted by the beginning of the conference will be published in the
conference proceedings. Participants
must submit two hard copies, and an appropriately formatted computer diskette
copy, of the manuscript at the start of the conference. These guidelines must be followed:
a.
Hard copies of papers should include a cover page containing the title
of the manuscript, the author's name and affiliation, and a one-paragraph
abstract of no more than 200 words.
b. Papers should be typed and
double-spaced with notes and references immediately following the end of the
text. Papers should be no longer than
7,500 words (including text and references).
c.
Papers must follow the APA style manual (4th Ed., 1994).
d.
Computer diskette versions of the papers should be formatted as follows:
1.
MICROSOFT WORD, version 97 (readable by IBM PC).
2. 10-point font
3. No page numbers or borders
4. Minimal use of bold and italics.
5. Content notes at end of paper.
6. Consult with us if you wish to use tables,
charts, figures, or photographs.
e. Papers produced as part of panel
presentations should also follow the above guidelines.
We reserve the right to omit papers not
conforming to final manuscript guidelines.
Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns. Text files containing completed manuscripts
may be sent electronically via e-mail attachment.
BOOK PROJECT: In
the call for papers, we indicated that along with conference proceedings, we
were going to attempt to publish a book containing essays related to the
conference theme of public participation in environmental decision-making. We still plan to pursue this option.
Because of the very high quality of
panel proposals we received that were relevant to the conference theme, and
because we want to give anyone whose theme-related paper was accepted a chance
to revise their work, we are now amending the call for papers for the book
project as follows:
a.
Papers that were either submitted alone or as part of panel proposals
are now eligible to compete for inclusion in the book project.
b.
We are giving authors interested in participating in the book project
until July 1, 2001 to complete
and/or revise their essays and send them to us for further review.
c.
If you have already submitted a paper, and would like for it to be
considered as is for the book project, send an e-mail to that effect to
depoe@uc.edu. If you would like to
revise the paper, please send an e-mail to the same address, then send the
revised manuscript to the contact address listed above by no later than July 1,
2001.
d.
If you submitted an abstract as part of a panel proposal, and plan to
submit a finished essay for the book project by July 1, 2001, please drop me an
e-mail to let me know.
e.
Submissions may be sent electronically via e-mail and attached file
(WORD PERFECT OR WORD 97 only).
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Download
Information on Preliminary Program
FRIDAY, July
27
4:00-9:00pm CONFERENCE
REGISTRATION LOBBY
4:00-6:00pm Opening
reception for “Fruit of the Orchard” photography exhibit
University
of Cincinnati Health Sciences Library Gallery
6:00-9:00pm Dinner for
participants staying at Kingsgate
9:00-11:00pm A memorial celebration of the rhetoric,
campaigns, and influence of David Brower on the environmental movement LOCATION
TBA
Moderator: Sue Senecah, State University of New York at Syracuse
This informal gathering will be an orchestrated celebration of and memorial to David Brower’s rhetoric, campaigns, and influence. Individuals are encouraged to bring a favorite piece of Brower verbal or visual text to add to the celebration in order that the powerful influence of his words and images are recognized and honored. For further information, contact Sue Senecah at ssenecah@mailbox.syr.edu.
SATURDAY, July
28
8:00am CONFERENCE
REGISTRATION LOBBY
8:30am WELCOMING ASSEMBLY SALON AB
9:00-10:20am CONFERENCE PANEL
“Top 3" Papers in Environmental
Communication SALON
AB
Chair: Steve Depoe, University of Cincinnati
“Toxic tours: Communicating the ‘presence’ of chemical contamination,” Phaedra C. Pezzullo, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (top paper)
“Environmental information, decision-making and communicating,” Gabrielle Kuiper, University of Technology, Sydney (AU)
“Advocating smart growth to urban sprawlers: The sense of self in places run amok,” Jessica L. Durfee and James G. Cantrill, Northern Michigan University
10:20-10:30am BREAK
10:30-11:50am CONFERENCE
PANELS
Defining participation through the
voices of the public MT.
ECHO
Chair: Phaedra Pezzullo, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
“President Clinton’s roadless areas directive as national policy: Is public participation an oxymoron?” Gregg Walker, Oregon State University
“Breaking the vocabulary of consensus: Listening to the voices of participants in the Georgia Ports Authority’s stakeholder evaluation group,” Caitlin Wills, University of Georgia
“Participant views of activism and involvement in the remediation of a DOE nuclear weapons facility,” Jennifer Duffield Hamilton, University of Cincinnati
“Community response to risk communication about low dose radiation,” Seth Tuler, Thomas Webler, and Jennifer Wilhoit, Social and Environmental Risk Institute
Studies in
media coverage of environmental issues MT.
LOOKOUT
“Contextual information and the political economy of environmental risk communication,” Lawrence Lhulier and DeMond Miller, Rowan University
“Setting the agenda--and setting the table--for genetically modified foods in the press,” Jean P. Retzinger, University of California, Berkeley
“Climate change in the press 1999-2000: From scientific to narrative ambiguity,” Mark Meisner, State University of New York
11:50am-1:20pm LUNCH SALON
AB
1:30-2:50pm CONFERENCE PANELS
Local
environmental activists roundtable MT.
ECHO
Moderator: John Delicath, University of Cincinnati
Participants will include:
Marilyn Wahl, Environmental Community Organization
Linda Briscoe, Winton Hills Citizen Action Assication and Ohio/Cincinnati Women's Health Project
Laverne Mayfield, Greater Cincinnati Occupational Health Center
Marti Sinclair, Sierra Club
Risk
communication and public participation in biotechnology and genetic engineering MT. LOOKOUT
“Risk communication and the dynamics of environmental risk knowledge,” Sally M. Macgill and Yim Ling, Siu, University of Leeds (UK)
“Public opinion as a means of rationalization of biotechnology and genetically engineered foods in the US,” Eunjung Lee, Cornell University
“Framing the monarchs: A study of the monarch butterfly controversy and its role in the US debate on genetically engineered crops,” Susan Sattell, Northwestern University
2:50-3:00pm BREAK
3:00-4:20-pm CONFERENCE PANELS
Community
action and technical expertise: Tales from the IEER (Institute for Energy and
Environmental Research) Files MT.ECHO
Chair and participant: William Kinsella, Lewis & Clark College
Participants will include:
Lisa Crawford, Fernald Residents for Environmental Safety and Health
Arjun Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
Communication
and public participation: Ramifications of the public process that the defined
the “organic” label in the US MT.LOOKOUT
Moderator: Michael S. Bruner, University of North Texas and Humboldt State University
Participants will include:
Pat Toomey or designee, Toomey’s Natural Foods, Cincinnati OH
Sean McGovern or Sylvia Upp, Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association
Rachel Belz or designee, Ohio Citizen Action
David Rosenberg, Wooden Shoe Gardens, Cincinnati OH
4:30-6:00pm BREAK
6:00-7:15pm DINNER 5/3
PLAZA
7:30pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS (open to public) BALLROOM
Dr. Robert
Bullard, Clark Atlanta University
Director,
Environmental Justice Resource Center
9:00pm CASH BAR RECEPTION LOBBY
SUNDAY, JULY
29
9:00-10:20am CONFERENCE PANELS
Critiques of
current public participation practices MT.
ECHO
“Decide, announce, defend: Turning the NEPA process into an advocacy tool rather than a decision-making tool,” Judith Hendry, University of New Mexico
“The ritualistic uses of public meetings,” Katherine A. McComas, University of Maryland
“Stakeholder involvement and public participation at the U.S. EPA: Lessons learned, barriers, and innovative approaches,” Eric Marsh, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Barriers to
trade: Case studies in the challenge to global trade policy MT.
LOOKOUT
“Global governance and social capital: Mapping NGO capacities in different institutional settings,” Amos Tevelow, University of Pittsburgh
“Failures of public participation, transparency, and democratic accountability in the Free Trade Areas of the Americas (FTAA) treaty,” Robert Cox, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
“A case study of grassroots resistance in global trade: The challenge of multi-issue organizing,” Heather M. Zoller, University of Cincinnati
“Organizing public participation around globalization in Cincinnati: An inside view,” Steve Schumacher, Alliance for Leadership and Interconnection, Coalition for a Humane Economy
10:20-10:30am BREAK
10:30-11:50am CONFERENCE
PANELS
Case studies
in public participation practices MT.
ECHO
“Section 4(f): A role for citizens in the protection of significant public recreation areas,” Gordon Steinhoff, Utah State University
“Public participation and (failed) legitimation: The case of Forest Service rhetorics in the boundary waters,” Steve Schwarze, University of Montana
“Public participation in waste management planning in Los Angeles County,” Holly Welles, Environmental Policy Specialist, Pacific Gas & Electric
Discourses of
sustainable development MT. LOOKOUT
“Discourses of sustainability and biodiversity: Scientific or social norms?” Scott Denton, University of Arizona
“Rhetoric of sustainability: Senate testimony on behalf of the National Pork Producers Council,” Richard McGrath, Central College
“Involvement of scientists in community sustainable development strategies: Some preliminary results of a case study in Sao Carlos, Brazil,” Chloe Furnival, Federal University of Sao Carlos (BR)
11:50am-1:20pm LUNCH BISTRO
1:30-2:50pm CONFERENCE PANELS
Theoretical advances in public
participation MT. ECHO
“The trinity of voice, legitimacy, and influence: The role of practical theory in evaluating and planning for the effectiveness of environmental participatory processes,” Sue Senecah, State University of New York at Syracuse
“Questioning idealism and raising practical concerns: Wilderness advocacy and local participation in decision-making,” Pete Bsumek, James Madison University, and Dave Pacheco, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
“Theory in the crosshairs of public participation,” Linda Andrews, University of South Florida
“Fairness and competence in public participation: Empirical insights to the theory,” Thomas Webler and Seth Tuler, Social and Environmental Risk Institute
Corporate
communication, public relations, and citizen participation MT.
LOOKOUT
“Intersecting parallels: Integrating the bodies of literature in public participation and public relations,” Leah Simone and Katherine A. McComas, University of Marlyand
“A content analysis of corporate environmental philosophy statements,” Anne Zaphiris, State University of New York at Buffalo
“Are consumers who purchase goods carrying the Marine Stewardship Council’s logo really buying sustainably harvested fish products? A potential consumer’s critical analysis of a new ecolabelling initiative in the fisheries sector,” Christine LeBlanc, York University (CA)
“Multiple stakeholder model of the corporation in society: An assessment of two chemical manufacturing companies’ community advisory councils’ reaction to participation,” Ann D. Jabro, Washington State University, Tri-Cities
2:50-3:00pm BREAK
3:00-6:00pm CONFERENCE
PANEL
Between art and advocacy: Citizen
participation through cultural activism MT.
LOOKOUT
Moderator: John Delicath, University of Cincinnati
Participants will include:
Tammy Cromer-Campbell, photographer, “Fruit of the Orchard” exhibit
Andrea Torrice, producer of “Rising Waters,” PBS documentary on global warming
Pavithra Narayanan, producer of “Free trade and India: A closer look at Bhopal” documentary film
Participants will show portions of their work to stimulate discussion. This session will run from 3:00-6:00pm, with a break.
3:00-4:20-pm CONFERENCE PANEL
Public access
to communication research MT.
ECHO
“Transferring key terms to the public sphere: The prospects for enrichment vs. corruption,” Tarla Rai Peterson, Texas A&M University, and Markus Peterson, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
“From narrative to mytheme: The role of narrative in environmental public policy testimony,” Helen M. Correll, Metropolitan State University
“With a wholesome discretion: Public participation in a democratic culture,” Craig Waddell, Michigan Technological University
4:20-4:30pm BREAK
4:30-5:50pm CONFERENCE PANEL
Bridging from
academic research to public activism: A roundtable discussion MT. ECHO
Moderator: Dennis Jaehne
Participants will include:
Connie Bullis, University of Utah
Robert Cox, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Judith Hendry, University of New Mexico
Tracy Marafiote, University of Utah
Marianne Neuwirth, University of Utah
Tarla Rai Peterson, Texas A&M University
Emily Plec, University of Utah
Audience participation in the roundtable is encouraged.
6:00-7:30pm DINNER
7:30-9:00pm CONFERENCE
PANEL
Growing the
field: Teaching and graduate student development in environmental communication MT. ECHO
Moderator: Susan Sattell, Northwestern University
Resource paper:
“The literature of environmental communication,” Andrew Pleasant, James Shanahan, Brad Cohen, Jennifer Good, Cornell University
This roundtable, designed especially for students attending the conference, will address new directions in the field of environmental communication and the opportunities that are becoming available for those who are entering it. Participants will discuss how the field is changing, with the purpose of identifying issues, topics, and theoretical approaches that students can explore in an attempt to make significant contributions.
MONDAY, July
30
9:00-10:20am CONFERENCE PANELS
An internet
dialogue on EPA’s draft public involvement policy MT.
ECHO
Panelists will include:
Terry Amsler, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Domestic (US) Conflict Resolution Program
Thomas Beierle, Resources for the Future, Center for Risk Management
Patricia Bonner, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation
Robert Carlitz, Information Renaissance
Rhetorical analyses of environmental
communication controversies MT. LOOKOUT
“Landscape as text, text as landscape: Experiences of nature and text in Congressional testimony,” Alan Razee, California Polytechnic State University
“Priestly and bardic voices in the prairie wind,” Mark Meister, North Dakota State University, and Ben Larson, Dakota Resource Council
“Argument schemes and corporate apologia: Public hearings on the Exxon Valdez oil spill,” Terence Check, St. John’s University
10:20-10:30am BREAK
10:30-11:50am CONFERENCE
PANELS
Making waves
about New York’s waters MT.
ECHO
“Citizen opposition to the Croton water treatment plant,” Mirele B. Goldsmith, City University of New York
“Personal remarks,” Fay Muir, Norwood Community Action
“Fighting the muck,” Ted Wisniewski, City University of New York
From Sweden to
Australia to New Jersey: Case Studies in Environmental Advocacy and Education MT. LOOKOUT
“Biodiversity and the public: Analyzing eight Swedish projects communicating about biodiversity,” Magnus Ljung and Helena Nordstrom, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
“Learning from ‘the rule of thumb’: A proposed methodology for developing an operational theory of communicative action for citizen participation in catchment management,” Clayton White, Griffith University (AU)
“Powerful voices: Learning to speak out for the environment,” James Whelan, Griffith University (AU)
“Harbor Watershed education/urban youth fishing program: An environmental education case study for environmental communicators,” Kerry Kirk Pflugh and Lynette Lurig, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and Eleanor Bohenek, Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory
11:50am-1:00pm LUNCH BISTRO
1:00-2:20pm CONFERENCE PANELS
Advances in
public participation: New governmental initiatives MT.
ECHO
“Regaining public trust,” Tony Faast, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Viviane Simon-Brown, Oregon State University
“Evaluation of stakeholder involvement in Project XL,” Michael Elliott, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Eric Marsh, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
“Environmental justice and public participation through electronic access,” Melinda Downing, Department of Energy, John Rosenthall, Howard University Urban Environment Institute, Beverly Howard, National Urban Internet, and Michelle Hudson, Science Applications International Corporation
Other
approaches toward environmental communication: Psychological, information, and
organizational theories MT. LOOKOUT
“Application of psychological theory in communication efforts for local land conservation,” Jill Robbins, Salem Psychological Associates
“Using diffusion of innovations theory to explore internet use by forest landowners in Indiana,” Amy L. Shaeffer, Ball State University
“Environmental rhetoric, theory, and values: Implications for organizational research,” Alex Heintzman, University of Colorado
Exploring alternative environmental
rhetorics MT. STORM
“More than words alone: Traditional communication practices of the Anishanaabe Ogitichiida,” M. Rene Johnson, Michigan Technological University
“Rethinking the critiques of ‘whiteness’ in Thoreau’s construction of nature: Exploring liberatory connections between Walden and black (eco)feminism,” Lincoln J. Houde, University of Utah
“Constitutive rhetoric in the animal protection movement: The identities of welfare and rights,” Jason Edward Black, Wake Forest University
“A critique of the anti-essentialism/anti-ecofeminism backlash: Exploring the radical eco-discursive politics in Susan Griffin’s Woman and nature,” Lincoln J. Houde, University of Utah
2:20-2:30pm BREAK
2:30-6:00pm CONFERENCE
PARTICIPANTS EMBARK ON “TOXIC TOURS” OF CINCINNATI COMMUNITIES
6:00-9:00pm PICNIC
DINNER