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2012 Writing the World Symposium, April 18-20, 2012

A regional, interdisciplinary, student-centered conversation that focuses on a broad range of practical and theoretical issues in literacy, ecology, and social justice today.

Event Theme: “Ecotones: Productive Spaces, Converging Communities”

An ecotone is a space wherein distinct ecological communities converge, resulting in rich diversity and unpredictable creative potential. In a broad sense, an ecotone might be a neighborhood, border town, cultural practice, artistic production, historical moment, or scientific observation. Ecotones emerge when one academic discipline informs another, academy meets community, civilization dialogues with nature, and theory enters into practice. Ecotones challenge us to deconstruct, consolidate and recreate our identities as neighbors, citizens, scholars, and environmental stewards. By serving as its own kind of ecotone—a productive space wherein communities converge—the Writing the World Symposium hopes to foster meaningful conversations that point the way to direct and influential action.

Prospective Event Features

Film Screening (Wed, Apr 18, 6-9pm, SUB Theater)
  • Film Screening of Call of Life, followed by a discussion with renowned ecopsychologist Allen D. Kanner, PhD (UC Berkeley 1981)
  • Short films by undergraduate and graduate students at UNM and across the southwest

Concurrent Graduate Student Panel Sessions (Thurs-Fri, Apr 19-20, 9-11:00am, SUB Lobo & Acoma A&B)

Undergraduate Poster Presentations (Thurs-Fri, Apr 19-20, 11am, SUB Atrium)

Lunch Keynotes (Thurs-Fri, Apr 19-20, 11:30am-1pm, SUB Ballroom B)

  • Thurs, Apr 19: Leading ecopsychologist Allen D. Kanner, PhD (UC Berkeley 1981): “Occupy the Intersection: Large-Scale Systemic Change and Personal Growth”
  • Fri, Apr 20: Internationally recognized second language writing scholar Paul Kei Matsuda (Arizona State University): “Toward a Pedagogy of Inclusion: Academic Writing in Linguistically Diverse U.S. Higher Education”

Additional Featured Speakers (Thurs-Fri, Apr 19-20, 1-2pm, SUB Ballroom B)

  • Thurs, Apr 19: Michele Eodice, Executive Director of the Learning, Teaching and Writing Program at Oklahoma University: “Setting the (Eco)Tone for Campus and Community Writing”
  • Fri, Apr 20: Judith Hendry, scholar of environmental communication with an emphasis in environmental rhetoric (University of New Mexico): Speaking Topic TBD

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