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The Art of Ecology: Transdisciplinary Research In Practice at Society for Ecological Restoration 2011
WORLD CONFERENCE ON ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION
Merida, Mexico – August 21-25, 2011
Please submit abstracts on the following site:
http://www.ser2011.org/en/ser2011-scientific-program/call-for-abstracts-posters/
indicating the title of the symposium and mentioning David Haley as session organiser.
Please, also, take advantage of early registration facilities which will be available through the Conference web page next week (http://www.ser2011.org).
SER (Society for Ecological Restoration) is an important and authoritative scientific organisation concerned with environmental remediation in many countries. It has, previously, held three ‘World Conferences’, and for two of which David Haley was invited to coordinate and chair sessions on ecological art (Liverpool, 2000 and Zaragoza, 2005). In addition, Haley has contributed to Richard Scott’s ‘Creative Conservation’ initiatives at these and other SER conferences. Richard is Senior Programme Manager with Landlife, the National Wildflower Centre in Liverpool, and was a close colleague of the eminent ecologist, Professor Tony Bradshaw. Haley and Scott will be convening this Symposium together.
The SER World Conferences offer great opportunities to meet with some of the world’s top ecological scientists and activists from diverse cultures. On occasion, the language of art and that of science have converged, to emerge as a common language – an ecology of cultures, perhaps. And this Symposium seeks presentations that pursue this concept – ‘The Art of Ecology: Transdisciplinary Research In Practice’.
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It has been established by Chris Fremantle, producer and research associate with On The Edge Research, Gray’s School of Art, The Robert Gordon University. Fremantle is a member of a number of international networks of artists, curators and others focused on art and ecology.