[Anthropgrad] Rural Futures Conference, July 20-21

[Liz Walters]

REMINDER
 
Dear All,
 
Please see poster below for details of the Rural Futures conference at
ANU on July 20-21.
 
There will be ten speakers from Australia, New Zealand and the USA
bringing a critical multi-disciplinary approach to pertinent issues
affecting rural communities in developed countries.
 
 Space is limited so please contact David Raftery on
raftery at octa4.net.au to organise registration.
 
David Raftery
 
 
Rural Futures in Developed Countries:
Australia, America, Europe
Friday July 20 - Saturday July 21 
University House, Australian National University 
Canberra ACT 0200 
This small, seminar-style conference 'Rural Futures in Developed
Countries: Australia, America, Europe' is to be hosted by the School for
Archaeology and: Anthropology at the ANU. Themes include 
* Multiple and changing land use patterns in the context of agrarian
transition, with attention (for Australia) to drought conditions 
* The strength and limits of values which underpin policy and popular
support for farming and/versus other rural activities 
* Attempts to regulate and manage land use and change in land use,
especially given the exit of many (especially smaller) farmers from the
land 
* Contributions that ethnography can make to documenting and
understanding these matters 
The academic public is invited to attend
Cost: $20 covers both days
For further information contact the organizers: 
Francesca Merlan on:
Francesca.Merlan at anu.edu.au
or David Raftery on
raftery at octa4.net.au


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Liz Walters
Graduate Administrator
School of Archaeology and Anthropology
Faculty of Arts
AD Hope Building #14
The Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200 Australia

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