[Sci-tech-public] LIFE SCIENCES/ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES WORKING GROUP
Jane Zhu
jzhu at fas.harvard.edu
Wed Apr 19 15:22:39 EDT 2006
Department of the History of Science
LIFE SCIENCES/ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES WORKING GROUP
Etienne Benson, HSSTS, MIT
"Territorializing wildlife: animal behavior, international conservation,
and the politics of space during the Cold War"
Abstract: Etienne will focus on a case study of tiger research in Nepal's
Royal Chitwan National Park in the 1970s, in the context of the broad
themes of his dissertation proposal. These include how scientists'
understandings of animals' use of space influenced conservation policies,
and how, in order to produce those understandings, scientists themselves
had to create and negotiate various human territorial boundaries -- e.g.,
the borders between national parks and surrounding agricultural areas, the
borders between 'research sites' and 'tourist attractions', or the borders
between nations in the context of Cold War geopolitics and decolonization.
This is related to previous work Etienne has done on the history of radio-
and satellite-tracking tracking techniques in wildlife biology, which he
will discuss in passing.
Wednesday April 26, 2006, 12:30-2:00, Science Center 469
Sandwich Lunch Provided
Please RSVP to Jane Zhu: <mailto:jzhu at fas.harvard.edu>jzhu at fas.harvard.edu
Thank you
Jane Zhu
Faculty Assistant
History of Science Department
Science Center 371
1 Oxford St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (617) 384-5800
Fax: (617) 495-3344
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