March 21-25, 2006
Center for Bioenvironmental Research
New Orleans, Louisiana
The New Directions Katrina Research Workshop, "Cities and Rivers II, New Orleans, the Mississippi Delta, and Katrina: Lessons from the Past, Lessons for the Future," will focus on the environmental and societal challenges surrounding New Orleans/Mississippi Delta in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The workshop hypothesis is that scientific and technical knowledge can have a more beneficial societal influence when placed in an interdisciplinary context where the ethics and values dimensions of both knowledge and societal/environmental needs are made explicit.
Workshop Schedule:| Tuesday 3/21 |
7 pm |
Kickoff Dinner (details forthcoming) |
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| Wednesday 3/22 |
8 am |
S1: New Orleans/the Mississippi Delta a case study: obstacles to usable knowledge • Ed Lyon • Nancy Tuana • Ned Woodhouse • Scott Frickel |
10:15 am |
S2: Infusing environmental justice into disaster planning. • Barbara Allen • Craig Colten • Dean Nieusma |
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12:15 pm |
Field Trip | |
7 pm |
Dinner and breakout sessions | |
| Thursday 3/23 |
8 am |
S3: International Analogues • Wim Wolff • Lisa Shaffer • Anna Wesselink |
10:15 am |
S4: New Orleans in Deep Time • Gene Turner • Bob Frodeman • Tom LaPoint |
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12:15 pm |
Field Trip | |
7 pm |
Dinner and breakout sessions | |
| Friday 3/24 |
8 am |
S5: Katrina: Natural or Unnatural Disaster? Understanding NOLA. • Wes Shrum • Elizabeth English • Vic Baker |
10:15 am |
S6: Jazz and New Orleans: the Value of Music and Culture • Julie Klein & Irene Klaver • John McLachlan |
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1:15 pm |
S7: Embracing vulnerability, increasing resilience • Brent Yarnal • Rich Campanella • Rachel May & Irene Klaver |
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3:30 pm |
Wrap-up and Synthesis; Next Steps | |
7 pm |
Evening Program (Details Forthcoming) | |
| Saturday 3/25 |
8-12 pm |
Optional Field Trip |
Readings:
Session One:
New Orleans/the Mississippi Delta a case study: obstacles to usable knowledge
E.J. Woodhouse
Department of Science and Technology Studies
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY 12180
"Katrina, Contamination, and the Organization of Ignorance"
Scott Frickel
Department of Sociology
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118
"Witnessing Katrina: Re/Cognizing Nature for Socially Responsible Science"
Nancy Tuana
Rock Ethics Institute
Penn State University
State College, PA
Session Two:
Infusing Environmental Justice with Disaster Planning
Craig E. Colten
Department of Geography and Anthropology
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
"Environmental Justice and After-Disaster Planning"
Barbara Allen
Department of Science and Technology Studies
Virginia Tech University
Alexandria, VA 22314
"Environmentally Just Disaster Planning: Integrating Whose Knowledge?"
Dean Nieusma
Dept. of Science, Technology, and Society
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Session Three:
International Analogues
Anna J. Wesselink
Dept. Water Engineering and Management
University of Twente
The Netherlands
"Evolution and Ecology of Coastal Landscapes Around the Southern North Sea"
Wim J. Wolff
Department of Marine Benthic Ecology and Evolution
University of Groningen
The Netherlands
Response
Lisa Shaffer
Director of Policy, Programming, and International Relations
Scripps Institute of Oceanography
La Jolla, CA
Response
Dimitri Deheyn
Marine Biology Research Division
Scripps Institute of Oceanography
La Jolla, CA
Session Four:
New Orleans in Deep Time
Tom LaPoint
Institute of Applied Sciences
University of North Texas
Denton, TX
"How can the earth sciences inform our perceptions about the future of this region?"
Gene Turner
Coastal Ecology Institute
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, La 70803
"Landscape and Eros"
Robert Frodeman
Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies
University of North Texas
Denton, TX
Session Five:
Katrina: Natural or Unnatural Disaster?
Vic Baker
Department of Hydrology and Water Resources
University of Arizona
Tuscon, AZ 85721
"Hurricane Stories from Within"
Wes Shrum
Department of Sociology
Baton Rouge, LA 80203
Session Six:
Jazz and New Orleans: the Value of Music and Culture
Julie Thompson Klein
Interdisciplinary Studies Program
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI 48202
Irene Klaver
Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies
University of North Texas
Denton, TX 76201
John McLachlan
Center for Bioenvironmental Research
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA
Session Seven:
Embracing Vulnerability, Increasing Resilience
Brent Yarnal
Department of Geography
Penn State University
State College, PA
"Vulnerability, and Resilience: NOLA"
Irene Klaver
Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies
University of North Texas
Denton, TX
Rachel May
Office for the Environment and Society
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY