[Geogwaste] CFP: Resourceful Communities Session - CAGONT - Toronto - Due Sept. 24, 2014

[Yvonne Rollins]

*Conference: *Canadian Association of Geographers Ontario Division (CAGONT)
- York University, Toronto - October 24 & 25, 2014



*Session Title:* Resourceful Communities



*Organizers:* Yvonne Rollins (yrollins at uwo.ca), PhD Candidate, Geography
Department, Western University and Dr. Christina Hoicka (cehoicka at yorku.ca),
Assistant Professor and PowerStream Chair in Sustainable Energy Economics,
Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University.



*Purpose:* This paper session seeks to contrast and problematize the linked
notions of resourcefulness and wastefulness by exploring how they are
enacted in a range of communities.



*Issue:* Communities are increasingly being asked to participate in
promoting resourcefulness and reducing wastefulness. This may be achieved
via a number of strategies, such as:

·         promoting behavioural change (e.g. source separation of waste,
energy management practices)

·         adoption of new infrastructure (e.g. wind turbines, waste
incinerators, localized energy production technologies)

·         increasing efficiency or elimination of existing products or
services (e.g. transportation, home heating and cooling)



Resources for consideration may include, but are not limited to, natural
phenomena such as wind, water, solar radiation, tides and waves or human
produced / modified phenomena, such as waste and biofuels.



*Content:* For this session we seek papers concerned with, but not
necessarily limited to, addressing the following questions:

·         Can resourcefulness lead to wastefulness? For example, does
deriving power from renewable sources decrease motivation to conserve
energy?  Does recycling allow consumption levels to remain high?

·         What challenges / tensions / unintended consequences attend the
adoption of a particular resourceful behavior or infrastructure to address
linked challenges? For example, biofuels’ purported contribution to climate
change mitigation, energy security and rural development or incineration’s
purported contribution to waste diversion, energy security, climate change
mitigation and resilience of communities and cities.

·         In instances where competition between resources occurs, what
factors (e.g. efficiency of process or scale of infrastructure) affect the
balance that is ultimately implemented?  Examples may include, “food versus
fuel” (biofuels); “recycling versus incineration” (waste management),
“service versus efficiency” (energy usage).

·         What is the link between waste management systems and production
systems? For example: nuclear waste disposal may affect decisions regarding
nuclear power generation; extended producer responsibility enacted through
waste legislation may affect how producers manufacture consumer goods.

·         What is the influence of discourse or symbolic imagery in molding
public acceptance of resourceful behaviours or infrastructure? Particularly
those that seek to address uncertainty and doubt via positive promotion
(e.g. recycling symbol).

·         How do different actors (e.g. from government, non-government and
private sector organisations) influence communities’ perceptions of
resourcefulness and wastefulness?

·         How has the role of communities in producing, managing throughput
and end of life of resources changed over time?

·         Who controls / owns / benefits from resourcefulness or
wastefulness?

·         Which theoretical constructs and / or methodological positions
are used by researchers to deepen understanding of such phenomena?



*Joining Instructions*:

·         E-mail your abstract to the session organizers by *September*
*​24​*
*, 2014*, ensuring that it conforms to CAGONT guidelines as specified at:
http://www.yorku.ca/laps/geog/cagont/

·         Session organizers will submit abstracts on behalf of authors and
notify authors by September
​26​
, 2014.

·         Register for CAGONT, noting “early bird” deadline of September
12, 2014, by following instructions at:
http://www.yorku.ca/laps/geog/cagont/

·         Authors should submit their paper presentations to session
organizers by October 23, 2014.

*Yvonne Rollins | *PhD Candidate | Geography (Environment & Sustainability)
| Western University | http://rewarp.uwo.ca/
<http://geography.uwo.ca/geograds/students/rollinsY/index.html>
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