[Cas-allemps] Reminder - CAS Interdisciplinary Research Talk, April 6

[CAS Dean]

We hope to see you at our next Interdisciplinary Research Talk on April 6th!

From: CAS Dean
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 2:44 PM
To: 'cas-allemps at lists.uoregon.edu' <cas-allemps at lists.uoregon.edu>
Subject: Save the Date! CAS Interdisciplinary Research Talk, April 6

Dear colleagues,

I invite you to the first of three CAS Interdisciplinary Research Talks being presented spring term. Much of our teaching and research in the liberal arts is multidisciplinary and collaborative. The talks are meant to encourage conversation, interest, and understanding across divisional lines in the college. To further emphasize the interdisciplinary aspect of these talks, we are very excited to have two or three presenters from different disciplines for each of this year's series of talks.

Why protect nature? The multiple values of human-nature relationships
Barbara Muraca, Associate Professor, Philosophy and Environmental Studies
Trudy Ann Cameron, Professor Emeritus, Economics

Wednesday, April 6, 3:30-5:00
Location: Zoom link<https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/91275451855>

The CAS IR Talks are approximately 45 minutes followed by a question-and-answer session.

Barbara Muraca is Associate Professor in Philosophy and Environmental Studies. Her research focuses on the diverse values of human-nature relationships and on theories sustainability and Degrowth for a radical social-ecological transformation. She is Lead Author in the current Assessment Report on the Multiple Values of Nature by IPBES (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Interface Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services).

Trudy Ann Cameron specializes is the use of survey-based choice experiments to measure society's willingness to give up other goods and services to protect or enhance both human health and ecosystems services. Before moving to emeritus status last July, she held the Raymond F. Mikesell Chair in Environmental and Resource Economics. She is a past president of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE), an AERE fellow, and a fellow of the Canadian Resource and Environmental Economics Association (CREEA|ACERE).

Abstract: For decades, the question about why nature should be protected has had two different answers: because nature matters for its own sake (intrinsic value), independent of how it affects people, or because of the benefits people derive from interacting with nature (instrumental value). While the first perspective rejects instrumental justifications for conservation and considers anthropocentrism as part of the problem, the second one highlights anthropocentric arguments and employs economic valuation to assess the importance of ecosystems to people. But does it have to be one or the other? Recent research suggests a third possibility: protecting nature because of the meaningful relationships that connect people to nature, and to each other through nature. These so-called relational values remain anthropocentric but are not instrumental justifications for conservation. We will discuss the relevance of anthropocentric arguments for conservation, how relational values can be assessed, and the opportunities and limits of economic valuation.

I hope you can join us for what promises to be a thought-provoking talk. Please see the list below of all 2021-2022 CAS Interdisciplinary Research Talks. Visit the webpage<https://cas.uoregon.edu/cas-interdisciplinary-research-talks> for details as well as video recordings of previous talks.

Best regards,

Bruce

Bruce Blonigen
Tykeson Dean

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CAS Interdisciplinary Research Talks
2021-2022
All talks are from 3:30 - 5:00

FALL
November 29      Melissa Baese-Berk, Associate Professor, Linguistics
                                Santiago Jaramillo, Associate Professor, Biology
 What mouse brains can tell us about second language learning
                                See CAS IR Talk website for recorded talk<https://cas.uoregon.edu/cas-interdisciplinary-research-talks>

WINTER
January 21            Leif Karlstrom, Assistant Professor, Earth Sciences
                                Jeffrey Stolet, Professor, Music Technology
                                The Volcano Listening Project
                                See CAS IR Talk website for recorded talk<https://cas.uoregon.edu/cas-interdisciplinary-research-talks>

February 14         Richard York, Professor, Sociology and Environmental Studies
                                Leigh Johnson, Assistant Professor, Geography
                                Unintended Consequences of Energy Transitions
                                See CAS IR Talk website for recorded talk<https://cas.uoregon.edu/cas-interdisciplinary-research-talks>

SPRING
April 6                    Barbara Muraca, Associate Professor, Philosophy and Environmental Studies
                                Trudy Cameron, Professor Emeritus, Economics
                                Why protect nature? The multiple values of human-nature relationships
                                Zoom link<https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/91275451855>



April 21                  Stacy Alaimo, Professor, English and Environmental Studies

Svetlana Maslakova, Associate Professor, Biology

Remembering the Surreal Seas of William Beebe and Else Bostelmann: Science and Aesthetics in the Abyss


May 9                    Mark Carey, Professor, Environmental Studies
Casey Shoop, Senior Instructor of Literature, CHC
Dave Sutherland, Associate Professor, Earth Sciences
Beyond the tip of the iceberg: exploring the meaning of Greenland ice from interdisciplinary perspectives









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