2008 Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts Online Program

Paper Session: 2463 Lay Science and the Environment I: Paper Session is scheduled on Wednesday, 4/16/08, from 1:00 PM - 2:40 PM in Jefferson, Sheraton, 3rd Floor Sponsorship(s): Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group Organizer(s): Jill Harrison - University of Wisconsin-Madison Roopali Phadke - Macalester College Chair(s): Jill Harrison - University of Wisconsin-Madison Abstract(s):   1:00 PM   Author(s): *Rachel Morello-Frosch - UC Berkeley - Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management Phil Brown, Ph.D. - Brown University Julia Green Brody, Ph.D. - Silent Spring Institute Rebecca Altman - Brown University Ruthann Rudel - Silent Spring Institute Carla Perez - Communities for a Better Environment  Abstract Title: Experts, Ethics, and Environmental Justice: New Approaches to Reporting on Body Burden and Household Exposure Data 1:20 PM   Author(s): *Gavan P.L. Watson - Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University  Abstract Title: The birder and the robot: Power and knowledge-making in ornithology 1:40 PM   Author(s): *Roopali Phadke - Environmental Studies, Macalester College  Abstract Title: Visualizing Wind Energy: The Interplay of Community and Expert Knowledge Politics 2:00 PM   Author(s): *Jill Harrison - University of Wisconsin-Madison  Abstract Title: Lay Science in the Pesticide Regulatory Process: Implications for Public Health, Public Participation, and other Principles of Environmental Justice 2:20 PM   Discussant: Sheila Jasanoff - Harvard University   Discussant(s): Sheila Jasanoff - Harvard University Session Description: This paper session highlights new research investigating lay science and public participation in environmental regulation, policy, and research. The papers investigate the reasons individuals participate in lay science projects, the utility of such projects, the shortcomings/drawbacks of such projects, different actors' interpretations of "meaningful public participation" in environmental regulatory practice, and how these projects inform and stretch theories of environmental justice. This session will be followed by a panel session exploring similar themes.

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