Below, please find information regarding the 13th Biennial Conference of the
International Association for the Study of Commons, to be held 10-14 January
2011 in Hyderabad, India. Themes include Forests, Grazing resources,
Protected Areas, Water Resources, Fisheries, Coastal Commons, Lagoon
Commons, Irrigation Systems, Livestock and Commons as well as New Commons
such as Information Commons, Cultural Commons, Genetic Resources, Patents,
and Climate. Please visit http://iasc2011.fes.org.in for further
information.
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Thirteenth Biennial Conference of the International Association for the
Study of Commons (IASC)
January 10-14, 2011 Hyderabad, India
Hosted by the Foundation for Ecological Security
Chaired by: Mr. Nitin Desai, Co-Chair: Jagdeesh Puppala
http://iasc2011.fes.org.in/
Theme: Sustaining Commons: Sustaining our Future
The Conference will provide opportunities for academics, researchers and
practitioners to exchange ideas, knowledge and experience. Multiple forms of
participation are envisaged at this global meeting. These include:
• Paper presentations
• Thematic panels
• Poster presentations
• Video presentations
• Pre-Conference workshops
• Practitioners’ Colloquium
• Young researcher sessions
• Exhibitions
SUB-THEMES
The Conference will deal with physical common resources such as Forests,
Grazing resources, Protected Areas, Water Resources, Fisheries, Coastal
Commons, Lagoon Commons, Irrigation Systems, Livestock and Commons as well
as New Commons such as Information Commons, Cultural Commons, Genetic
Resources, Patents, Climate, etc.
The above subjects would be captured under the following sub-themes:
1. The Commons, Poverty and Social Exclusion;
2. Governance of the Commons: Decentralization, Property Rights, Legal
Framework, Structure and Organization;
3. The Commons: Theory, Analytics and Data;
4. Globalisation, Commercialisation and the Commons;
5. Managing the Global Commons: Climate Change and other Challenges;
6. Managing Complex Commons (Lagoons, Protected Areas, Wetlands, Mountain
Areas, Rangelands, Coastal Commons);
7. New Commons (Digital Commons, Genetic Commons, Patents, Music, Literature
etc);
Please note that the papers may cut across more than one of the seven
sub-themes. The illustrative sub-theme questions and topics below are
intended to help contributors and are in no way binding. For more
information on the subthemes visit the conference website:
http://iasc2011.fes.org.in/
IMPORTANT DATES
· March 31st 2010: Deadline for submission of paper, panel and poster
proposals
· September 30th 2010: Deadline for submission of papers
· August 1st 2010: Early registration deadline (tentative)
GUIDELINES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
We invite anyone interested or working on the issues relating to Commons to
participate in the Conference. We encourage scholars and practitioners to
submit abstracts for panels, individual papers, poster and videos. The
panels, papers, poster and video abstracts should be submitted to the
Conference Committee through the online submission process.
Please visit their website regularly for updated information on IASC
activities at: www.iascp.org
source: Nathistory
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