Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 19th, 2009 Comments Off on BC’s Forest Science Programm effectively over for reseachers this year
It would seem that my speculations earlier are coming to fruition. Two recent emails from government officials would suggest that the writing is on the wall. From April 16, 2009 email: Over the last three weeks, several changes have been made to the overall Forest Investment Account funding. This has not impacted the FIA-FSP budget […]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 1st, 2008 Comments Off on UBC Farm: Comments from the UBC Insiders’ Blog
UBC Insiders We Win! UBC Farm Saved! After a number of secret meetings, it looks like the UBC Board of Governors has very wisely decided to protect the full 24 hectares of the UBC Farm. This decision is a direct result from literally years of tireless lobbying by students, faculty, and community members. The university […]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 28th, 2006 Comments Off on The Gift in the Animal: AnSo Colloquium by Dr. Paul Nadasdy
Hunting, human-animal relations, and exchange theory in anthropology, a talk by Paul Nadasdy. Many hunting peoples conceive of hunting as a process of reciprocal exchange between hunters and other-than-human persons. To date, anthropologists have tended to view such accounts of hunting as symbolic/metaphorical. In this presentation Paul Nadasdy argues that our refusal to allow for […]
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