CFP Race, Technology and the Environment

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CFP Race, Technology and the Environment

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

A highly regarded university press has expressed an
interest in the
development of an anthology on Race, Technology and
the Environment
(REVTech). The
REVTech anthology would contain a maximum of twenty
original essays
(6000 to
7000 words per essay) focused on North American (i.e.
USA, Canada,
Mexico and
the Caribbean) experiences approximately framed
between 1850 to 2000.
Race
for this anthology is broadly defined and includes but
is not limited
to
American communities of African, Arab, Asian, Latino,
Native American
and
European (particularly those who have long term
histories of
environmental
marginalization) descent .
The goal of the REVTech anthology is to make a
rigorous attempt to
provide
answers to the following questions:
How have technologies transformed the lived
environment of
racial/ethnic
minority communities?

How have racial/ethnic minorities used, adapted and or
/taken back
technologies to make them their own for environmental
purposes or to
alter the
environmental conditions of their communities?

How have racial/ethnic minorities had different access
to particular
technologies, and what has that meant for their lived
environment?

How would the combined history of technology and
environmental history
really look if it took into consideration the
experiences of
racial/ethnic
minorities when placed at the center of the history.
The REVTech anthology as it is currently envisioned
would include but
not be
limited to the following 9 themes:
1. Race, Transportation Technologies and the
Environment
--- cars (trains, airplanes) roles in transforming the
environmental
landscapes of racial/ethnic communities(noise and
particulate
pollution)
--how racial and ethnic communities utilized
transportation technologies
to
alter and or escape marginalized environments.
2. Race, Air Purification Technologies and the
Environment
---air pollution control devices (by industries) and
their ecological
and
public health impacts on these communities
---accessibility/utilization of in-door and in-car
technologies and the
impact on environmental health
3. Race, Waste Water and Water Quality Technologies
and the Environment
---municipal sanitation technologies and their
ecological and public
health
impacts on communities of color and ethnic communities
---industrial effluent treatment technologies and
their impact on
communities of color and ethnic communities
4. Race, Water Control Technologies and the
Environment
---dams and levee technologies and their impact on
communities of color
and
the poor.
5. Race, Solid Waste Management Technologies and the
Environment
---incinerators and their ecological and public health
impacts on
communities of color and ethnic communities
---landfills and their impact on communities of color
and ethnic
communities
---recycling technologies and their impact on
communities of color
and
ethnic communities
6. Race, Energy (Power) Generation Technologies and
the Environment
---fossil fuel fired plants and their impact on
communities of color
and
ethnic communities
---oil production technologies and their impact on
communities of color
and
ethnic communities
---nuclear plants and their impact on communities of
color and ethnic
communities
----solar/photovoltaic and alternative energy
technologies
7. Race, Space Technology and the Environment
---space debris and their impact on communities of
color and ethnic
communities
---history of NASA and its impact on rural and or
indigenous
communities
8. Race, Environment and Communication (Internet, TV
and Radio)
Technologies
--- communication technologies and their impact on
environmental
activism
and environmental
literacy.
9. Race, Environment and Invention
-- minority and ethnic inventors who have created or
contributed to
the
development of environmental and pollution prevention
technologies.
Anyone interested in contributing an original essay to
this volume
should
send a 500 word abstract and updated CV by April 22,
2006 to:
Sylvia Hood Washington, MSE, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar, Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering
Northwestern University
Adjunct Professor of History
University of Maryland, University College
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