This small symposium has been organised in honour of colleague Karen Bakker. After her untimely death last year, we learned that she had turned to writing science fiction as a way of bringing her extraordinary research in political ecology to a wider audience. Over the last summer a number of geographers have been working with two creative fiction writers to take Karen’s vision forward by writing our own short stories. We will be reading these stories in a public workshop/symposium on Friday and Saturday. All interested in hearing the outcome of this process, and the movement between social scientific and creative writing are most welcome to attend.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Schedule for Friday October 4, 10:30 am – 12 pm, room 229 in the Geography Department (1984 West Mall Vancouver, V6T 1Z2)
Facilitator: Kim Richards
10:30 – 11:10 am Read and response session #1:
Reader: Paul Robbins
Responders: Rafi Arefin, Cindi Katz
11:20 am – 12:00 pm Read and response session #2:
Reader: Gerry Pratt
(with Caleb Johnston)
Responders: Trevor Barnes, Kelsey Johnson
Schedule for Friday October 4, 12:40 – 2:00 pm, Place of Many Trees, Liu Institute (96476 NW Marine Drive, Vancouver, V6T 1Z2)
Facilitator: Kim Richards
12:40 – 1:20 pm Read and response session #3
Reader: Andrea Marston
Responders: Max Ritts; Juanita Sundberg
1:20 – 2:00 pm Read and response session #4
Reader: Cindi Katz and 
Sallie Marston
Responders: Gerry Pratt; Emma Norman
Schedule for Saturday October 5, 9:30 – 11:30 am, Place of Many Trees, Liu Institute (96476 NW Marine Drive, Vancouver, V6T 1Z2)
Facilitator: Sanita Fejzic
9:30 – 10:10 am Read and response session #5
Reader: Philippe LeBillon
Responders: Emma Norman, Rosemary Collard
10:15 – 10:45 am Read and response session #6
Reader: Emma Norman
Responders: Sallie Marston, Jess Dempsey
10:50 – 11:30 am Read and response session #7
Reader: Max Ritts
Responders: Paul Robbins, Andrea Marston
