LOSING NATURE:

NARRATIVES OF FORESTS AND WATER

ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES IN BRAZIL AND INDIA

Edited by:  Zelia Bora and Murali Sivaramakrishnan

(Lexington Books)

CALL FOR PAPERS

The natural environment has always played a significant role in the discourse of national identities in Brazil and India albeit in different levels and dimensions. Both countries have a multi-layered and chequered history of similarities as well as dissimilarities. However, in many ways, it is on the environmental front that both countries at present appear to have several commonalities. Colonial depredations and the impact of globalization on indigenous cultures, and on the dispossessed sections of society especially women and on the environment, denigration of forest areas are certainly common factors of significance.  Drastically depleting potable water levels are definitely a serious cause for concern.

When we explore ecological history and narrative, the plight of an entire planet would be evidenced. Geographically and culturally the Indian subcontinent that virtually occurs on the opposite side of the globe from Brazil, has also undergone several changes over the centuries which certainly has left deep imprints.

Now, the inquiry that the present book attempts to seek is through narratives that reflect these transformations: hitherto unprecedented demographic expansions, over exploitation of natural resources, pollution and depletion of river and fresh water sources, uncontrollable demands on the energy front, waste and garbage disposal, issues related to drastic reduction of biodiversity—all these are impact factors one needs to inquire into when one considers “losing nature.” In philosophical as well as theoretical terms the question of what is nature, what is gained and lost in human-nature interaction, what is the essential “balance” of nature, are all important queries on a similar scale. Societal reality in present day Brazil and India is reconstructed and deconstructed at will by the powerful memory of the past alongside those of globalization and technocratic market structures.

Thus, the proposed volume contemplates chapters related to the representation and interrogation of environmental issues in both subcontinents, Brazil and India. Submissions are welcome from scholars, academicians and activists. Each article should enclose a declaration stating that the article has never been previously published elsewhere and is not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere with a short biographical note indicating the author’s name, institutional affiliation, brief career history, postal address and e mail address. The abstract and research paper should be submitted in MS Word 2016-2017. For reference and citations follow the Chicago Manual of Style [Please see: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html]

Pages should be of A4 size, the title should be centrally aligned and objective, using Times New Roman 12-point font size, double spacing in between lines and end notes.

Abstract of 400 words to be send to  aslebrasil@ gmail.com; indianature@gmail.com

IMPORTANT DATES

                Abstract Due: June 30th 2017

                Complete Manuscript: October 31st 2017

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*This is a combined project of ASLE India and ASLE Brazil

                IMPORTANT DATES

                Abstract Due: June 30th 2017

                Complete Manuscript: October 31st 2017

______________________________________            

*This is a combined project of ASLE India and ASLE Brazil