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Health, Environment, and AnThropology (HEAT) 2024 - Abstract Submission

As the world is getting fuller, faster, hotter, and sicker, HEAT1 asks how can anthropologists contribute to unfolding debates around health and environment on a changing and unequal planet? In what ways can medical and environmental anthropology work together and with other disciplines, communities, and stakeholders to help support the development of knowledge and resources for responding to environmental destruction and global heating?

• In the face of environmental and climate transformation, it is imperative that anthropologists continue to seek new ways of thinking and speaking among themselves and with others about the relationships among humans, other-than-humans, the environment, and the planet. By examining the intricate web of interdependencies between societies, ecosystems, and environmental processes, anthropologists have an important role to play in understanding and addressing the complex challenges faced by our planet.

  We are delighted to announceDr Bharat Jayram Venkat, founding director of theUCLA Heat Lab, will be our keynote speaker.

  Call for Papers

  All papers must be submitted via the submission point on the conference website (below). This should be uploaded in .doc or .pdf format. Proposals must consist of:

  1. Title of the panel you wish join;
  2. The title of the paper you wish to present;
  3. An abstract of no more than 250 words.

  Paper proposals will be reviewed by panel convenor(s) and a decision on whether the paper has been accepted or rejected will come from them.

  Only papers submitted via the link below will be considered by panel convenors.

  Rules

  You do not have to be an RAI or ASA member to propose a paper.

  You may only present once that the conference. Panel chairs and discussants may also present a paper on a different panel.

  All those attending the conference, including discussants and chairs, will need to register and pay to attend.

  If a panel has less than three presenters, the committee may propose that those participants join a second panel.

  We will endeavour, time and space allowing, to create streams of similarly themed panels to enable participants to attend all those in their area of interest.

  Panel convenor responsibilities

  Panel convenors are responsible for the following:

  • Issuing a Call for Papers for their panel
  • Ensuring paper proposers adhere to submission guidelines
  • Managing the paper selection process, informing proposers of the outcome
  • Informing participants of how the panel will be organised, including timings and location, running order, any IT requirements, etc.
  • Ensuring panellists have been reminded to register for the conference
  • Informing HEAT1 if a panellist withdraws

  Please only select 'talk' from the list of presentation options.

  The deadline for paper submissions is 13 January 2025

  HEAT 2025 - List of Panel Abstracts