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SUMMARY:Only what is counted counts? The scientific and economic represent
 ation of biodiversity - Esther Turnhout\, Associate Professor at the Fores
 t and Nature Conservation Policy Group\, Wageningen University\, the Nethe
 rlands
DTSTART:20120515T120000Z
DTEND:20120515T130000Z
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CONTACT:kathryn humphries
DESCRIPTION:Biodiversity governance is characterized by a strong technocra
 tic orientation. Science-based data\, maps and numbers are used in the rep
 resentation of biodiversity and inform decision making about conservation 
 targets and priorities. In this talk\, I will offer a critical engagement 
 with the role of science and scientific knowledge in the representation of
  biodiversity and the\nimplications of these representations for how we tr
 eat biodiversity in practice. My contribution is based on the central idea
  that biodiversity representations are not neutral mirrors of world but ac
 tivity contribute to the constitution of biodiversity as a readable and go
 vernable phenomenon: they are performative. Subsequently\, I will use the 
 examples of TEEB and IPBES to demonstrate the emergence of an explicit eco
 nomic discourse of Ecosystem Services and to analyse how this economic dis
 course connects with and complements existing technocratic biodiversity di
 scourses. I will conclude by discussing the importance of critical scrutin
 y of the performativity of knowledge in critical accounts of the neolibera
 lization of nature and addressing the linkages between political ecology a
 nd science and technology studies that are required to achieve this.\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Department of Geography
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