The sociology of ignorance website now features an ignorance concepts page http://sociologyofignorance.com/ignorance_concepts.html. Overall, the website features work at the intersection of the sociology of ignorance and of environmental sociology. The resources page includes research by … Continue reading →

New Book – Food Sovereignty in Canada: Creating Just and Sustainable Food Systems 2011. Edited by Annette Aurélie Desmarais, Nettie Wiebe, Hannah Wittman Contemporary Canadian agricultural and food policies are contributing to the current global food crisis: the industrialized, high-input, … Continue reading →

The Sociology of Risk and Uncertainty (SoRU) website, featuring conferences, news and resources is available at http://www.riskanduncertainty.net/.

September 2011 – Dr. Debra Davidson (University of Alberta) and Dr. Michael Gismondi (Athabasca University) co-authored a new book: “Challenging Legitimacy at the Precipice of Energy Calamity“. From the publisher – Two intersecting moments of the Twenty-first Century define our … Continue reading →

April 12, 2012 – Dr. Mark Stoddart (Memorial University of Newfoundland) authored a new book “Making Meaning Out of Mountains The Political Ecology of Skiing“. From the publisher – Mountains bear the imprint of human activity. Deep scars from logging … Continue reading →