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SUMMARY:The Quaternary Geology of Wisconsin
DESCRIPTION:The Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey has recently published a new 1:500\,000 scale map of the Quaternary Geology of Wisconsin. Dr. J. Elmo Rawling will discuss Wisconsin’s Quaternary geology with an emphasis on lithostratigraphy\, cartography and geodatabase schema.
URL:https://uwm.edu/letters-science/event/the-quaternary-geology-of-wisconsin/
LOCATION:American Geographical Society Library inside the Golda Meir Library (3rd Floor)\, 2311 E. Hartford Ave.\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures Conferences and Symposiums,Natural Sciences
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SUMMARY:Digital Geographies & the City: Methodologies of Hope
DESCRIPTION:Department of Geography’s Harold and Florence Mayer Lecture\nDigital Geographies & the City: Methodologies of Hope \nProfessor Sarah Elwood (Department of Geography\, University of Washington) \nApril 11\, 2025\n2:30-3:30pm\nAGSL \nDigital Geographies & The City: Methodologies of Hope\nIn many places\, digitally-mediated urbanism is ubiquitous\, violent and unequal\, as technocapitalist development processes and the platformization of everyday life produce racialized removal\, surveillance\, impoverishment\, illegalization\, even premature death – structural harms for which critical social science research has a well-developed conceptual-epistemological apparatus. Here\, I make the case for an intentional turn toward methodologies of hope\, a re-orientation toward apprehending creative politics that advance sociospatial relations of emplacement\, collectivity\, accountability\, mutuality and thriving. I explore digital and emplaced tactics of mutual aid\, direct action\, and insurgent visual politics created by Stop the Sweeps\, a horizontal network of local collectivities fighting public eviction of tent encampments of unsheltered people in cities and towns across the US. \nHope is an animating force underlying these digital\, material and ideological pathways toward staying put and living well in the city\, yet ironically\, hope is largely absent from the theoretical-epistemological fabric of ‘critical’ social science research on digital cities. I argue for abundance-oriented analyses of the urban politics being forged by precarious communities and their allies\, showing how this shift opens a vital window onto complex networks of solidarity and mutual support that are generating profound challenges to the circuits of harm that define life in the digital city. \n 
URL:https://uwm.edu/letters-science/event/digital-geographies-the-city-methodologies-of-hope/
LOCATION:American Geographical Society Library inside the Golda Meir Library (3rd Floor)\, 2311 E. Hartford Ave.\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States
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SUMMARY:Alumni Panel Discussion: What Can You Do with a Geography Degree?
DESCRIPTION:Date: February 14\, 2025\nTime: 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.\nLocation: American Geographic Society Library (AGSL)\, UWM Golda Meir Library\, Third Floor East Wing\nCost: FREE \nJoin us for an engaging alumni panel discussion hosted by the Department of Geography. Discover the diverse career paths you can pursue with a geography degree. \nOur distinguished alumni panelists will share their professional journeys and insights with the UWM community. \n\nTom Bertrand (Milwaukee County Transit System)\nJack Kovnesky (City of West Allis)\nAmy Rohan (Data You Can Use)\nElton Rogers (Department of Natural Resources)\nFrancesca Sanchez (Wisconsin Department of Water Resources)\n\nFor more information or to request accommodations\, please email yoon3@uwm.edu or mansson@uwm.edu. \n \n 
URL:https://uwm.edu/letters-science/event/alumni-panel-discussion-what-can-you-do-with-a-geography-degree/
LOCATION:American Geographical Society Library inside the Golda Meir Library (3rd Floor)\, 2311 E. Hartford Ave.\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alumni & Community,Career and Leadership Development,Students,UWM Campus Events
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SUMMARY:Integrated Social-Ecological Research: Insights on Urban Environmental Dynamics for Landscape Sustainability
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Professor Kelli Larson\, School of Sustainability\, Arizona State University as part of the annual  Harold and Florence Mayer Lecture. \nAbstract: Residential landscapes\, including lawns and other types of vegetation\, are an increasingly important component of urban ecosystems. Turfgrass lawns are now among the largest irrigated crops in the U.S.\, contributing to high rates of water and fertilizer use. Yet we know little about the social and ecological dynamics of different landscape types\, such as mesic lawns and xeric yards\, which involve a diverse array of potential values and associated decision tradeoffs. Past research has largely focused on either social or ecological elements of residential landscapes\, for example\, historic and modern aesthetic preferences or the composition and diversity of species. Our ongoing project aims to advance integrated knowledge about residential landscapes as important components of urban ecosystems by examining how cognitive (cultural values\, beliefs\, and norms) and structural (social institutions and urban form) factors drive yard management practices\, and in turn\, affect biogeochemical and ecological processes at the household and neighborhood scales. Within this overarching framework\, our workshop course explored two primary research objectives. First\, we examined the influence of residents’ values on landscape structure and the degree to which expressed preferences match actual landscape choices\, and second\, we assessed how neighborhood-level institutions impact landscape structure\, with special focus on the legacy effects of development decisions. To address the first objective\, we linked social survey data with extensive observational field surveys in four case study neighborhoods throughout Phoenix\, Arizona. For the second goal\, we examined the Covenants\, Codes and Restrictions (CCRs) in Homeowner Associations (HOAs) that govern landscaping\, in addition to conducting interviews with developers about their landscaping decisions and how they have changed over time. Our findings highlight the significance of multiple scales of human drivers (see Figure 1) in the broader context of the social-ecology of residential landscapes. Although values were not a strong driver of yard choices\, they mildly influenced both expressed preferences and manifest choices in diverse Phoenix neighborhoods\, particularly domain-specific values embodied in environmentally-oriented yard maintenance priorities. Meanwhile\, our analyses of institutional forces highlights the role of broader structural forces that influence residential landscape structure and management. As developers respond to market conditions and broader constraints in producing residential landscapes over time\, the effects may last long into the future since original development decisions establish the built context and become institutionalized in HOA CCRs. Our analysis of a sample of Covenants\, Codes\, and Restrictions for Phoenix-area subdivisions specifically indicated the potential for neighborhoodlevel private institutions to dictate landscape maintenance and structure\, topography and water management\, and species composition\, with potentially significant impacts on the ecosystem services provided. In sum\, further interdisciplinary analysis of the human drivers of yard structure and management at multiple scales (see Figure 1)—from households and neighborhoods to municipalities and broader regional forces—will reveal the complex dynamics involved in the production of residential landscapes and their social and ecological consequences for current and future generations.
URL:https://uwm.edu/letters-science/event/integrated-social-ecological-research-insights-on-urban-environmental-dynamics-for-landscape-sustainability/
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SUMMARY:Escaping Afghanistan - One Woman's Story
DESCRIPTION:A conversation with Maryam Durani and Kathleen Dunn. \nMaryam Durani was born a refugee in Iran. She moved to her family’s native country\, Afghanistan\, when she was 18. She came to Milwaukee as a refugee in November of 2021. In 2012\, Durani was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World and in the same year was also the recipient of the U.S. State\nDepartment’s “International Women of Courage Award.” \nKathleen Dunn is a retired radio host. Her interview programs spanned 42 years\, 24 years at Wisconsin Public Radio and 18 years at WTMJ. She is currently helping refugee families in Milwaukee and visiting schools\, assisted living homes\, hospitals and many other places with her trained therapy dog Finn. \nRegistration is required at https://milwaukee.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2hrDnKTJujs3BdA \nCo-sponsors include these units at UWM:\nEnglish Language Academy\nWomen and Gender Studies Program\nCultures and Communities Program\nCenter for Global Health Equity\nCollege of Nursing\nInstitute for Systems Change and Peacebuilding\nMasters of Sustainable Peacebuilding Program\nCenter for International Education
URL:https://uwm.edu/letters-science/event/escaping-afghanistan-one-womans-story/
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