Talk by Dr Dan Brockington on March 14th

Dear Friends,

You are cordially invited for a talk by Dr. Dan Brockington, Visiting Fellow at ATREE, affiliated with Institute for Development Policy and Management, The University of Manchester, U.K. on "Powerful Evnironmentalisms. Celebrity, Conservation and Capitalism" as per the schedule below

Date: 14th March 08 (Friday)

Time: 4.30 pm

Venue: ATREE terrace

Rgds

Kalpana Prasanna
Human Resources Officer,ATREE
email:kalpana@atree.org
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Here's Dan to tell you about his talk

There is a growing phenomenon in conservation:its creation of, and alliances with celebrities.
It is not new but celebrities are becoming increasingly important for making conservation work. But they also affect the type of conservation supported and can quite fundamentally affect popular relationships with nature which have been the driving force of so much grass roots conservation work.

In this talk I explore the phenomenon of celebrity conservation movements.

I examine:

- the forces driving the celebrification of conservation, and the general proliferation of celebrity of which it is part,

- which celebrities are getting involved in conservation,

- how people win fame for their conservation activity, and

- the work of charismatic and powerful individuals who operate behind the ranks of the celebretariat.

I will then discuss the consequences of celebrity conservation, considering:

- the sort of world which celebrity endorsement and famous conservationists promote, and

- the longer term implications for conservation of relationships with nature which are mediated by celebrities.

I will also be showing never-before-seen pictures of Salman Khan, SRK, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Sting, Robert Redford, Amitabh Bachchan, Elle MacPherson and Colonel John Blashford-Snell.
But you can close your eyes when I do.

You can contact Dr Dan Brockington at the address mentioned below:

Institute for Development Policy and Management,
School of Environment and Development,
Arthur Lewis Building,
The University of Manchester,
Oxford Road,Manchester,
M13 9PL, United Kingdom

http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/idpm/staff/brockington_daniel.htm

email: daniel.brockington@manchester.ac.uk
Phone: +44 161 275 3233
Fax: +44-161-275-0421