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Thinking Mountains 2018

Venue

Banff

Thinking Mountains is a triennial interdisciplinary mountain studies summit that promotes dialogue about mountain places, peoples, and activities around the world. It is an international meeting place for the best scholarship on mountains from the natural sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities, and other communities of practice.

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Thinking Mountains 2018 is an interdisciplinary conference, and topics for sessions, individual papers, and posters include, but are not limited to: geomorphology, glaciology, atmospheric science; regional studies; past environments and/or peoples; cultural studies and history; literature and the aesthetic arts; experiential education and pedagogy; tourism, recreation, parks and protected areas; the science and medicine of altitude (physiology, human performance, clinical, etc.); mountain ecologies, biological diversity, flora and fauna.

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Languages: English