GLOBAL has embarked on many travels throughout its existence. Here are the adventures taken during 2008.
Alaska
APCG Conference October 8-11, 2008 Fairbanks, AK
Who's Going/Presenting?
No one, it was too expensive to even get there in an attempt to freeze our butts.
Travel Grants
APCG has 3 for students (all $300) 1. the regular student grant 2. the women's network grant 3. the Mexican-American student grant
Hotels
According to the APCG newsletter, the conference hotel will be fairly cheap - on the order of $50 per night.
Airfare
This is going to be pricey.
- Which carriers fly there?
- Are there discounts (for the conference, for large groups, etc.)
- Can STA Travel get us student rates?
Chico
California Geographical Society Annual Conference May 2-4 Chico, CA
- For more info on Chico, see the Chico Wiki (StaceyEllis insists!)
Who's going and/or presenting?
Let's get a list of names together to help in planning this.
| Who |
| When |
| What |
| Abstract Title |
| Session Title |
| AlexMandel |
| May 3 |
| Tabling for OSGeo |
| StaceyEllis |
| May 3 |
| Tabling for OSGeo |
| Michael Treichler |
| May 3 |
| Tabling for OSGeo |
| MicheleTobias |
| 3C: Saturday 10:20am |
| Presentation |
| Armed Beaches: Coastal Plant Communities May Respond to Trampling with Armor |
| Graduate Papers— Butte 103 |
| Amy McGrann |
| 3C: Saturday 10:20am |
| Presentation |
| Floristic Resolution of Wildlife Habitat Relationships on the Pacific Crest Trail |
| Graduate Papers— Butte 103 |
| Michael McGrann |
| 3C: Saturday 10:20am |
| Presentation |
| A Megatransect of California on the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail: Considering Foliage Height Diversity in Wildlife Habitat Relationships |
| Graduate Papers— Butte 103 |
| Trina Filan |
| May 3 |
| Attending |
| Tometi Gbedema |
| May 3 |
| Attending |
| Debbie Elliott-Fisk |
| May 3 |
| Attending |
Things to do in Chico
- They have a huge disc golf course in Upper Bidwell Park that we have to check out!
Boston
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting April 15-19,2008 Boston, MA
Hotels
(Want to share a room, know of a good deal?)
- I am looking for a room to share in Boston: let me know if there is still a space for one person in your room, or if anyone is willing to share what I'll book. — NinaNoujdina
- Under $200 in and around conference center
- I am going to ask coops and friends for free places to stay: let me know if you're interested. — AlyssaNelson
- Hostels are looking less and less like an option as some nights that week (especially Wednesday) seem to already be booked solid everywhere. Looks like we may have missed the window on this one! — StaceyEllis
Airfare
- Still looking for deals
- 5% off American Airlines
- Most deals average $400 as of 2/13,
- Note there's a free shuttle from Manchester, NH airport to the Boston Subway, take 1.1 hours
- There's local train service from downtown Providence, RI to Boston but you need to get to town from the airport.
Local Transportation
- http://www.mbta.com/ -
- $15 for a 7 day pass.
- The conference is right on the "T"
Hospitality
- Places to eat
Who's going/Presenting
Fill out our survey and/or write your name in here.
| Who |
| When |
| Where |
| What |
| Abstract Title |
| Session Title |
| Michael Rios |
| April 15 - 2:10 |
| Parliament Room #1, Westin (7th Floor) |
| Speaker |
| (Pro)active Bodies and Landscapes: The Discourse of Healthy Lifestyles in the United States |
| Political Ecologies of Bodies II |
| Peter Tittmann |
| April 15 - 2:10 |
| Hyannis Room, Marriott (4th Floor) |
| Speaker |
| Spatially explicit optimization of biofuels production in the Western United States: a hybrid mixed integer linear programming and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) approach |
| Alternative Fuels 1: Biofuels |
| Chris Benner |
| April 15 - 4:20 |
| Orleans Room, Marriott (4th Floor) |
| Speaker |
| 'An island off the west coast of Australia:' Multiplex geography and the growth of outsourcing in Mauritius |
| Africa's Economic Recovery: Opportunities and Challenges: In Memory of Professor Konadu-Agyeman |
| Michael Rios |
| April 15 - 4:20 |
| Northeastern Room, Marriott (3rd Floor) |
| Panel Member |
| Climate Change and Coastal Cities |
| Patrick Huber |
| April 16 - 8:20 |
| Grand Ballroom Salon H, Marriott (4th Floor) |
| Speaker |
| The influence of scale effects on the identification of a potential conservation network |
| Land Use and Planning |
| MicheleTobias |
| April 17 - 8:00 |
| Vineyard Room, Marriott (4th Floor) |
| Presenting |
| Beachscapes: The Spatial Effects of Foot-Traffic on Beach Vegetation |
| Land use Analysis and Modeling |
| Alison Alkon & Christie McCullen |
| April 17 - 10:10 |
| Brandeis Room, Marriott(3rd Floor) |
| Presenting |
| Whiteness in Farmers Markets: Constructions, Perpetuations, Contestations? |
| Food Environments II: marketing consumption |
| Angel Pita-Duque |
| April 17 -10:00 |
| Boston Univ. Room, Marriott (3rd Floor) |
| Speaker |
| Relationship between Non-agricultural Work and Maize Diversity in Puebla Valley, Mexico |
| Geographic Contributions to Agro-biodiversity Conservation |
| Stephen Brush |
| April 17 - 11:30 |
| Boston Univ. Room, Marriott (3rd Floor) |
| Speaker |
| Our maize: The cultural foundations of crop diversity in Mexico |
| Geographic Contributions to Agro-biodiversity Conservation |
| Deborah L. Elliott-Fisk |
| April 17 - 3:30 |
| Grand Ballroom Salon D, Marriott (4th Floor) |
| Speaker |
| Paso Robles AVA: Diverse Terroirs and New Appellations |
| Wine Geography |
| Chris Benner |
| April 18 - 11:50 |
| Beacon F, Sheraton (3rd Floor) |
| Panel Member |
| Community Development 2.0: Web Technologies and PPGIS for place-based development programs |
| Jonathan London |
| April 18 - 11:50 |
| Beacon F, Sheraton (3rd Floor) |
| Panel Member |
| Community Development 2.0: Web Technologies and PPGIS for place-based development programs |
| Janet Momsen |
| April 18 - 12:20 |
| Falmouth Room, Marriott (4th Floor) |
| Speaker |
| Resistance and home: identity formation amongst the Guyanese diaspora |
| Diaspora Strategies, New Middle Classes and Evolving Neoliberal Strategies in the Global South |
| Raul Lievanos & Jonathan London |
| April 18 - 3:30 |
| Suffolk Room, Marriot (3rd Floor) |
| Speaker |
| Seeking Spatial Representation: Reflections on Participatory GIS |
| Scale, Activism and Social Justice |
| Chris Benner |
| April 18 - 4:40 |
| Empire Room #6, Westin (7th Floor) |
| Panel Member |
| Study Abroad II: Long Term Engagement with Students and Communities |
| Colleen Hiner |
| April 19 - 8:00 |
| Massachusetts Room, Marriott (5th Floor) |
| Speaker |
| The Rural Visioning Project: Understanding Participation and Capacity Building |
| New Voices in Rural Geography |
| AlyssaNelson |
| April 19 - 8:00 |
| Clarendon Room, Marriott (3rd Floor) |
| Speaker |
| Community Murals as Collaborative Geographies: Connecting People, Place, and Art for Justice |
| Visualizing with the 'Other': collaborative art practices and politics 1 |
| Innisfree McKinnon |
| April 19 - 2:20 |
| St. George B, Westin (3rd Floor) |
| Panel Member |
| Nature and the Millennial Generation: Exploring Young Peoples' Encounters with the Non-Human |
| Behavioral Geography: Walking Behavior and Space |
| StaceyEllis |
| April 19 - 2:20 |
| Grand Ballroom Salon F, Marriott (4th Floor) |
| Speaker |
| Identity Disconnect: Changing Values in a Northern California Community |
| Changing Places and Community Identity |
| AlexMandel |
| April 19 - 4:00 |
| Beacon H, Sheraton (3rd Floor) |
| Speaker |
| Open Source GIS course development through directed group study |
| Instructional Aspects of GIS |
| Elena Givental |
| April 19 - 4:30 |
| St. George D, Westin (3rd Floor) |
| Speaker |
| Re-establishing Identity in East Europe: A Tale of Two Cities |
| Europe: Identity |
| Gregory Tarver, Jr. |
| April 19 -4:50 |
| Grand Ballroom Salon B, Marriott (4th Floor) |
| Speaker |
| Building community-based capacity and determining environmental benefits of urban trees in West Oakland, California |
| Urban Environments |
| Trina Filan |
| Attending |
| V. Xochitl Juarez-Varela |
| Attending |
| Benita Moolman |
| Attending |
| Nina Noujdina |
| Attending |
Map
Contact AlexMandel if you want access to edit the map, you'll need a google account to edit but everyone can view.
- Until I figure how to map it - Boston Emerald Necklace park system, the map even tells you which stop to get off.
GLOBAL's Collaborative Guide to the AAG
Members of University of California, Davis' GLOBAL have begun putting together a collaborative wiki page to help students (and of course everyone else too) navigate their way through Boston and the AAG conference. Please help put up more resources if you know of anything. Please see Help with Editing if you have any questions about how to edit this page. Have fun!
You do not need to sign up for a user name to contribute to this page. Anyone can help out by simply clicking on the "edit" button.
Thanks to the Chico Wiki for sharing some space for us to collaborate with our fellow geographers. For more information on community wiki projects, please see Wikispot. For more information on GLOBAL, please see our webpage at http://daviswiki.org/GLOBAL.
Cheap Eats
Key: $ <5, $$ <15, $$$ =professors pay!
- Steve's Greek Restaurant, Newbury and Hereford $$
- Trader Joe's located across from Hynes Convention Center on Boylston $-$$$
- Expresso Royale, Newbury between Glouchster & Hereford, $+
- Shaws full service shopping with a donut shop and deli, across the street from the Marriot to the north at street level $+
- Boloco burritos, Newbury between Gloucester and Fairfield $
Free Food
Know of any free food offers?
- Some vendors in the exhibit hall have candy or other things
- Coffee and ginger ale were in Salon C on Tuesday - Not sure that they'll offer it again
Places to Charge your Laptop
- Along the wall facing Salons E-G on 4th Floor in the Marriott, Wed. they added tables and chairs
- 3rd floor of the Westin
Collaborating/Meeting Space
- Jobs in geography foyer, when it's not in use.
Quiet Spots
- The park in the middle of the mall between the Marriott and the Sheridan
- 3rd floor of the Westin
Coffee and Snack Spots
- Candy shops throughout the mall
- Some tables are located near the park mentioned previously to enjoy said candy
Other Useful Tips
- There are local street maps at the registration desk, but you need to ask for them. They have both street maps and a really useful one to help navigate among the three hotels.
- If you renew your AAG membership at the registration desk you get $5 off and a $10 discount coupon for use at the hotel's restaurants or the Starbucks in the Marriott.
