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Initiating Research on Igniting Fires in the Blue Ridge Mountains During the Autumn 2016 Conflagration
Get PDFAn unprecedented moment in the fire ecology of the Blue Ridge Mountains occurred in Autumn 2016 when severe drought, frequent anthropogenic ignitions, and seasonality in disturbed deciduous forests fueled widespread burning. As the wildfires burned, wildland firefighters from around the U.S. temporarily moved into the region to assist local land managers. As wildfire risks increased and air quality decreased, local residents became increasingly interested in fire ecology. The community shifted continuously as wildfires were extinguished, wildland firefighters returned home, and local residents disengaged. In conducting research during the conflagration, obtaining consent from community members varied depending on whether or not I had previously worked with and taken the “first steps” towards establishing ethical relationships with individual community members. In this presentation I discuss how best ethics practices fluctuate relative to shifts in the composition of human communities and the character of human-forest interactions
The Teszler Times
Get PDFThe Teszler Times is the newsletter for the Sandor Teszler Library at Wofford College. The spring 2017 issue contains a message from Dean Kevin Reynolds, information about various services including the subject librarian program, the Presentation Practice Room, upcoming faculty workshops on the Digital Collections, and announcements celebrating the NEH grant awarded for preservation assessment and disaster preparedness, the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative collaboration, and library statistics from fall 2016.https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/librarypubs/1000/thumbnail.jp
Poster: Student Project, Class Assignment & Shared Shelf @ Wofford
Get PDFA poster composed and delivered by Dr. Youmi Efurd and Mr. Luke Meagher summarizing some of their work that supported pedagogy using unique resources made available on ArtStor Shared Shelf Commons by Wofford College. The poster presentation was delivered September 7, 2017 in Washington DC during a conference held by the Council of Independent Colleges in support of its partnership with ArtStor and the CIC\u27s Consortium on Digital Resources for Teaching and Research