ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES EVIRONMAN Morshidi Sirat Environmental Humanities Workshop

ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES (EVIRONMAN) Morshidi Sirat Environmental Humanities Workshop, 2 nd March 2009 PELANTAR Penyelidikan Transformasi Sosial ( Soc. Trans)

QUESTION? v v CAN ENVIRONMAN INTEGRATE THE VARIOUS DISCIPLINES IN HUMANITIES, SOCIAL SCIENCES AND THE ARTS? HOW DO WE INITIATE AN INTER-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH WITHIN HUMANITIES (THE SCHOOL) AND THEN BEGIN TO ROLL ON A MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND FINALLY A TRANSDISCIPLINARY APPROACH IN THE STUDY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND RELATED SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES? PELANTAR Penyelidikan Transformasi Sosial ( Soc. Trans)

TOWARDS A CLUSTER n n AT SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION PLATFORM (SOCTRANS) WITH HUMANITIES/SOCIAL SCIENCES/THE ARTS (AS A FIELD INCLUSIVE OF RELATED DISCIPLINES) TO START WITH THEN MOVING ON TO INCLUDE OTHER DISCIPLINES AS NICHE OF UNIV SAINS MALAYSIA PELANTAR Penyelidikan Transformasi Sosial ( Soc. Trans)

ENVIRONMAN n n n INVESTIGATING ENVIRONMENTAL/SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE HUMANITES AND RELATED DISCIPLINES (AS OPPOSED TO THE SCIENCES) NON-SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE ON ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS OF SCHOLARSHIP AND RESEARCH RESPONDING TO BOTH TRANSDISCIPLINARY AND DISCIPLINARY DEMANDS (FROM USM AND OUTSIDE OF USM)

THE FOUNDATION n n TYPICALLY: SOCIAL, CULTURAL, ETHICAL, HISTORICAL, COMMUNICATION, LITERARY, BUILT ENVIRONMENT, THE ARTS PERSPECTIVE DO WE HAVE ALL OF THE ABOVE WITHIN SOCTRANS? PELANTAR Penyelidikan Transformasi Sosial ( Soc. Trans)

ENVIRONMAN n n n IDEAS CONCEPT FRAMEWORK TOWARDS A ENVIRONMAN VISION AT SOCTRANS (INCLUSIVE) OPERATIONALISING VISION PELANTAR Penyelidikan Transformasi Sosial ( Soc. Trans)

A PILOT PROGRAMME: FIRST STAGE n n n STIMULATES THINKING AND IDEAS WITHIN PPIK FOCUSSED COLLABORATIONS THAT BRING VARIOUS DISCIPLINES AND ENERGY TO A COMMON PLATFORM (SOCTRANS) OVERTIME, TO DEVELOP COLLABORATIONS WITH THE SCIENCES PELANTAR Penyelidikan Transformasi Sosial ( Soc. Trans)

SECOND STAGE n n BUY-IN INITIATE AND CONDUCT RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMAN DEVELOP EH CLUSTER IN ENVIRONMAN AT SOCTRANS RESEARCH NETWORKING WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS (WITH A VIEW TO CREATING EH AS USM NICHE) PELANTAR Penyelidikan Transformasi Sosial ( Soc. Trans)

WORK PLAN n n n A WORKING COMMITTEE TO WORK OUR IDEAS AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK RESEARCH PROPOSALS TO BE FORWARDED TO SOCTRANS IF SUCCESSFUL IN BUILDING A CRITICAL MAS, WILL ASK FOR CLUSTER STATUS FOR ENVIRONMAN AT SOCTRANS PELANTAR Penyelidikan Transformasi Sosial ( Soc. Trans)

TIME LINES/INITIATIVES n n BEGIN WITH SEVERAL RESEARCH PROPOSALS FROM PPIK (1 ST QUARTER) “BUY-IN” EXERCISE AND MORE RESEARCH PROPOSALS FROM OTHER DISCIPLINES WITHIN SOCTRANS (COLLABORATIVE IN NATURE) (2 ND QUARTER) PELANTAR Penyelidikan Transformasi Sosial ( Soc. Trans)

n n ESTABLISHEMNT OF A ENVIRONMAN CLUSTER (3 RD QUARTER) ASSESSMENT OF ACHIEVEMENTS (4 TH QUARTER) PELANTAR Penyelidikan Transformasi Sosial ( Soc. Trans)