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Logistics
Dates: 5–11 November
Location: Sydney, Australia
Venue: The University of Sydney
To ensure key voices from across the vast Oceania region are heard, the aim is to host a hybrid workshop platform.
Description
Oceania is a region of vast contrasts in the duration and magnitude of human impacts, with some areas modified by humans for more than 60 millennia, and others for less than 2. Oceania, therefore, represents a test case in how we identify and classify human traces in the geological record. Is the term ‘paleoanthropocene’ meaningful in this region? Given the diverse and divergent human histories of the region, how do we develop a consistent approach to identifying human impacts in stratigraphic archives?
Objectives of the workshop
The primary objectives of the workshop are:
• Identify the current state of existing data for the region, highlighting areas where data are currently lacking and where future work could be prioritized.
• Identify the variable data requirements for the identification of human traces in natural archives across the region.
• Consider the production of a quantitative data synthesis as part of the larger Human Traces data product.
Steering Committee representatives
Nathalie Dubois (Eawag)
Dan Penny (University of Sydney)
Keynote participants (*ECR members)
Annika Herbert* (Australian National University, Australia)
Rebecca Hamilton* (University of Sydney, Australia)
Patrick Roberts (Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Germany)
Frank Thomas (University of the South Pacific, Fiji)
Matiu Prebble (University of Cantebury, New Zealand)
Simon Haberle (Australian National University, Australia)
Further information
Details will follow as they become available.
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If you have any questions, please contact Nathalie Dubois: nathalie.dubois@eawag.ch and/or Dan Penny: dan.penny@sydney.edu.au