Schedule Overview

Full Rural Quad Program 2019Download

Saturday, July 13

  • 8:00 am-8:00 pm: Check-in to University Heights North dormitory, University of Vermont (If you are arriving outside of those times, please call the staff person on duty at: 802-656-5550.)
  • 5:00-7:00: Reception and Plenary: The Quadrennial Rural Geography Meetings: A Topical Retrospective, by Lisa Harrington

Sunday, July 14

  • breakfast
  • 8:30-10:00 Session 1: Diversity in Rural Spaces. S. Epp, M. Woods, P. Nelson.
  • break
  • 10:30-12:30 Session 2: Rural Im(Mobilities). M. Phillips, D. Smith, A. Stockdale, B. Wetherholt.
  • lunch, Central Campus Dining Hall
  • 1:30-2:00 Welcome to Vermont
  • 2:00-4:00 Session 3: Social and Ecological Change in Rural Landscapes. N. Gravel, M. Kennedy, K. Patzke, J. Smithers.
  • 4:30 Visit to New Farms for New Americans led by Dr Pablo Bose, UVM Geography (optional)
  • dinner, on your own in Burlington

Monday, July 15

  • breakfast, Central Campus Dining Hall
  • 8:15-10:15 Session 4: Rural Relationality and Experience. K. Halfacree, A. MacLaren, A. Morse, C. Morse.
  • break
  • 10:30-12:30 Session 5: Rural Dynamics Beyond the UK, US and Canada. B. Scholten, T. Sorenson, F. Machado, G. Robinson.
  • lunch
  • 2:00-4:00 Session 6: Rural Cultural Resilience. V. Cadieux, D. Ramsey, J. Widener, L. Van Sant.
  • 5:30 dinner and tour: Bread and Butter Farm, Shelburne

Tuesday, July 16

  • pack to leave UVM
  • breakfast, Central Campus Dining Hall
  • 8:20 departure: Rural Development Tour of Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom:
    • Center for an Agricultural Economy, Hardwick
    • Laggis Brothers Farm, E. Hardwick
    • Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro
    • Craftsbury Outdoor Center, Craftsbury
  • lunch together at Hardwick Street Cafe
  • dinner on our own in Waterbury
  • move into Sugarbush Inn, Warren

Wednesday, July 17

  • 8:30-10:30 Session 7: Dimensions of Rural Extraction. R. Bergstrom, A. Ramekar, C. Jean, K. Smith.
  • break
  • 11:00-1:00 Session 8: Rural Politics, Planning, and Development. A. Caffyn, R. Gibson, L. Taylor, N. Luka.
  • lunch at Sugarbush
  • 2:00-3:30, Round table preparation meetings
  • activities: hike, swimming hole, Taste of Place and Lawson’s Finest
  • dinner at Round-Up (on your own)

Thursday, July 18

  • Trip to Middlebury
  • Maple sugarhouse tour, Cornwall
  • lunch at Middlebury College with Rural Community Development sponsors
  • Round Table Meetings 1 – 3
  • Publication planning session
  • dinner at Middlebury College

Friday, July 19

  • breakfast at Sugarbush Inn
  • 11:00 departure for Burlington
  • 12:00 arrival in Burlington (a van to Burlington can be made available for those with early flights, please let us know well in advance)