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1997 Soc Social Studies of Science Meetings in Tuscon
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Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 12:10:37 -0500
From: Joseph Dumit
Call for Papers The Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Meeting, October 22-26, 1997 University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
The 1997 annual meeting of 4S will be hosted by the University of Arizona, at the Holidy Inn City Center in Tucson, Arizona. The theme of the conference is "Sites and Boundaries: Location and Process in the Production of Knowledge," reflecting timely intellectual and social changes, and the unique resources of Tucson and the University of Arizona. The special themes of the conference are listed below.
About the Conference
Conference Activities will start on Thursday afternoon, October 23, 1997, with an informal reception Wednesday evening, October 22. The traditional banquet will be Friday evening, and business meetings and interest group meetings for the Society are schedule throughout the conference. Concurrent panels and plenary sessions will run Sunday morning, October 26. The two-hour sessions will be composed of 4 or 5 speakers. Tours of local facilities of interest, including museums, observatories, archeological sites, the University of Arizona Campus, and nature and recreation areas will be available for conference participants. Other activities and events planned for the conference include a book exhibit, receptions, and a multi-media display area.
About Tucson
Tucson is literally surrounded by exciting places for you to see. Within the city are many museums and historic sites which give insight into this part of Arizona's colorful past. The Arizona State Museum and the Fort Lowell Museum all offer excellent displays for the history buff. Beyond Tucson are the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, a combination zoo, aquarium, botanical garden, and natural history museum, and is a must for every visitor to Tucson. The frontier West's rugged and romantic legacy is preserved in nearby Tombstone, "The Town Too Tough to Die," and the mysteries of the future unfold for the visitor at Kitt Peak National Observatory. The Grace Flandrau Planetarium of the University of Arizona offers a variety of dramatic public shows and educational programs to interest and delight visitors of all ages.
Call for Papers
Those interested in presenting a paper at the 1997 Annual Meeting of 4S should submit 150-200 word abstracts to the Program Chair no later than March 1, 1997. Those considering organizing sessions should please submit abstracts of all papers together, in an approximate order. Please indicate if your contribution should be directed toward one of the special themes or to generalopen submissions.
An electronic abstract submission form will be available. It can be found at the the http://www.u.arizona.edu/~jlc website. Other electronic submissions and correspondence are encouraged. Please do not encode submitted materials.
Special Themes
The following special topics represent both the continuation of discussions in 4S, and opportunities for future research. Open submissions on other areas of research, theory, and policy are welcome at the 1997 meeting, as are panels organized and submitted by participants.
Location and Process: Laboratory studies are traditional fare for science and technology studies researchers. But laboratories are reorganizing, and new organizations (centers, technology parks) have emerged. Business plays new roles in creating, distributing, and applying new knowledge. What are the implications of these changes on the working lives of scientists, engineers, and technicians in various organizations? How do computers, telecommunications, and electronic publishing change both the locus and practice of science?
Universities and Beyond: The university has been a traditional site for producing new knowledge. But industrial, government and virtual organizations have also been involved, and are taking on new salience. What are the implications of these changes on issues such as economic productivity, work and employment, intellectual property or education?
Transnational Science and Technology: Science and technology have always been transnational activities. How do configurations of international collaborations, multinational capitalism, and changing demographic and mobility patterns of scientific and technical expertise challenge research and theory in science and technology studies?
Education: Classrooms are places where knowledge is made and transmitted. What are the important research and policy questions in teaching science and technology, technology in classrooms, policies and programs for science and technology education at various levels, and the outcomes of policies and new pedagogical practices, especially for women and underrepresented minorities?
Indigenous Knowledge and Ethnosciences: Ordinary people make, use, misuse, or re-interpret scientific and technological information. Research which describes indigenous knowledge from non-industrialized cultures; cultural reconstructions of science and technology; lay or popular science, technology, medicine, or mathematics; or cases of appropriate(d) technologies is sought, with discussion of their political and educational implications.
Museums: Museums are places where knowledge and history are made, stored, transmitted, and interpreted and re-interpreted. They are also places where science and technology are used in processes of conservation and preservation. Scholarship which addresses these, or other, issues in museum studies is invited.
Social Knowledge and the Social Sciences: Scholarship of members of the Society for Social Studies of Science has been focused on the physical and natural sciences, and to some extent engineering and technology, but the social sciences have not received the same sustained attention. In what ways to extant methodologies in STS fit studies of the social relations and configurations of social knowledge, artistic and cultural production, and the historical development of academic disciplines in the social sciences and humanities?
Disciplines and Methodology in STS: Social studies of science and technology are often perceived as transgressive, challenging conventional ideas about science, technology, and society and the disciplines from which the field originated. This special theme will feature discussions on the impacts science studies approaches have on disciplines and the academy.
For further information about the program, please contact:
Jennifer L. Croissant Program on Culture, Science, Technology, and Society 16c Harshbarger/MSE, Bldg. 12 University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 phone: 520-626-7110 fax: 520-621-8059 email: jlc@u.arizona.edu web: http://www.u.arizona.edu/~jlc
For further information about registration, exhibits, and accomodations, please contact:
Office of Engineering Professional Development Harvill Building Room 235, Box 9 The University of Arizona P.O. Box 210076 Tucson, AZ 8572-0076 phone: 520-621-3054 fax: 520-621-1443 email: baltes@bigdog.engr.arizona.edu ```
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