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Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 03:34:08 -0500 From: Joseph Dumit To: Multiple recipients of list CASTAC-L Subject: CASTAC - Summer Conference Call for Papers - Hess

Call for Papers: Summer Conference on the Anthropology of Science and Technology

Sponsored by: The STS Department of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the Committee of the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing (CASTAC) of the General Anthropology Division (GAD) of the American Anthropological Association

When: Saturday and Sunday, June 28 and 29, 1997

Where: RPI campus, Troy, NY

Description: This relatively small conference will provide anthropologists and kindred spirits with the opportunity for some sustained interaction. Papers will be presented on a wide range of topics, including technology in the workplace, new information technologies, reproductive technologies, public understandings of science, biomedical sciences, and other areas of science, technology, and culture.

Abstracts: Please submit a one-paragraph abstract to David Hess by April 15 at the STS Dept., RPI, Troy NY 12180-3590. (518) 276-8509 (voice); 276-2659 (fax); hessd@rpi.edu

Travel: By air to the Albany, New York, airport and by train to the Albany-Rensselaer station, with taxis to Troy available for about $20 one way. More detailed travel information will be provided after the abstracts are submitted. The area is a great starting point for a summer vacation in Vermont, the Berkshires, or the Adirondacks.

Registration fee: $20, non-refundable after June 1 $10 (students and unemployed)

Accommodations: There is a Best Western Hotel located off campus in Troy (1800 6th Ave., 518-274-2210), and there are numerous very good restaurants in the Troy area. For information on more luxurious hotels in the region, contact Hess at hessd@rpi.edu. A restaurant list will be supplied.

Rensselaer also offers summer accommodations in the dormitories and a meal plan. Dormitory rooms are available for $32/night single ($21/night per person double). The rooms are air-conditioned and come with prepared bed and towels. Two bedrooms share a bathroom. Brunch and dinner on the weekend are served cafeteria style for $18.50/day. Bagels, juice, and coffee will be provided each morning before the conference begins and their cost will be included in the registration fee.

For those who arrive on Friday evening, there will be a dinner at a restaurant in Troy to be announced later.

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Registration Form

Conference on the Anthropology of Science and Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

___________ $20.00 Registration fee ($10.00 students and unemployed)

___________ $18.50 Brunch & dinner, Sat. 6/28

___________ $18.50 Brunch & dinner, Sun. 6/29

___________ $32.00 Single ($21.00/person double) Room Friday 6/27

___________ $32.00 Single ($21.00/person double) Room Saturday Night 6/28

___________ $32.00 Single ($21.00/person double) Room Sunday Night 6/29

___________ Total (Make check payable to R.P.I.)

Name(s) of people you would like to share a bathroom with (or room, if double):________________________________

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Questions? Contact Corey Miller at (518) 276-6694 or millec3@rpi.edu

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