CFP Science in Public panel 24: Bonding with Our Immediate Public: (Non)Human Dimensions of STS research
11th Annual Science in Public Conference in Sheffield (July 10th-12th
2017)
"Bonding with Our Immediate Public: (Non)Human Dimensions of STS research"
In
many ways Science and Technology Studies (STS) scholars are a part of
‘the public’ for life scientists, and life scientists are in a sense the
STS scholars’ most
immediate and direct ‘public’. We are each ‘Other’ to some extent to
each others’ worlds, as at the same time we can in our interactions
become each others’ audience in Goffman’s sense. Yet to understand each
others’ world making to what extent must we engage
with each other at an affective, even intimate level? We invite
contributions that consider the human and nonhuman dimensions of the
bonds that STS scholars establish with their research subjects. We seek
papers that analyse the characteristics of this bonding,
including relations between STS scholars and humans (dead or alive) and
non-humans (i.e. animals, documents, plants, instruments,
microorganisms, matter). We welcome interrogation of the significance
and affects of these primary associations for STS knowledge,
and for the lives of those involved. The goal of this panel is to
generate a better understanding of the social and political implications
of the human relations generated by, and perhaps necessary, to
contemporary and historical research about science and
technology.
Panel Number: 24
Deadline: 18 April
Submission link: http://sipsheff17.group.shef.
Dr Meritxell Ramírez-i-Ollé, Sociological Review Fellow, Keele University/ m.ramirez-i-olle@keele.ac.uk
Prof Joanna Latimer, SATSU University of York/ joanna.latimer@york.ac.uk
Prof Joanna Latimer, SATSU University of York/ joanna.latimer@york.ac.uk