Power and Knowledge: The Construction, Dissemination, and Perceptions of Knowledge in Energy Production in Asia-Pacific
Hello everyone,
Please see the below CFP for the APSTSN Conference (http://www.apstsn2013.com/)
*Panel title:*
Power and Knowledge: The Construction, Dissemination, and
Perceptions of Knowledge in Energy Production in Asia-Pacific
*Panel description:*
Energy production has been a paramount issue in many
nations. The desire and ability to produce electrical power has been tied to a
nation’s effort to industrialize and modernize. Countries aim not just to
produce sufficient energy to meet rising or projected demands for their
economic development, but also attempt to electrify the whole territory. A
well-lit nation has become a symbol of modernity and the electrical consumption
per capita is often referred to as an indicator for a country’s economic performance.
Powering these agendas in Asia-Pacific, however, entails much more than just
the straightforward design and building of an energy infrastructure network. It
is bound up with the creation and propagation of technoscientific knowledge, as
well as with certain sociotechnical and technopolitical processes.
The diversification of energy sources over time from coal
to hydroelectric power and nuclear has necessitated the acquisition and
dissemination of scientific and technological knowledge specific to each energy
type.
Underscoring the safe and efficient production of power
from each energy source, and even the public acceptance of its use, is the
understanding of how society, politics, science and technology are intertwined
with each other in energy production.
How did countries in the Asia-Pacific region acquire the
knowledge in constructing their energy networks? How was the knowledge
disseminated and appropriated in building their domestic capacities, and how
might this have influenced the political and social attitudes towards the
adoption of certain types of energy sources? Using analytical frameworks and
approaches of Science and Technology Studies (STS), this panel thus seeks to
address
(i) the creation, dissemination, and perceptions of
technoscientific knowledge and (ii) the sociotechnical and technopolitical
processes of energy production in Asia.
We are interested in forming a panel for the upcoming
APSTSN conference (
http://www.apstsn2013.com/)
that speak to one of the conference’s themes of “knowing,†particularly in papers that
explore and examine the co-production of electrical infrastructure and
knowledge both in the scientific and non-scientific realms in any Asia Pacific
countries. Grad students, ABDs, and recent PhDs are invited to present their
work at this panel.
The submission deadline for the panel is January 7,
2013. Please email us ( ysm5@cornell.edu and harye.kan@gmail.com) immediately if you
are interested and follow up with a ca. 300- word abstract of your paper.
Best,
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Anto Mohsin
Ph.D. Candidate
Dept. of Science & Technology Studies
Cornell University