CFP: Modes of Technoscientific Knowledge (Winter school in the French Alps, Jan. 2014)
Organization: Université Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne,
Technische Universität Darmstadt, French-German ANR-DFG project GOTO (www.goto-objects.eu), BiCoDa Alliance (www.bicoda.info).
Following the “practical turn” in history of science and
science studies in the late decades of the 20th century, a “thing turn” has
occurred in the philosophy of science and technology. Epistemology scholars are
more and more concerned with “thing knowledge” rather than with theoretical
representations (Baird 2004). The technological dimension of science is no
longer to be seen as a mere mediation between mind and reality for the sake of
theoretical representation, theory-testing or practical application. “Epistemic
things” and “experimental systems” (Rheinberger 1997), models and simulations
(Morrison & Morgan 1999, Varenne 2007) and other technological artifacts
are reconsidered as indispensable partners in the making of scientific
knowledge. But how are we to identify and conceptualize the epistemic roles of
technology in technoscientific research?
This PhD and advanced graduate winter school seeks to
explore the epistemology of technoscientific knowledge on the basis of a number
of case studies ranging from recent technosciences such as nanotechnology or
synthetic biology, to more traditional ones, such as chemistry, pharmacy or
metallurgy. The purpose is to disentangle the historical, sociological,
anthropological and philosophical implications of the epistemology of
technoscience. Along with stimulating topics, the school offers above all a
convivial place of exchange between PhD students and more advanced scholars
from various countries.
Lecturers: Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent (Univ. Paris 1
Sorbonne); Alfred Nordmann (Technische Univ. Darmstadt); Astrid Schwarz
(University of Basel); Sacha Loeve (Univ.Paris 1 Sorbonne); Xavier Guchet
(Univ. Paris 1 Sorbonne) ; Cyrus Mody (Rice University); Anne-Françoise Schmid
(Ecole des Mines Paris); Jean-Pierre Llored (Free Univ. of Bruxelles);
Hans-Jörg Rheinberger (H. Prof. MPIWG Berlin - to be confirmed).
Participation: The school welcomes PhD and advanced
graduate students interested in addressing these issues from philosophy, STS,
cultural studies, anthropology, and related fields (other backgrounds such as
physics, chemistry or biology are also welcome).Each participant should propose
a technoscientific “object” or case study (even a programmatic one) and
contribute an approximately 10-page paper by December 15, 2013. A reader of
texts will be distributed well in advance of the course.
Please direct expressions of interest to Sacha Loeve (sacha.loeve@univ-paris1.fr). An
initial short abstract will be due on October 15, 2013.
For more information (flyer, more detailed description)
go to www.goto-objects.eu
Sacha Loeve (and Alfred Nordmann)
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Alfred Nordmann
* Professor am Institut für Philosophie, Technische
Universität Darmstadt, Schloss, 64283 Darmstadt, Germany, +49(0)6151/162995
* Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, University of South
Carolina, USA
* Book serieswww.pickeringchatto.com/technoscience
* Office for Interdisciplinary
NanoTechnologyStudieswww.nanobuero.de
* Genesis and Ontology of Technoscientific
Objectswww.goto-objects.eu
* Interdisziplinärer
Studienschwerpunktwww.cisp.tu-darmstadt.de/nag
Homepagewww.philosophie.tu-darmstadt.de/nordmann