[Air-l] CFP EASST Conference 2006 in Lausanne

[Jeremy Hunsinger]

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> Call for Papers EASST 2006
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> EASST Conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, August 23-26, 2006
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> The biennial conference of the European Association for the Study  
> of Science and Technology will be held in Lausanne from 23rd to  
> 26th August, 2006. All members of the European science, technology  
> and innovation studies community are invited to attend.  
> Contributions are particularly encouraged which address the general  
> conference theme.
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> "Reviewing humanness: bodies, technologies and spaces"
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> What is it to be human today ? Human "nature" is made and re-made  
> by ideas and practices assembling bodies, technologies, and spaces.  
> Three processes in particular seem to be transforming the very  
> notion of humanness:
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> 1. it is reconfigured by the life sciences, from genetics to  
> neurobiology, with the invention of new forms of human corporeity.  
> Within contemporary philosophy and STS literature, this is  
> associated with conceptual changes, displacing traditional binaries  
> such as human/animal, animal/machine, nature/technology, mind/body  
> towards all kinds of hybrids.
> 2. it is reassigned to and redistributed throughout sociotechnical  
> networks and artifacts. In other words, the notion of humanness is  
> rethought; it is considered no longer to be enclosed within the  
> human subject, but instead disseminated in and through human-made  
> objects and technological systems.
> 3. it is rescaled by the increase in transnational connections and  
> the development of a cosmopolitan imaginary. The increase of  
> spatial mobility (international migration, tourism, professional  
> travel, etc.) and information flows, 'stretching' social relations  
> across space, have reterritorialized, and in the best cases  
> broadened, our conceptions of humanness.
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> The conference organizers invite contributions that address both a  
> general conceptualization of humanness and these three particular  
> processes. The further aim of this conference is to address the  
> political (in the broad sense of the term) dimension of a reviewed  
> humanness. The re-fabrication of humanness is not only an academic  
> thought-experiment but a daily life experience, and sometimes an  
> object of concern, for society as a whole. The organizers therefore  
> also invite contributions specifically focusing on the  
> politicization of contemporary humanness. Such topics include:
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> a) issues related to participative forums created by state or  
> supranational organizations to trigger public debate around the  
> anthropological consequences of scientific and technological  
> innovations;
> b) initiatives of different segments of civil society (patient  
> organizations, feminist movements, indigenous groups, consumer  
> associations, etc.), including public action and mobilizations,  
> regarding the definition of research agendas, the organization of  
> knowledge production and diffusion, or the political regulation of  
> the three above-mentioned processes;
> c) questions regarding participation in the global redefinition of  
> humanness. Are not large sectors of humankind excluded from these  
> changes? Do they mean the same thing regardless of social class,  
> gender and ethnicity?
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> Threads:
> 1. Biomedical practices, politics and markets
> 2. Medicine, healthcare & patients
> 3. Information and communication technologies
> 4. Technological artifacts & users
> 5. Environments, landscapes and resources
> 6.  Spatialities, transnationalism and governance
> 7. Expertise, governance & publics
> 8. Normative issues & the production of norms
> 9. Science, politics & markets
> 10. Knowledge objects, practices & cultures
> 11. Science, culture & arts
> 12. Practices and processes of innovation
> 13. STS in practice (methods, research networks, computer tools)
> Contributions will be welcome from the range of disciplines found  
> within the broad field of science, technology, and society studies.  
> For those whose work does not relate directly to the Conference's  
> theme, there are open paper sessions.
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> Deadline for abstracts and session proposals:  December 16th, 2005
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> Abstract submissions should include all contact details, the text  
> of the abstract (300 words), three keywords and the preferred  
> Conference Threads. Please use the ad-hoc template file on the  
> website as the basis for your submission and send it by December  
> 16th, 2005, to easst2006 at unil.ch
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> If you plan to propose a session, please send a message to the  
> organisers as soon as possible, and put « session proposal » in the  
> subject of your e-mail. In order to help the preparation of the  
> programme, session proposals will be posted on a page of the  
> Conference's website. Session proposals should include all contact  
> details, the text of the proposed session (600 words max.). Please  
> use the ad-hoc template file on the website as the basis for your  
> submission and send it by December 16th, 2005, to easst2006 at unil.ch
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> All information can be found on the Conference's  
> website:www.unil.ch/easst2006
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> Contact : easst2006 at unil.ch, Tel/Fax : +41 21 693 84 77
> Address: EASST 2006, University of Lausanne, IEPI, Bat. Humense,  
> CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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jeremy hunsinger
jhuns at vt.edu
www.cddc.vt.edu
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