[Air-L] CFP: “Networks: The Creation and Circulation of Knowledge from Franklin to Facebook”

[Jack Gieseking]

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*CFP: “Networks: The Creation and Circulation of Knowledge *

*from Franklin to Facebook” *



*June 6-7, 2019*



*American Philosophical Society*

*Philadelphia, PA*



The American Philosophical Society Library invites scholars in all fields
to submit paper proposals for an interdisciplinary symposium that
will explore the ways that social, scientific, and intellectual
networks have influenced the pursuit of “useful knowledge” from the
eighteenth century until the twenty-first century. The symposium is
inspired by the American Philosophical Society’s recent digitization
of Benjamin
Franklin’s postal records
<https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/compound/franklin-post-office-book-1748-1752#page/1/mode/1up>
and by its involvement in “The Cybernetics Thought Collective: A History of
Science and Technology Portal Project.”
<https://archives.library.illinois.edu/thought-collective/>



The program committee is currently accepting proposals for the symposium.
Potential topics include (but are not limited to):



·         The role of networks in producing and disseminating knowledge

·         The structure of networks over time

·         Studies of the institutions and individuals who have promoted,
established, and sustained networks

·         The different kinds of knowledge and exchanges facilitated by
social, scientific, and intellectual networks

·         The impact of different technologies (maps, communication
infrastructures, etc.) in creating and maintaining networks

·         The ways in which social, political, and technological changes
affected the construction and use of networks over time

·         The influence that ideas about networks as systems had on the
development of new scientific concepts and practices, especially in the
past century

·         The use of digital tools for enabling the formation of networks
today and for recreating and visualizing networks of the past



Applicants should submit a title and a 250-word proposal along with a C.V.
by *November 16, 2018 *via Interfolio: http://apply.interfolio.com/55529.
<http://apply.interfolio.com/55529.%20> Decisions will be made by January
2019. All presenters will receive travel subsidies and hotel
accommodations. Accepted papers will be due a month before the conference
and pre-circulated to registered attendees. Papers should be no longer than
15-double spaced pages. Presenters may also have the opportunity to publish
revised papers in the APS’s *Proceedings*, one of the longest running
scholarly journals in America.

For more information, visit https://www.amphilsoc.org/, or contact Adrianna
Link, Head of Scholarly Programs, at alink at amphilsoc.org.

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Jen Jack Gieseking
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University of Kentucky
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