[Air-L] CFP: 4S Open Panel on Science communication: Studying science communication and public engagement

[Hara, Noriko]

***Call for Participation for 4S Open Panel on "Making science in public: Studying science communication and public engagement"*** https://www.easst4s2020prague.org/call-for-papers-and-panels/

Joint Conference for Society for Social Studies of Science & European Association for the Study of Science and Technology, Prague, August 18-21, 2020 Submission Deadline Feb 29, 2020

Science communication and public engagement with science are key mechanisms by which scientific knowledge is mediated, negotiated, and transformed. Over the past decades, STS research has outlined the ways in which science and society are co-produced through public communication activities and catalysed a shift towards dialogue and engagement in science communication practice. More recently, issues of representation, exclusion, and contestation have risen to the fore in discussions of science in public, as well as concerns about public (dis)trust in expertise, the dizzying impacts of social media, and debates about science's role in political activism and resistance.
This open panel invites paper proposals that analyse such ways that science is represented, transformed, contested or negotiated in public venues. Papers may explore, for instance, citizen science; science and technology-related activism; science in social media; science in museums; deliberative experiments; popular science writing; science blogging; sciart activities; news media; or science comedy - as well as the myriad other sites and mechanisms by which science is done in public. We invite critical analysis of these sites and mechanisms. For example, papers might analyse the constitution of publics and knowledges within particular science communication activities; discuss affective or temporal regimes of public engagement with science; or give accounts of experimental practice that show how STS might contribute to doing science in public in just, generous, and collaborative ways. In particular, any analysis that showcases the significance and agency of STS in examining d!
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Single paper submissions should be in the form of abstracts of up to 250 words. They should include the paper's main arguments, methods, and contributions to STS. When you submit your paper, select Papers for Open Panels, and then, select "#Making science in public: Studying science communication and public engagement."

Organizers:

Sarah Davies, University of Copenhagen
Noriko Hara, Indiana University
Maja Horst, University of Copenhagen


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    Noriko Hara, Ph.D.
    Professor & & Director of MIS (Master of Information Science)
    Department of Information & Library Science
    School of Informatics, Computing, & Engineering | Indiana University
    http://norikohara.org<http://norikohara.org/>