[Air-L] Call for abstracts: 4S/EASST 2020 - Panel 82 Human-(itarian) technologies

[Martin Perez Comisso]

Please, consider submitting your work if you have relevant work or research
in the area.
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An invitation/remainder for 4S/EASST 2020!
Prague, Czech Republic.
August 18th-21st, 2020

More details: https://www.easst4s2020prague.org/
Deadline: Feb 29th, 2020

Call for abstracts Panel 82.
Human-(itarian) technologies: How to “make a better world” for humans with
technologies?

>From at least the WWII ideas such as technological fixes, humanitarian
technologies, and tech4dev, PIT, etc. has been transnationally framed,
promoted, and funded, to solve or to assist human communities with their
“basic needs” based in technical solutions. In particular, during emergency
context, like natural disasters or a massive migration, or in the case of
“resourceless” communities (due to physical, economic or political
imbalances), humanitarian technologies are a path of action to “make a
better world.”

At the same time, local responses have been emerging (like appropriated
technologies, PLACTED or Civic tech), to contest colonial assumptions and
practices around these projects. Shortcomings related to technological
adoption, implementation or deploy performed by universities, international
agencies, governments, and other privileged people are particularly
relevant for those critiques.

Imbalance and inequities of power, agency, and control have been largely
discussed in study cases by STS and beyond. Nevertheless, there is an
opportunity to propose alternatives, ways to engage and understand in those
projects when which enact “techno-humanitarian systems”

This panel welcomes contributions and experiences from researchers,
practitioners and communities making and thinking questions “above and
beyond” human-itarian technologies: What it means “make a better world”
with using technology? Which values and paradigms share technologies to
“make the world better”? Which good practices must replicate, and
misconceptions must eradicate? Whose and how humans are benefited by these
projects around the world?

Note: The format proposed for this open panel will not be based in 10 min
presentations. Instead, will encourage conversation, and sharing materials
before the event from selected contributors. It is expected to dedicate a
larger amount of time in this panel to work-together around common topics,
to be discussed via mail after acceptation.
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Organizer: Martin Andrés Perez Comisso, SFIS – Arizona State University
Questions about this panel? Please send a mail to maperezc at asu.edu

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Martín Pérez Comisso / @mapc <https://twitter.com/mapc>
Ph.D. Student, Human and Social Dimension of Science and Technolgy
<https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/3108937>
School for the Future of Innovation in Society
土 龍 Oscillating from 1988 http://about.me/mapc
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