[Air-L] CFP: 4S Open Panel--118: Making science in public

[Hara, Noriko]

***Call for Participation for 4S Open Panel on "#118: Making science in public: Studying relations within science communication and public engagement"***
https://www.4sonline.org/meeting/call-for-submissions/

4S (Society for Study of Science and Technology) Annual Meeting, Toronto and Worldwide, October 6-9, 2021
Submission Deadline: March 8, 2021

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, the question of the diverse relations that are performed in such communication have risen to the fore, as well as concerns about the nature of responsible public engagement, public (dis)trust in expertise, the dizzying impacts of social media, and debates about science's role in public health. For instance, science communication has been crucial during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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, science and technology-related activism; science in social media; science in museums; deliberative experiments; popular science writing; science podcasting; sciart activities; news media; or science comedy. We invite critical analysis of these sites and mechanisms. For example, papers might analyse the relations of publics and knowledges within particular science communication activities; discuss affective or temporal regimes of public engagement; explore how science is communicated to marginalized populations; or otherwise reflect on how STS might contribute to doing science in public in just, generous, and collaborative ways.

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

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    Noriko Hara, Ph.D. |   https://norikohara.org<https://norikohara.org/>
    Professor
    Department of Information & Library Science
    Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, & Engineering
    Indiana University