-----Original Message----- From: Deutschsprachige Diskussions- und Ankuendigungsliste fuer Wissenschafts- [mailto:gwtf-t...@listserv.dfn.de] On Behalf Of Karen Kastenhofer Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 1:58 PM To: gwtf-t...@listserv.dfn.de Subject: CfP EASST 2010, TRACK: PROBING TECHNOSCIENCE
Liebe KollegInnen, wir würden Sie/Euch gerne einladen, Beiträge für die EASST'2010 Konferenz (Trento, 2.- 4.Sept.) im Track "Probing Technoscience" einzureichen. Abstracts (max. 500 Wörter) können online zwischen 20.1. und 15.3. unter folgender Adresse eingereicht werden: <http://events.unitn.it/en/easst010/abstract-submission> Die AutorInnen der ausgewählten Beiträge werden von uns bis 15.Mai benachrichtigt. Wir freuen uns auf spannende Präsentationen und Diskussionen in Trento, Regula Valerie Burri Martina Erlemann Karen Kastenhofer Alfred Nordmann Astrid E. Schwarz Peter Wehling -- Track 8: PROBING TECHNOSCIENCE The term technoscience emphasises the convergence of the scientific and the technological realm within a new technoscience paradigm. After the terms initial coining by the Belgian philosopher Hottois in the late 1970s, it has been re-introduced by Latour and Haraway, elaborating on the specific relationship of natural and artificial objects or, more broadly, nature and culture. In discussing technoscience, both authors not only point at the ontological differences between what they call technoscience and normal science (referring to the relationship of the epistemic realm of science and the constructionist approach of technology), they also focus on the cultural and material dimension, especially within the everyday perceptions and practices prevalent either within science or, more generally, within western society. During the past decade, an increasing number of scholars have begun to adopt the concept of technoscience, drawing on Latour and Haraway as well as on other literature. The concept has been applied in analytical as well as critical approaches. Technoscience has been discussed as a theoretical concept within STS and as an epistemic approach within science. The latter strand also refers to analyses and research on epistemic cultures initiated by Hacking, Pickering, Knorr Cetina and Rheinberger. The main aim of the proposed track is to probe the concept of technoscience in empirical and theoretical terms. The core of the concept is seen in the (proposed) convergence of science and technology, of representing and intervening, of understanding and performing and of the natural and the artificial. The track is open for discussions on the state of the art of the theoretical conceptualisation as well as for empirical analyses of technoscience (s), e.g. in the fields of nanotechnology, biotechnology, biomedicine, systems biology, neuroscience and converging technologies, but also ecotechnologies. Furthermore, reflections on the significance of the concept of technoscience for STS, science and technology governance and society in general are welcome. Contributions should address one or more of the following questions: - Do emerging technosciences differ from traditional sciences (e.g. concerning the relationship between science and technology)? - Or does the concept of technoscience mainly represent an alternative analytical background to be applied to all scientific fields alike? - What does the label "technoscience" bring to light and what does it obscure? - What are the societal implications and governance issues raised by the concept of technoscience? - Is it possible to build upon and further develop the concept of epistemic cultures against the background of technoscience studies? --
