Call for Papers for Open Panel proposal, Altering Food, Animals and Environment: Comparing Competing Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Gene Editing for the 4S 2022 Meeting. 7-10 Dec., 2022 in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico
Theresa Selfa, SUNY ESF Environmental Studies; Tomiko Yamaguchi, International Christian University Accepted Languages: English/Inglés/Inglês, Spanish/Español/Espanhol Current debates around “disruptive technologies,” such as the use of gene editing technologies for altering food and animals, and mitigating environmental problems, is a fertile entry point to explore important question about how to integrate technological innovation in the functioning and structure of contemporary society. Grounded in the concept of sociotechnical imaginaries that suggest that collective imaginaries have the power to influence the shaping of technology design, and the S&T policy decisions such as allocation of funding and resources. Imaginaries also consider the role of experts and publics in sociotechnical matters, as well as how the decisions for inclusion or exclusion of voices of citizens about future sociotechnical trajectories are justified (Jasanoff 2015). Questions include but are not limited to: 1. Which actors create dominant and competing sociotechnical imaginaries for gene editing technologies? 2. How are symbolic, cultural, material resources and practices used to de/stabilize particular sociotechnical imaginaries within a specific national context? The proposed panel seeks papers that identify and engage with key sociotechnical imaginaries as well as counter imaginaries related to gene editing across diverse (sub)national contexts, so as to shed light on contestations of competing sociotechnical imaginaries, and the symbolic, cultural and material forces that shape the trajectory of those debates based on the assumption that imaginaries are multiple, contested and commodified. Contact: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Keywords: sociotechnical imaginaries; disruptive technology; gene editing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Theresa Selfa, Professor and Chair, Dept. of Environmental Studies Director, Randolph G. Pack Institute SUNY-College of Environmental Science & Forestry 212 Baker Lab Syracuse, NY 13210 [email protected]/315-470-6636 she/her pronouns https://www.esf.edu/faculty/selfa/ ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Kate O'NEILL <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2022 5:03 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Kate Neville; Henrik Selin; Noelle Eckley Selin Subject: [gep-ed] Harold and Margaret E. Sprout Award Winners 2022 CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Dear Colleagues, I am very pleased to announce the outcome for the 2021 Harold and Margaret Sprout Prize for the Best Book in International Environmental Politics. As always, it was a tough decision but the committee decided upon these two books as winner and an honorary mention. Please join me in congratulating Kate, Henrik and Noelle! 1. The Winner: Kate Neville, University of Toronto, Fueling Resistance: The Contentious Political Economy of Biofuels and Fracking<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fglobal.oup.com%2Facademic%2Fproduct%2Ffueling-resistance-9780197535585%3Fcc%3Dus%26lang%3Den%26&data=04%7C01%7Ctselfa%40esf.edu%7C1ed0f44acea045a2b9a308da1290bfdc%7C471cf45e787c42bda95ce748123126f6%7C0%7C0%7C637842711298473320%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=lFfCh26Ur6JDkkW4RJ%2FRgNwJEczYOX0pmxTvdW5SiWk%3D&reserved=0> (Oxford UP) A series of concurrent pressures in the early 2000s--climate change, financial system crashes, economic development in rural regions, and shifts in geopolitics--intensified interest in alternative energy production. At the same time, rising oil prices rendered alternative fuels a more economically viable option. Among these energy sources, liquid biofuels (bioethanol and biodiesel) and natural gas derived from hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") took center stage as promising commodities and technologies. But controversy quickly erupted in surprisingly similar ways around both renewable fuels. Global enthusiasm for these fuels--and the widespread projections for their production around the world--collided with local politics in debates over "food versus fuel" and concerns over "land grabs." What seemed, from a global perspective, like empty lands ripe for development were, to rural communities, vibrant and already contested spaces. As proposals for biofuels and fracking landed in specific communities and ecosystems, they reignited and reshaped old disputes over land, water, and decision-making authority. Fueling Resistance offers an account of how and why controversies over these different fuels unfolded in surprisingly similar ways in the global North and South. To explain these convergent dynamics of contention and resistance, Kate J. Neville argues that the emergence of grievances and the patterns of resistance to new fuel technologies depends less on the type of energy developed (renewable versus fossil fuel) than on intersecting elements of the political economy of energy: finance, ownership, and trade relations. As local commodities enter global supply chains and are integrated into existing corporate structures, opportunities arise to broker connections between otherwise disparate communities. Neville looks at biofuels in Kenya and fracking in the Canadian Yukon and shows how organizers connect specific energy projects to broader issues of globalization, climate, food, water, and justice. Taken together, the intersecting elements of the political economy of energy shape the contentious politics of biofuels and fracking at both local and global scales, and help explain how and why particular mechanisms of contention emerge at different times and places. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. 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Honorary Mention: Henrik Selin (Boston University) and Noelle Eckley Selin (MIT Press), Mercury Stories: Understanding Sustainability through a Volatile Elemen<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmitpress.mit.edu%2Fbooks%2Fmercury-stories&data=04%7C01%7Ctselfa%40esf.edu%7C1ed0f44acea045a2b9a308da1290bfdc%7C471cf45e787c42bda95ce748123126f6%7C0%7C0%7C637842711298473320%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=l48WA%2F8W0S2CLDBn3o%2FklxJ1Ra1%2BSawEKs4z9Lf9KuU%3D&reserved=0>t (MIT Press) In Mercury Stories, Henrik Selin and Noelle Eckley Selin examine sustainability through analyzing human interactions with mercury over thousands of years. They explore how people have made beneficial use of this volatile element, how they have been harmed by its toxic properties, and how they have tried to protect themselves and the environment from its damaging effects. Taking a systems approach, they develop and apply an analytical framework that can inform other efforts to evaluate and promote sustainability. After introducing the framework, which uses the lens of a human-technical environmental system and a matrix-based approach to analyze mercury use and exposure, the authors examine five topical mercury systems that each illustrate important issues in mercury science and governance: global cycling of mercury through the atmosphere, land, oceans, and societies; mercury's dangers to human health, including from occupational, medical, and dietary exposure; mercury emissions to the atmosphere from industrial sources; mercury in commercial products and production processes; and mercury use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining. Finally, looking across the five mercury systems, they distill insights for sustainability analysis more broadly, and draw lessons for researchers, decision-makers, and concerned citizens. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. 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All best, Kate ISA-ESS Interim Chair (for another few hours) *************************************** Kate O'Neill Professor Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Associate Dean, Office of Instructional and Student Affairs at the Rausser College of Natural Resources University of California at Berkeley Unceded Chochenyo Ohlone Lands -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. 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