Dear Colleagues
The Demarcation Socialised: Or, How Can We Recognise Science When We See
It? conference will be held at Cardiff University on 25-28 August 2000.
Hosted by the Centre for the Study of Knowledge, Expertise and Science,
and funded by the European Union, this workshop will address the theme of
what, if anything, makes science different to other forms of social
activity?
SCIENTIFIC THEMES
The Sociology of Scientific Knowledge and other 'post-modern' movements
have blurred the boundaries between science and other activities but we
still talk about science. So what do we mean by it? What can replace the
old debate about 'demarcation criteria?' Should it be replaced and what
will demarcation look like if it has to be socialised? What is special
about science and technology, their types and sub-divisions, as social
activities rather than epistemologically distinct activities?
By focussing on key boundaries, such as those between Science and
Non-Science; Progressive and Pathological Science; Reasonable and
Unfounded Criticism; Science and Policy; Local and Scientific Knowledge
and Science and Technology, the conference will address directly the issue
of what makes science special. In particular, the conference will make an
important contribution to the future of STS by articulating a positive
vision of what recognising the social nature of science means.
CONFERENCE PARTICPANTS
Speakers will include Wiebe Bijker, Peter Dear, Tom Gieryn, Karin
Knorr-Cetina, Sheila Jasanoff, Donald MacKenzie, Trevor Pinch, Knut
Sorenson and Steve Yearley.
Abstracts from new participants are welcomed provided they arrive no later
than 30 September 1999.
GRANTS FOR TRAVEL AND SUBSISTENCE
As a result of an EU grant, the conference organisers can offer financial
support to meet the travel and subsistence costs for a limited number of
participants. To be eligible you must be aged 35 or under at the time of
the conference and an EU national. Nationals on non-EU countries may be
eligible if they have been resident in the EU for five years.
Details of the programme, as well as how to register and submit abstracts,
are available at
http://www.cf.ac.uk/socsi/research/kes/milquin.html
Alternatively, contact:
Dr. Robert Evans
Centre for the Study of Knowledge, Expertise and Science (KES),
Cardiff University,
Cardiff, CF10 3AT,
UK.
or e-mail: <[log in to unmask]>.
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