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Call For Papers 2016 4S/EASST Conference in Barcelona (31 Aug. - 3 Sept. 2016). Conference website: http://www.sts2016bcn.org/ Open Track: 'Remaking the Biosocial by Other Means' Conveners: Susan Kelly, Department of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology & Exeter Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences (Egenis), University of Exeter, UK, and Sahra Gibbon, Department of Anthropology, University College London, UK Abstract: With degradation of ‘the gene for’ understandings, and both life and human scientists calling into question 20th century nature/culture debates, the notion of the ‘biosocial’ has picked up renewed force across disciplines, emerging as a central framework for new models of the body/world interface, partly as a result of new fields of science as such as epigenetics (Landecker and Panofsky 2013). These developments are directing attention to complex ways in which the ‘biological’ and the ‘social’ are both produced and interact, as well as to the ways such interactions are modelled. Human health and genetics are some areas in which biosocial knowledge is being produced; others include human/environment interactions relating to the climate, agriculture, and human/nonhuman relations. Biosocial knowledge is now being positioned as having economic impact and value as well. This track is open to contributions from across the global south and north that ideally can bring comparative national and/or transnational perspectives to issues raised by the Biosocial, and the forms of biological plasticity and/or social determinism they entail and produce, as well as contributions that reflect on the interdisciplinarity entailed in biosocial research. It particularly seeks contributions that can reflect on how histories of the biological vis-a-vis the ‘environment’ inform seemingly novel configurations which may or appear to constitute the biosocial by 'other means'. It seeks to widen discussion of these developments beyond Euro-American societies to facilitate knowledge of how particular different 'local biologies' (Lock and Nguyen 2010) expand and extend across national and trans-national arenas. Health, genetics, climate, agriculture, and human/nonhuman relations are areas where biosocial knowledge is being constituted. The track seeks comparative national and/or transnational perspectives on the Biosocial, and on forms of biological plasticity and/or social determinism they entail/produce. Process: The deadline for submitting an abstract is 21 February 2016. If you want to participate in this open track then you will need to select it when you submit your abstract to the 4S/EASST Conference. Instructions for submission of your abstract are available at http://www.sts2016bcn.org/. If you would like to discuss the relevance of your paper to the open track, then please contact either or both of us: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> and [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. ************************************************************* * Anthropology-Matters Mailing List * http://www.anthropologymatters.com * * A postgraduate project comprising online journal, * * online discussions, teaching and research resources * * and international contacts directory. * * To join this list or to look at the archived previous * * messages visit: * * http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/Anthropology-Matters.HTML * * If you have ALREADY subscribed: to send a message to all * * those currently subscribed to the list,just send mail to: * * [log in to unmask] * * * * Enjoyed the mailing list? Why not join the new * * CONTACTS SECTION @ www.anthropologymatters.com * * an international directory of anthropology researchers * * To unsubscribe: please log on to jiscmail.ac.uk, and * * go to the 'Subscriber's corner' page. * * ***************************************************************