This may be of interest if you're in the London area today.
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>The first London Public Understanding of Science Seminar of the new year
>will be on Wednesday 29th January 2003, at the London School of Economics
>and Political Science, at 4.15pm.
>
>We are pleased to welcome Biza Hlwatika, from South Africa who will be
>discussing his research entitled 'Problems and Prospects of Public
>Understanding of Science in Post-Apartheid South Africa'.
>
>Here's his abstract:
>
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>The year 1994 saw the end of the apartheid system of government in South
>Africa. Apartheid was essentially a system of ideas based on the ideology
>of the natural supremacy of the white population and its entitlement to
>rule over African society. Apartheid, like Nazism, relied on the service
>of scientists and other intellectuals who propagated or failed to
>challenge its ideology. Consequently, more than 90% of scientists and
>engineers in present day South Africa are white, a group that accounts for
>less than 15% of the total population. In this paper, we review policy
>responses and practical programmes by the post-apartheid government to
>overcome the adverse effects of apartheid on the development of the
>science and technology system. In particular, we draw attention to the
>continuities as well as the changes in the development of the system since
>1994. An examination of the main events in the promotion the public
>understanding of science suggests an unfavourable environment for the
>emergence of innovative ideas. We conclude by examining future prospects
>in the struggle for PUS in Southern Africa and the role of scientific
>cooperation in the present global economic environment.
>
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>The seminar will be held in a new room, in a new building this year. It is
>room H102 which is on the first floor of Connaught House, on the corner of
>Houghton Street and Aldwych, adjacent to NatWest Bank.
>
>Here's a link to a map of LSE http://www.lse.ac.uk/School/maps/map3.htm
>
>It would be useful to hear from you if you intend to come - please email me.
>All are welcome and please feel free to forward to any interested groups.
>
>Simon Lock
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Simon Lock
Department of Science and Technology Studies
University College London
Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT
Tel:020 7679 2299
Fax:020 7916 2425
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