Dear Simon
I should like to attend the seminar on 29 Jan.
Suzanne
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Subject: London Public Understanding of Science Seminar - 29th January
List members may be interested in the following:
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:
* * ** *
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.
* * * *
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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