EASST2018: MEETINGS - MAKING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY TOGETHER
25-28th July 2018, Lancaster University, UK
Title:
Toxicity in the 21st century
Convenors:
Annamaria Carusi (University of Sheffield)
Tom Widger (Durham University)
Short abstract
Toxicology has a long history. With unprecedented levels and combinations
of chemicals in bodies and environments, and high industrial and political
stakes in this domain, this panel gathers critiques of traditional
approaches to managing toxins, and the articulation of alternative
approaches.
Long abstract
The 20th century saw unprecedented levels of chemicals in the environment,
products, foods a vast number of chemicals and chemical mixtures about
which we are largely ignorant (EDF 1997). The 20th century was a ‘new age
of toxicity’ (Cronon 2010), and there is certainly no sign of this abating
in the 21st, with serious implications for human and animal health, and for
the environment. The nature and actions of industrially produced chemicals
challenge deep seated traditional conceptions of poisons, as well as the
methods, tools and technologies, and broad approaches for testing and
regulating them. With high industrial and political stakes in the science
of toxicology and the governance of chemicals, this is a domain where
science, nature and society are inextricably interconnected.
This panel invites papers that analyse the current situation and advance
new and emerging trends in toxicology, including (but not limited to):
— alternative scientific and regulatory approaches in social, economic and
political context
— histories and politics of toxicology
— feminist critiques of toxicology
— toxicology in cultural context
— local and global toxicologies
— citizen activism and toxicology
— technologies and toxicology
— human and non-human animals and toxicology
The call for papers is now open and closes at midnight CET on *February
14th, 2018*
For further information or to submit a paper proposal, please visit:
https://nomadit.co.uk/easst/easst2018/conferencesuite.php/panels/6297
For further information please email Tom and Annamaria:
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