Considering submitting an abstract for 4S Making & Doing in Toronto?

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Yelena Gluzman

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Apr 23, 2026, 4:06:02 PM (7 days ago) Apr 23

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As the 4S Toronto submission deadline approaches, 2026 Making & Doing co-organizers Gabi Schaffzin and Yelena Gluzman will do two online AMA (ask me anything!) sessions this week, to answer any questions you might have about the about the call, the adjudication process, and the conference itself. This will be an open session without much structure, so feel free to pop in at any point during the scheduled hour. Come one come all!

Sunday, Apr 26 @ 8pm EST: https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/30NccU-bQSqG_u2fZw0rTQ#/registration

Monday Apr 27 @ 11am EST: https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/xCKqkid-QwuQ9ri59kGZ_g#/registration

The deadline to submit abstracts, for M&D and for traditional panel talks, is April 30th.

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Making & Doing

The Making & Doing (M&D) Program at the 4S conference invites presentations of research involving participatory, speculative, reflexive, aesthetic, inventive, and other unconventional approaches to the study of science, technology, and society, as well as projects that experiment with modes of producing, sharing, and reconfiguring knowledge. The M&D Program is particularly interested in presentations that enact rather than describe their contributions.

Proposals should address the relevance of the project to the 2026 theme of TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures, or to STS scholarship more broadly. Proposals will be asked to identify the most suitable of the four types of M&D presentations (view descriptions for 2026 Making & Doing here) that can be supported at the Sheraton hotel in downtown Toronto: (1) interactive presentations in the exhibition hall, (2) workshops, (3) non-interactive displays, and (4) films. Proposals should address the relevance of the project to the 2026 theme of TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures, or to STS scholarship more broadly.

Submissions to Making & Doing should include:

— a title

— an abstract of up to 250 words

— the category most suitable of your presentation (1–4, above)

— the duration of your contribution (i.e., how much time a visitor would need to interact with your presentation)

— a spatial and technical requirements paragraph of up to 100 words

— a representative high quality image

— modality of the presentation (in-person/online)

Participation in the Making and Doing event does not count toward limits on conference participation described elsewhere.

The University of Alberta is located in ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Amiskwacîwâskahikan) on Treaty 6 territory, the territory of the Papaschase, and the homeland of the Métis Nation. In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its full 6-volume final report including the 94 Calls to Action.

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Yelena Gluzman, MFA, PhD | she/her

Assistant Professor of Science, Technology, & Society Studies

Area Coordinator, Science Technology & Society (STS) Program

Director, Experimental Ways of Knowing Laboratory (EWOK)

Department of Art and Design

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