Knowing, Making, Governing - 2013 APSTSN Conference Reminder
Petray, Theresa
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Asia-Pacific STS Network Biennial Conference 2013
<http://www.apstsn2013.com/>
Co-hosted by Asia Research Institute and Tembusu College, NUS
Knowing, Making, Governing -
across Asia and the Pacific, the work of science, technology and society
calls attention to the region¹s plurality of socio-technical projects and
ways of knowing.
The Asia-Pacific
Science, Technology and Society Network <http://apstsn.org/> is an
association of regional scholars for fostering collaboration and
encouraging science, technology and society research, teaching, and
critical discussion on current STS themes and issues in the Asia-Pacific
region. The conference will be held on 15-17 July 2013 at the National
University of Singapore.
The conference website may be viewed here <http://www.apstsn2013.com/>,
including submission & registration guidelines
<http://www.apstsn2013.com/?page_id=11>.
Deadline for proposals is 7 January, 2013.
Contact conference organizers at apsts...@gmail.com
The conference accepts proposals for all themes pertaining to science,
technology and society, including:
Potential Themes
Biosciences
Food, Water & Agriculture
Medicine
Business, Finance, & Markets
Gender
Modeling and Numbers-work
Care
Indigenous Knowledges
Normativity and Normalization
Citizenship & Activism
Information & Media
Posthumanities
Disaster
Inter-Species Relations
Publics & Participation
Energy
Knowledge & its Limits
Risk
Environment & Ecology
Government, Policy & Politics
Theory & Method
The conference accepts proposals for all STS-related themes; the above are
only some of the most common.
APSTSN Biennial Conference 2013 is jointly hosted by the STS Research
Cluster of the Asia Research Institute (ARI), the STS Research Cluster of
the Faculty or Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), and Tembusu College (at
University Town), all at the National University
of Singapore (NUS). Support has also been received from the Humanities
and Social Science Research Fund at NUS and from the Singapore Tourism
Board.
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Jerome Whitington <http://nus.academia.edu/JeromeWhitington>
National University of Singapore
Asia Research Institute <http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/> &
Tembusu College <http://tembusu.nus.edu.sg>
Science and Technology Studies (STS) Cluster
Accounting for Atmosphere <http://accountingforatmosphere.wordpress.com>
Co-Convenor, Asia-Pacific STS Network <http://apstsn.org>
Organizer, Asia-Pacific STS Network Biennial Conference 2013
<http://apstsn2013.com>
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