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202. Using Speculative Fictions for Pedagogical/Research Applications Centered Around Environmental
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(2021-1-22 8:20)
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Contact: shannon.n.conley@gmail.com Keywords: speculative fiction, environmental stewardship, space, responsible innovation Co-Chairs: Shannon N Conley and Brenda Trinidad We are interested in applications of speculative fictions exploring ideas of stewardship that translate or extend practices as applied terrestrially or to an increased human influence in the cosmos. We invite papers that reflect on the role and […] The post 202. Using Speculative Fictions for Pedagogical/Research Applications Centered Around Environmental Stewardship, Responsibility, and Responsible Innovation appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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KLI Dissertation Writing-up Fellowship“Dealing with diversity in the life and sustainability scien
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The Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research (KLI) in Klosterneuburg (Austria) announces 5 Writing-Up Fellowships for late-stage PhD students working on topics related to “Dealing with diversity in the life and sustainability sciences”. This call aims to support an interdisciplinary cohort of late-stage PhD students whose work deals with diversity in the life […] The post KLI Dissertation Writing-up Fellowship — “Dealing with diversity in the life and sustainability sciences” appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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Tenure-Track Faculty in Social Justice InformaticsPenn State
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(2021-1-20 1:05)
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The Pennsylvania State University College of Information Sciences and Technology invites applications for one or more open rank, tenure-track faculty positions in Social Justice Informatics. We understand Social Justice Informatics to entail building knowledge (theoretical, empirical, critical, design, and/or computational) that addresses the relationship between digital technologies and urgent inequalities and injustices confronting our democracy […] The post Tenure-Track Faculty in Social Justice Informatics — Penn State appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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Citizen Science in Latin America and the Global SouthTapuya
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(2021-1-20 1:00)
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Cluster editors: Luis Reyes-Galindo, Julieta Piña and Arturo Vallejo. ‘Citizen science’ has become an umbrella term for a growing number of projects that introduce laypersons into the heartlands of science-making, and an extension of calls for increasing science ‘democratization’ and ‘engagement.’ Engagement, and therefore citizen science, may be classified according to its varying degree of […] The post Citizen Science in Latin America and the Global South — Tapuya appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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EthnoData: A collaborative project in cross-disciplinary experimentation
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(2021-1-19 7:40)
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During 2020, Kaleidos built a new collaborative digital platform called EthnoData. It is a multimodal and multimedia website that combines large datasets with ethnographic material that allows users to create their own theorizations and stories through a variety of numerical evidence and qualitative data including official statistics, legal archives, curated images, essays, videos, podcast, and […] The post EthnoData: A collaborative project in cross-disciplinary experimentation appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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Big Tech, Data Science, AI and the University: What’s at stake for BlackLife?
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(2021-1-19 3:38)
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Date: 2:30-4:30 pm EST, Wednesday, January 27th, 2021. Register Here (FREE) Universities globally are increasingly involved with private corporations. For example, universities develop and help commercialize technology. They also collect, use, and commercialize data, often in partnership with health care and public health. The incentives to commercialize data and the ever increasing exposure of personal […] The post Big Tech, Data Science, AI and the University: What’s at stake for BlackLife? appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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President’s Message, January 2021
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Dear 4S Members, We have some good news for 2021, despite early January’s bad start at the US Capitol. The Biden transition announced today that 4S President Elect Alondra Nelson, the president of the Social Science Research Council and Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, will […] The post President’s Message, January 2021 appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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Critical Practices for Making and Communicating Research: A Review of Kat Jungnickel’s Transmission
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How do you make and communicate your research is the leading question of "Transmissions: Critical Tactics for Making and Communicating Research" edited by Kat Jungnickel. In the book, researchers from a broad range of disciplines present their critical tactics of turning experimental research into unconventional formats and why that matters. The post Critical Practices for Making and Communicating Research: A Review of Kat Jungnickel’s Transmissions appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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Document, Factualize, and Commensurate Human Rights ViolationsTapuya
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Editors: Oriana Bernasconi (Department of Sociology, Universidad Alberto Hurtado- Chile and Millennium Institute on Violence and Democracy -VIODEMOS) obernasc@uahurtado.cl Paola Diaz-Lizé (Centre d’études des mouvements sociaux-CEMS-EHESS-Francia and Center for social conflict and cohesion studies COES- Chile) paola.diaz@ehess.fr Introduction This cluster aims at strengthening the link between the field of social studies of science and technology […] The post Document, Factualize, and Commensurate Human Rights Violations — Tapuya appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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President-Elect taps 4S President-Elect
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Soon-to-be President Joe Biden has named 4S President-Elect Alondra Nelson to be deputy science policy chief for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Nelson, president of the Social Science Research Council, is known for her study of the intersection of science, politics and social inequality. Listen to Nelson’s remarks. The post President-Elect taps 4S President-Elect appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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