Annual Meeting
Society for Social Studies of Science
(4S)
1 - 4 November, 2001 <---(NOTE: REVISED DATES)
Royal Sonesta Hotel,
Cambridge, MA, USA
Fashioning the Future: Science, Technology and Visions
of Progress
Scientists and engineers have played a central role in refashioning
the material and social worlds of modernity. They have provided key resources
with which human beings and institutions imagine, and in part realize,
particular visions of progress. These resources can also destablize identities,
threaten security and arouse resistance. For example, in biomedicine,
genetic breakthroughs may allow us to remake the human body, profile individuals
and populations, and commodify nature in unprecedented ways; in the information
sciences new technologies promise to provide ready access to vast realms
of information, facilitate new forms of human interaction and consumption,
and enable new forms of state and corporate surveillance; in the military
sphere, smart technologies may offer unprecedented accuracy and striking
power to the armed forces of post-industrial states. These new knowledges
and technological forms are materializing at the same time that processes
of globalization are mobilizing novel flows of capital, commodities, ideas,
technologies and human migration across borders - and so giving rise to
new types of social and technoscientific experimentation.
The risks, possibilities and intellectual puzzles of such
a moment invite conversation across scholarly and practical boundaries.
Science and technology studies has been an interdisciplinary field since
its inception a quarter century ago. In this anniversary year, we welcome
contributions from scholars across the humanities and social sciences,
as well as from scientists, engineers, policy-makers, industry officials
and those active in non-governmental organizations. While panels showcasing
particular issues or perspectives are always welcome, we also encourage
panels that cross conventional boundaries, whether by combining perspectives
from different disciplines, by juxtaposing scholars of different national
or institutional backgrounds, or by staging dialogues between practitioners
and social analysts of science. We invite proposals for entire panels
and for individual papers.
Broad theme areas include:
- Technology Studies
- Science Studies
- Science, Technology & Environment
- Information Technologies
- Ethics and Law
- Medicine and Genetics
- Science, Technology and War
- Science and Technology Policy
- Innovation Studies
- Theory and Philosophy of Science
- Race, Gender and Class
- Public Understanding of Science
Abstracts should be submitted electronically in text format
to: epd@engr.arizona.edu A completed copy of the 4S Abstract Cover Sheet/Pre-Registration
Form below and a $25.00 deposit (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, check
or purchase order) must be faxed to: 520-621-1443 or mailed to: Engineering
Professional Development, The University of Arizona, 1224 N. Vine Avenue,
Tucson, Arizona 85719-4552. (Checks should be made payable to: The University
of Arizona Foundation)
Deadline for Submissions is March 31, 2001 -- although
late submissions (as long as they are not too late) will probably make
it onto the program.
Each panel will be allotted l.5 hours and should contain no
more than 3 or at most 4 papers. Session proposals with alternative formats
are welcome. Abstracts for panel sessions should be no more than 250 words
and should contain a list of panelists with their institutional affiliations,
email addresses and proposed paper titles. Abstracts for individual papers
should likewise be no more than 250 words. Submissions received after
March 31, 2001, will be considered on a space available basis.
For more detailed information, contact the Program Chair:
Hugh Gusterson (Program Chair)
Guster@mit.edu
Location and Accommodations
The 4S Conference will be held at the Royal Sonesta Hotel,
5 Cambridge Parkway, Cambridge, MA 02142, phone: 617-806-4255, fax: 617-806-4232.
They are holding a block of rooms at $189.00 single or double occupancy
plus 5.7% Massachusetts state tax, 4.0% Cambridge city tax, and 2.75%
CCF tax. There will be a $25.00 charge for each additional person in the
room. There is no charge for children 17 years or under when sharing a
room with parents. Room reservations must be made by October 10, 2001
to guarantee these rates. After this time rooms will be on a space available
basis. Be sure to mention you are attending the Society for Social Studies
of Science Conference.
The hotel requires one nightÕs room deposit to confirm your
reservation. They honor Visa, American Express, Mastercard, Diners Club,
Discover and JCB credit cards. Guaranteed reservations will be held for
the night of arrival only. For any guaranteed reservation that is a "no
show", a one nightÕs room and tax will be charged to the individual. Check-in
time is 3 pm and check-out time is 12 noon. There is a late check-out
fee for those checking out after 12 noon.
4S Annual Meeting Abstract Cover Sheet/Preregistration Form Deadline:
March 1, 2001
Name:____________________________________________________________
Affiliation:_________________________________________________________
Address:____________________________________________________________
City:________________ State/Province/______________Country:_____________
Postal Code:_________________________
Phone:_______________________________Fax:_________________________
Email:____________________________________________________________
Abstract Title: ___________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Please mark as appropriate: Individual Submission_____
Part of Pre-organized Panel______________________________________________
Panel Organizer:_______________________________________________________
IDENTIFICATION OF THEMATIC STREAM (Please mark your first and second choices.)
__Technology Studies __Science, Technology and War __Science Studies __Science
and
Technology Policy __Science, Technology & Environment __Innovation Studies
__Information Technologies __Theory and Philosophy of Science __Ethics
and Law
__Race, Gender and Class __Medicine and Genetics __Public Understanding
of Science
Audiovisual Needs: 4S Policy is to provide overhead projectors and/or
slide projectors for presenters. The costs of additional AV needs will
be billed to the presenter.
Overhead_________________ Slide Projector:____________________ Other AV
__________________________________________________
Abstract Publication Deposit/Advance Registration/4S Membership:
A $25 publication deposit must accompany all abstracts, to be credited
toward final registration fees, or fully refundable if the abstract is
not accepted or cancellations are made before August 31, 2001. You may
also choose to pay full registration at this time. To appear on the
program, one must be a member of 4S.
Abstract Publication Deposit - $25 $_________
Early Registration Fee (before August 31, 2001) (includes
refreshment breaks, final program and booklet of abstracts) (After
August 31, 2001, registration rates increase by $50 across all categories.)
Members Non-Members
Per Person $125 ____ $175 ________
Students/Underemployed $ 65 _____ $ 90 _________
(Please send copy of student ID)
Optional Renewal of 4S: Membership $45/22 $ ________
(For non-member program participants, a portion of the registration
will be applied to a 4S membership)
Optional Meals:
Banquet $ 40 ________ Total Enclosed $ __________
Please make checks payable to: The University of Arizona
Foundation
NOTE: Registration fees are not a tax deductible contribution.
However, they may be a business expense. Check with your accountant or
tax advisor.
If you wish to use your Visa or Mastercard for registration:
Card No. ____________________________________ Exp. _________________
Signature ____________________________________ Date _________________
The University of Arizona accepts American Express and Visa
Debit Card:
Card No. ____________________________________ Exp. _________________
Signature ____________________________________ Date _________________
Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation,
such as a sign language interpreter, by contacting Engineering Professional
Development, 520-621-3054. Request should be made as early as possible
to allow time to arrange the accommodation.
I have the following special needs/requirements: _____________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Mail/Fax or Email this form to:
Engineering Professional Development
The University of Arizona
1224 N. Vine Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85719-4552
phone: 520-621-3054 fax: 520-621-1443
email: epd@engr.arizona.edu
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