[csaa-forum] cfp Science and the Environment ANZCA 09

[Maureen Burns]

Science and Environment

 

ANZCA09: Communication, Creativity and Global Citizenship Conference

 

QUT Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane, Australia, July 8-10, 2009

www.anzca09.org <http://www.anzca09.org/>  <http://www.anzca09.org>
<http://www.anzca09.org/> 

 

Stream conveners: Dr Joan Leach, Science Communication, University of
Queensland, Dr Alison Henderson, University of Waikato, 

Dr Maureen Burns, University of Queensland

 

The discourses of crisis that characterize global issues of science,
technology and the environment demand further interrogation from a
variety of disciplines - including science and technology studies,
cultural studies, sociology, and environment studies. 

 

The Science and Environment stream of the ANZCA 09 conference is seeking
panels and papers on the communication of global issues of science,
technology and the environment. Submissions are sought on issues
including, but not limited to:

*	Uncertain futures: What does it mean to talk about 'risk' in
relation to advances in science and technology? How are societies
changing to meet the uncertain demands of new technologies? 
*	How can communication theories and practices address climate
change and the environment? Scientific and technical controversies?
International scientific collaboration?

 

*	How do various constructions of the 'scientific citizen' (from
Alfred Schutz to Allen Irwin and beyond) operate in debates about
science, technology and the environment? How do such constructions
intersect with the figures of the expert and the science celebrity? 

 

*	(How) do science popularization and other attempts at public
engagement imply norms of citizenship, and particular conceptions of
democracy in various cultures and contexts? (eg in agricultural
imperialism, water management inter alia)

 

Papers and panels that address specific areas of science and
environmental communication such as biotechnology, nanotechnology,
agriculture, water management or nutriceuticals are particularly
welcome.

 

Abstracts and papers are due by Friday 5 February, 2009, and should be
submitted directly to the ANZCA09 web site at www.anzca09.org
<http://www.anzca09.org>  <http://www.anzca09.org>
<http://www.anzca09.org>  . Enquiries about this stream can be directed
to Alison Henderson at alison at waikato.ac.nz  or Joan Leach at
j.leach at uq.edu.au

 

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