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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">SOCIETY FOR SOCIAL STUDIES OF
SCIENCE (4S) ANNUAL CONFERENCE<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL
CONVENTION CENTRE<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">AUGUST 29 – SEPTEMBER 1 2018<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">In 2018, the Society for
Social Studies of Science (4S) annual conference will be held in Australia for
the very first time. The theme of the 2018 annual meeting of the Society –
TRANSnational STS – encourages presentations, panels, and other events that
deepen and extend the transnational character of the Society itself, while
engaging issues invoked by both the TRANS prefix (across, beyond, to change
thoroughly), and by the problematic and evolving status of ‘nations’ in
processes of global ordering. Leveraging the global scope of Science and
Technology Studies (STS), our aim is to intensify connection between conference
participants (scholars, practitioners, and students) based in different
regions, stimulating conversation about ways 4S and other scholarly societies
can provide critical infrastructure for next-generation, transnationally
collaborative, intellectual and political engagements. We also aim to encourage
consideration of a broad array of concepts that are undergoing – or should
undergo – transformation if we are to address key scholarly and practical
problems of our times. Current concepts, knowledges, practices, and
institutions of “the nation” are exemplary, pointing to a need for radical
reformulation of habitual ways of thinking about and organizing governance,
bodies and lifeworlds. Expansive reconsideration of other concepts, foundational
and emergent (justice, biopolitics, innovation, Empire, and the Anthropocene,
for example), are also encouraged. Activities that draw conference participants
into issues of special importance in Australia and the broader Asia-Pacific
region – indigenous politics, border controls, mining, climate change, and
renewable energy, for example — will be threaded throughout and offered in
advance of the conference. The overall goal is to foreground diverse STS
genealogies and approaches, leveraging the rich pluralism of STS, attuned to
the rich pluralism of the contemporary world.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">See translations of the
conference theme at: <a href="https://4s2018sydney.org/translations/">https://4s2018sydney.org/translations/</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">CALL FOR OPEN PANELS<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Deadline for Submission:
November 1st, 2017<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">The purpose of calling for
open panel proposals is to stimulate the formation of new networks around
topics of interest to the 4S community. Open panel topics, once accepted by the
Program Committee, will be included in the call for papers (see examples of
open panel topics from last year here). Open panel chairs will have significant
responsibility in the composition of their panels. An open panel may extend
across up to three sessions of five papers each (i.e. a total of maximum 15
papers). Please note, in submitting a proposal, you are volunteering to chair a
session of papers related to your topic.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">An open panel proposal should
contain a summary and rationale of up to 250 words, including a brief
discussion of its contribution to STS and (if relevant) the themes of the 4S
Sydney conference.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Please consider proposing an
open panel for 4sSydney to build your networks and create vibrant intellectual
communities.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Proposals should be submitted
by November 1<sup>st</sup> at: <a href="https://4s2018sydney.org/call-for-papers-open-panels/">https://4s2018sydney.org/call-for-papers-open-panels/</a><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Cheers,<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Tim.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailAutoSig"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Dr Timothy Neale<span></span></span></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Research Fellow | Alfred
Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Deakin University |
Melbourne | Australia<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:t.neale@deakin.edu.au"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(5,99,193)">t.neale@deakin.edu.au</span></a><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></b></p>
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