Dear all,
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<br>On behalf of Mattering Press, let me invite you to a workshop we are
<br>running at the next EASST conference in Lancaster, titled ‘Recommended
<br>reading: opening up STS syllabi’. The workshop will take place on
<br>*Thursday the 26th July, from 14:00 until 15:30.*
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<br>The main focus of the workshop is the notion of ‘the canon’ as a way of
<br>categorising and valorising knowledge. As STS itself is becoming
<br>increasingly institutionalised, it is implicated in the formalisation
<br>and stabilisation of different canons, for example through the creation
<br>of syllabi, handbooks and reading lists, or in the editorial work of
<br>book publishers and journals. However, this practical work, including
<br>the knowledge infrastructures it both relies on and contributes to, is
<br>rarely critically reflected upon.
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<br>In this workshop, we approach the notion of an STS canon as a collective
<br>problem, while also exploring the possibility of creating shared
<br>resources that incorporate diverse ways of doing and understanding STS.
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<br>With this in mind we have designed the 90 minute workshop in three parts:
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<br>1. Provocations: What is a canon in practice?
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<br>Speakers: Uli Felt (Vienna), Jessica Messman (Maastricht), Jeannette
<br>Pols (Amsterdam)
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<br>In the first part of the workshop, three speakers who have dealt with
<br>the problem of canon in practice provide short provocations and
<br>observations about their own practices and the challenges they have
<br>confronted.
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<br>2. Discussion: STS knowledge infrastructures and canons
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<br>Following the presentations, we discuss what kinds of shared knowledge
<br>infrastructures we might want to establish collectively, and how we
<br>might avoid the pitfalls associated with the institutionalisation of
<br>knowledge.
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<br>3. Proposal: A new platform for STS syllabi?
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<br>In the last part of the workshop, and taking into account the preceding
<br>debates, we discuss the practical possibilities for developing a new,
<br>online knowledge infrastructure for the collective collation of STS
<br>syllabi, what it might look like, and the benefits and pitfalls involved.
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<br>We very much hope you accept our invitation and join our workshop! We’d
<br>be grateful if you could register via the following page *by 30 June*:
<br>https://goo.gl/forms/6X68CVo4mCnYyEhp2
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<br>Many thanks & best wishes,
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<br>Endre (and the Mattering Press team)
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