Dear all,
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<br>Hope you had great holidays!
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<br>Nordic STS Conference 2019 session “How do technologies die?” is open for
<br>abstract submissions. Please note the deadline is January, 18.
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<br>How do technologies die?
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<br>Clearly, technologies are part and parcel of current systemic problems
<br>around climate change and global justice, both as problem and as solution.
<br>When the role of technologies is studied, however, the tendency is to focus
<br>on the emergence of new socio-technical arrangements. Yet, what about the
<br>fate of old technologies that threaten more sustainable modes of production
<br>and consumption? What about the ‘trajectories of erosion, decay, and
<br>fossilisation’ as Elisabeth Shove and Gordon Walker once coined the reverse
<br>dynamics? Alongside nurturing niches and supporting sustainable novelties,
<br>a phasing-out of undesired technologies seems required to speed up
<br>low-carbon transition, not unlike the precedents of DDT and inefficient
<br>light bulbs phase-out or the ongoing phasing out of nuclear energy in
<br>Germany. Yet, a phase-out may pose many risks to economies, welfare,
<br>democracy and the natural environment. This session invites contributions
<br>to describe, characterize and analyze the decline, failure and ‘death’ of
<br>established technologies. We welcome empirical cases of declining
<br>technologies; comparisons between technologies, sectors or countries; and
<br>theoretical elaborations on trajectories of decline.
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<br>Zahar Koretsky, PhD Cand., MUSTS, Maastricht University
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<br>z.koretsky@maastrichtuniversity.nl
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<br>Harro Van Lente, Professor, MUSTS, Maastricht University
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<br>h.vanlente@maastrichtuniversity.nl
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<br>More about Nordic STS Conference 2019:
<br>https://events.uta.fi/nordicsts2019/call-for-papers-2/
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<br>We’re looking forward to reading your submissions!
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<br>Best wishes,
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<br>Zahar
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<br>*Zahar Koretsky *
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<br>*PhD Candidate at Maastricht University Science, Technology and Society
<br>Studies (MUSTS) Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS)
<br>*z.koretsky@maastrichtuniversity.nl
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