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<br>From: M. Luísa Sousa 
<br>Date: Fri, May 10, 2019 at 10:07 AM
<br>Subject: [STS-Africa] CfP: Workshop Resources, Infrastructures and the
<br>Anthropocene: Dialogues between the Global-North and the Global-South,
<br>Caparica (Lisbon/Portugal), Sep. 18-20, 2019.
<br>To: 
<br>
<br>
<br>Call for Papers
<br>
<br>Workshop *Resources, Infrastructures and the Anthropocene: Dialogues
<br>between the Global-North and the Global-South*
<br>
<br>Caparica Campus, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade NOVA de
<br>Lisboa, Portugal
<br>
<br>18 - 20 September 2019
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>We welcome proposals for participation in the workshop *Resources,
<br>Infrastructures and the Anthropocene: Dialogues between the Global-North
<br>and the Global-South*, which will take place at *Caparica Campus, Faculdade
<br>de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal, between
<br>September 18 and 20, 2019*.
<br>
<br>Global resources and resource infrastructure play a significant role in
<br>modern societies; through a variety of ambivalent historical processes,
<br>they have come to entangle—and (re)produce tensions between and
<br>within—countries in the Global South and the Global North. In recent years
<br>discourses on geopolitical and domestic competition for natural resources
<br>have further intensified. So have associated concerns on resource security
<br>and circularity, socioecological vulnerabilities and inequalities, and a
<br>host of other issues. How could and should we (re)think and (re)write our
<br>global histories of resources and resource infrastructure in the age of the
<br>‘Anthropocene’?
<br>
<br>The workshop explores this question for two related topics:
<br>
<br>·       Resource Spaces in the Global South: Engineering Landscapes and
<br>Mindscapes;
<br>
<br>·       Globally Entangled Resource Chains and Socioecological Change:
<br>Sustainability and Global Justice in the Anthropocene.
<br>
<br>In particular, we aim to mobilise research approaches and historical cases
<br>that help scrutinize/problematize these issues from Global South and
<br>South-North entanglement perspectives. The workshop will be based on a
<br>variety of empirical case studies, intellectual viewpoints, methodologies
<br>and literatures, and will focus on questions such as the following:
<br>
<br>·       Which assumptions, knowledges, and methodologies are used in the
<br>analysis of relations between the so called “Global North” and “Global
<br>South” regarding natural resources, infrastructures, and their
<br>environmental, social, economic and political implications? Which
<br>assumptions are shared, and which are not, when approaching our case
<br>studies? Do we have different notions and narratives about important
<br>keywords such as “progress”, “development”, “nature”, “human
<br>agency”,
<br>“sustainability”, resource “scarcity” and “security”?
<br>
<br>·       Which methodologies, research directions and questions are
<br>innovative, relevant and needed in current and future projects on the
<br>workshop topics? How can we encourage and help initiate and facilitate
<br>future research in these directions and questions? Which opportunities can
<br>we develop to increase productive cooperation of scholars in the Global
<br>South and Global North in research on global resources, infrastructures and
<br>their environmental, social and economic impacts?
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>*Workshop setup*
<br>
<br>The workshop will be designed to maximize dialogue and discussion and not
<br>consist of traditional presentations by all participants. Position papers
<br>by invited scholars coming from Africa, Asia, Europe and South America and
<br>focused short pitches by the other participants will serve to spark
<br>discussions in different work formats.
<br>
<br>Participants are expected to engage in the discussion of the main topics
<br>either by bringing intellectual view points and/or presenting empirical
<br>examples. The size of the workshop is limited to approximately 30 people,
<br>in order to allow for the exchange of ideas and the development of concrete
<br>future directions of research and collaborations.
<br>
<br>Upon acceptance, all participants will receive further instructions and be
<br>asked to provide short preparatory texts of about 2 pages before the end of
<br>August.
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>*Travel and accommodation arrangements*
<br>
<br>Travel and accommodation costs will be fully funded. Further information
<br>will be given upon acceptance.
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>*How to apply*
<br>
<br>Please send a motivation letter (max. 1 page) on your interest in the
<br>topics of the workshop and how it relates to your research and a short bio
<br>note (1 page) to luisacoelhosousa@fct.unl.pt before June 7, 2019, with the
<br>subject “Application to Lisbon resources workshop”. Applicants will be
<br>informed by June 20 of the result.
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>*Organisation*
<br>
<br>The agenda and framing of the workshop reflect the three supporting
<br>research projects agendas:
<br>
<br>- "Anthropolands - Engineering the Anthropocene: The role of colonial
<br>Science, Technology and Medicine on changing of the African landscape
<br>",
<br>coordinated by Maria Paula Diogo. The goal of this project is to contribute
<br>to the international debate and scholarship on the theme of the
<br>Anthropocene from the perspective of the History of Science, Technology and
<br>Medicine, focusing on the case of the former Portuguese colonial African
<br>empire.
<br>
<br>- “EurReS - Challenging Europe: Technology, Environment and the Quest for
<br>Resource Security
<br>”,
<br>coordinated by Matthias Heymann and “GREASE - Global Resources and
<br>Sustainability of European Modernization, 1820-2020
<br>”,
<br>coordinated by Erik van der Vleuten. The goal of these two projects is to
<br>develop international networks for historical research on societal
<br>challenges related to natural resources, including contested issues such as
<br>global sustainability entanglements, security regimes, socioecological
<br>inequalities, governance, and so on.
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>These projects collaborate, and are embedded in, the explorative research
<br>program "Technologies, Environment and Resources
<br>" of
<br>the Tensions of Europe research network.
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>We thank you for your attention to this call.
<br>
<br>Best regards,
<br>
<br>The organising team
<br>
<br>Maria Paula Diogo, CIUHCT, FCT, NOVA University of Lisbon
<br>M. Luísa Sousa, CIUHCT, FCT, NOVA University of Lisbon
<br>Matthias Heymann, Aarhus University
<br>Erik van der Vleuten, Eindhoven University of Technology
<br>Frank Veraart, Eindhoven University of Technology
<br>
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