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                Dear Colleagues,



Please join Sebastian Dahm and myself for our open panel at the

EASSSST-CONFERENCE 2020 in Prague, August 18-21. Deadline is, as you

might know, *February 29*.





    193. Theorizing in STS



Sebastian Dahm, Technical University Berlin; Tim Seitz, Technical

University Berlin



The conference call places reflexive engagements within STS at the

center of its concern. In our panel, we would like to respond to that

invitation with respect to practices of theorizing. In line with its

interdisciplinary calling, STS encompasses a multitude of theoretical

frameworks that interact with each other in many ways. One of the core

preoccupations of STS has always been the analysis of various

epistemologies and their consequences. Our panel is going to attempt an

exercise in reflexivity by applying this analytical stance to STS

themselves. In doing so, we try to engage theories not as static,

self-contained entities. Rather, we would like to invite the

participants to address practices of theorizing within STS, thereby

placing an emphasis on theory-crafting as a fluid and contingent

enterprise. Contributions may or may not address some of the following

questions:



What characterizes STS theory? How do we as STS scholars pursue the work

of theorizing/working with theory? How do practices of theorizing

reflect a sense of urgency in face of existential threats? How do we

relate theories to our fields and vice versa? What alternative

approaches of theory-building could be pursued? What place does theory

hold in STS? How could/should its role shift?



In raising those questions, we try to explore the potentials that STS

theorizing holds regarding the instable and shifting worlds that we all

currently face. We would like to spark a discussion that tries to

connect our scholarly practices to the challenges we are entangled in.



We look forward to you proposals

Tim and Sebastian



 



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Tim Seitz



Doctoral Student



DFG Graduate School "Innovation Society Today"



TU Berlin, Department of Sociology



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