Dear colleagues,
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<br>a gentle reminder:
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<br>Please find attached to this email the conference call for the next
<br>Swiss STS meeting. The conference will take place at the University of
<br>Lausanne, from 𝟳 𝘁𝗼 𝟵 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬.
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<br>Do not hesitate to circulate the call among your networks.
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<br>We look forward to welcoming you in Lausanne.
<br>The Organizing Committee
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<br>𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗧𝗦-𝗖𝗛 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲
<br>University of Lausanne, 7-9 September 2020
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<br>𝗠𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗜𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 From neglected things to arts of noticing fragility
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<br>𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗲
<br>Over the past decades, in the face of natural hazards, economic
<br>collapses, democratic deficits and other forms of daunting setbacks, a
<br>prosperous body of literature has emerged to address the precariousness,
<br>complexity and plurality of things, beings and their coexistence. Within
<br>this literature emerging from Science and Technology studies, as well as
<br>from bordering disciplines, various debates have suggested the fragility
<br>of not only the Earth and its ecosystems, but also of large technical
<br>systems, forms of life, human bodies and scientific knowledge. Different
<br>scholars and researchers have argued that such cataclysms offer us
<br>potential pathways to rethink the emergence and composition of
<br>heterogeneous worlds, the relations between various ecologies of
<br>possibility, so as to reconnect with non-human forms, values, actors and
<br>species. Many of them argue for re-imagining the politics of inquiry to
<br>develop arts of noticing the “thickness” or “togetherness” of the actual
<br>and multiple worlds we inhabit.
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<br>Building on these debates, this international conference invites
<br>contributions that engage empirically, but also methodologically or
<br>theoretically, with fragile futures. The aim is to reassess the recent
<br>contributions of STS and beyond to the study of emerging worlds by
<br>gathering scholars from both inside and outside this field of research.
<br>Through different formats (workshops, thematic panels, exhibitions, art
<br>performances, round tables etc.), our objective is to address how such
<br>approaches can have significant impact on the understanding of
<br>contemporary issues such as climate change, artificial intelligence,
<br>knowledge politics, maintenance and repair, heritage and futurism, open
<br>innovation, migration and border studies and care practices by capturing
<br>how they participate in reinventing worlds in the making. We welcome all
<br>proposals that allow for fruitful exchanges, experimental collaborations
<br>and speculative modes of engagement between academics from various
<br>disciplines, but also with and among activists, artists, and anyone
<br>concerned.
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<br>Like former editions before the Swiss STS Meeting 2020 is intended to
<br>encourage and promote the social, historical and philosophical study of
<br>sciences in Switzerland. This event lasts for three days and aims at
<br>bringing together STS scholars of all career levels.
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<br>Julio Paulos
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<br>Stadtlabor for Multimodal Anthropology
<br>Institut für Europäische Ethnologie
<br>Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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