***apologies for any crossposting***
Dear all,
STS Italia – Italian Society of Science and Technology Studies, RedEsCTS,
the Spanish Network for Science and Technology Studies and the Real Academia
de España in Rome (RAER) open
the call for application for the 7th STS Italia Summer School, “ArTS
in Society. Design, creative practices and technoscience”, to be held in
Rome (Italy) from September the 3rd to September the 6th, 2024.
Art and design practices can help us question and reimagine scientific
knowledge and technologies that shape our daily lives. To address the
socio-ecological crises we face, we must reinvent our daily routines and
establish new relationships with both humans and non-human beings in our
world. Art and design offer ways to explore and rethink these issues. They can
be valuable resources for overcoming communication barriers and engaging
citizens. Science and Technology Studies focus on the interconnection between
everyday practices, science, and technology. It is not surprising that
artists, performers, designers, and Science and Technology Studies scholars
have collaborated, sharing methods and approaches.
The 7th STS Italia Summer School aims to explore and enact such dialogue to
provide an environment for hands-on learning and experimenting for early
career researchers (Ph.D. students, post-docs), particularly about:
– how Science and Technology Studies’ notions and methods can contribute
to the development of competences that enable the production of artworks or
design prototypes allowing to explore alternative and more careful forms of
inhabiting the world;
– how design and artistic practices can allow social sciences to rethink and
approach in different ways the entanglement of technoscience and everyday
practices.
Main themes that will be addressed:
*
* what competences and kinds of knowledge more-than-human designers need;
* how to co-design with neglected more-than-human actors;
* how artistic practices can explore and foster more balanced compositions and
evolutions of the social;
* how artistic and design practices can contribute to the development of
inventive ethnographic methods to investigate more-than-human worlds
* how art and design practices can contribute to the development and
construction of creative pathways in the communication of science and
technology;
* how art and design practices can contribute to the development of learning
pathways in the field of social studies of science and technology
Several group activities, performance creation, participatory activities will
engage summer school participants.
Confirmed speakers
* Attila Bruni (University of Trento)
* Nerea Calvillo (University of Warwick)
* Silvia Casini (University of Aberdeen)
* Michela Cozza (Mälardalen University)
* Adolfo Estalella (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
* Maral Kekejian Hernand (artist, former RAER guest)
* Paolo Magaudda (University of Padova)
* Gabriele Panico (Italian composer, producer and musicologist)
Schedule, costs, and accommodation
The 7th STS Italia Summer School will be residential, hosted in the
prestigious venue of the RAER in
the neighbourhood of Trastevere, Rome. The RAER will provide double or triple
rooms as accommodation for 25 students. Teaching and workshop activities will
take place within the RAER for an intensive program. All participants are
expected to attend the entire duration of the Summer School and a Certificate
of Attendance will be provided at the end. The fee for participation is
350€.
The fee includes:
* Access to all lectures and workshops
* Teaching materials
* Lunches and coffee breaks
* Welcome aperitif
* Accommodation at RAER
* STS Italia membership for 2024
STS Italia is offering 5 scholarships for early career researchers that will
cover the fee cost. A selection committee will evaluate the applications.
Important dates
* April 28th, 2024: Application deadline
* May 6th, 2024: Notification of acceptance and scholarship
eligibility
* May 31st, 2024: Registration deadline
How to apply
The application form is available
here. After space for
personal details, the form includes a place to upload a short CV accompanied
with a scientific CV or portfolio of works together with a statement of
interest (maximum 500 words), which should describe the applicant’s current
research and its relevance to the aims of the Summer School. Finally, a
statement of purpose (maximum 500 words) is mandatory only for additional
applications for funding (STS Italia Scholarship). Applications must be
submitted electronically to the Summer School Organizing Committee at:
stsitaliasummerschool@gmail.com .
The application deadline is April 28th, 2024
Please do not hesitate to contact the Organizing Committee via email at
stsitaliasummerschool@gmail.com for
any further questions regarding the school.
Feel free to circulate this announcement widely.
Paolo
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Paolo Giardullo, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Padova,
Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology
Section of Sociology
Via M. Cesarotti, 10/12 Padova
PaSTIS Research Unit
STS Italia Secretary (2022-2024)
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