On behalf of the SEEKCommons Project, which is funded by the U.S.
National Science Foundation (NSF), we would like to invite you to our
next community call:
Friday, July 25
6:00 p.m. CET / 12:00 p.m. EST / 9:00 a.m. PST
Via Zoom
In NSF SEEKCommons, we work in a distributed network of STS researchers,
OS practitioners, and socio-environmental researchers to promote science
and technology commons for participative socio-environmental research.
Our call series offers an opportunity to discuss the possibilities of
the commons as a governance framework, with speakers presenting on its
challenges, benefits, lessons learned, and the uncharted possibilities
for “open technologies.”
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FRI 25 JUL 2025 - 6:00 PM (CET) / 12:00 PM (EST) / 9:00 AM (PST)
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This month’s Community Call topic:
“Big Science is in crisis. Can Small Science lend a hand?” with
Sebastián Ureta
Depending on massive funding (usually coming from the State), large
teams of highly specialized researchers and substantial arrays of
up-to-date equipment and infrastructures, the “Big Science” model became
the leading way of conducting scientific research in the postwar period,
especially in industrialized countries. Recent global developments, such
as the massive termination of research grants in the U.S. or the
redirection of public funding from basic research to defense in Europe,
are causing its most radical upheaval to date. Given this scenario, this
presentation will speculate whether “smaller” kinds of science could
help keep critical research processes going, especially regarding urgent
topics such as the socioenvironmental crisis. By smaller kinds of
science, we refer to technoscientific practices that operate with tight
budgets, involve few (if any) specialized researchers, and have strictly
limited access to equipment and infrastructures. To avoid romanticizing
smaller kinds of science, the presentation will explore these issues by
focusing on citizen-led environmental research in Chile. Presenting its
strengths and weaknesses, the aim is to examine whether the crisis in
Big Science could be seen as an opportunity to explore more plural modes
of science governance, maybe less spectacular but more attuned to carry
out research in our fragmented and unequal worlds.
The series is open to public participation, and registration is
required: https://bit.ly/3TehdH6
Complete details can be found in our July 25 Community Call Flyer:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19koyh9RO9Bkim1mQiM-nsMKNvrjebhBJ/view?usp=drive_link
For more info about the series, visit:
https://seekcommons.org/community-calls.html
We hope you can join us!
Warm regards,
The NSF SEEKCommons Project
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