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One day conference, co-sponsored by the Society for the Social History of
Medicine and the British Society for the History of Science
THE MEANINGS OF PRACTICE
Historical and sociological perspectives on the practices of science,
technology and medicine
Council Chamber, Main Building
University of Manchester
Manchester
Friday, November 14, 1997
In recent years, the term 'practice' has been widely adopted by historians
and sociologists to address a number of problems about the historical
development and current organisation of science, technology and medicine.
These problems range from the importance of intellectual developments in
explaining change to the relationship between structures and agency, and
the notions of 'practice' deployed to solve them vary just as widely, from
the marxist, materialist notion of 'praxis' to the notion of 'world in the
making' articulated by ethnomethodologists. Although historians and
sociologists often borrow and combine these notions to solve their
particular problems, it is not always clear that they can combined so
freely. In fact, some of these historians and sociologists are quite
critical about one notion or another. The conference will bring together
these historians and sociologists, asking them them to reflect and comment
upon the diversity and its reasons.
SPEAKERS AND COMMENTATORS:
Marc Berg, Jon Harwood, Nick Hopwood, Ilana Lowy, Michael Lynch, John
Pickstone, Steven Turner, Andrew Warwick, and Steve Woolgar
PROGRAMME
10:00-10:30 Coffee and registration
10:30-10:45 Introductory remarks: Paolo Palladino
10:45-12:15 Sociology: Mike Lynch, Ilana Lowy, Marc Berg
12:15-12:30 The historian's comments: Jonathan Harwood
12:30-1:00 Discussion
1:00-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:30 History: John Pickstone, Andrew Warwick, Nick Hopwood
3:30-3:45 The sociologist's comments: Steve Woolgar
3:45-4:00 General commentary: Stephen Turner
4:00-5:00 Discussion
REGISTRATION:
Please register me for this meeting (the registration fee includes lunch):
I require ____ tickets @ 8 pounds (BSHS or SSHM members)
I require ____ tickets @ 5 pounds (students and retired)
I require ____ tickets @ 10 pounds (non-members)
Name:
Daytime tel. no.:
Institutional affiliation and address:
Please send your cheque (in sterling) payable to "BSHS Ltd" to:
Wing-Commander G. Bennett
BSHS Executive Secretary
31 High Street
Stanford-in-the-Vale SN7 8LH
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For any further information, contact:
Paolo Palladino
Department of History
Lancaster University
Lancaster LA1 4YG
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W (01524) 592 793
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