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The Department of Science & Technology Studies, Cornell University,
announces a conference on expertise, organized with support from the
National Science Foundation, entitled "Knowledge and Its Discontents:
Science, Expertise, Modernity." This workshop will be held in Ithaca, New
York on May 2-4, 1997. Leading American and European scholars in the field
of science and technology studies will examine the changing social and
political meanings of expertise and its role in the making of modern
culture. The design of the conference is thoroughly interdisciplinary,
with panels on the following topics: Law, Science, Expertise (Margaret
Berger, Sheila Jasanoff, Martha Nussbaum); Modernity and Expertise (Yaron
Ezrahi, Helga Nowotny, Theodore Porter, Brian Wynne); Custom,
Specialization and Skill (Harry Collins, Peter Galison, Michael Lynch,
Steven Shapin); Science, Self and Public (Wiebe Bijker, Adele Clarke, Aant
Elzinga, Steven Yearley); Science's Responsibilities to Its Publics (John
Beatty, Thomas Eisner, Evelyn Fox Keller, Peter Weingart). In conjunction
with the conference, there will be a day-long workshop organized by the
Science & Technology Studies graduate students on Friday May 2nd. Further
information and a registration form for the conference are available from
the Cornell Science & Technology Studies website at
http://www.sts.cornell.edu/Workshop.html. Registration forms and
information can also be obtained from Lillian Isacks, Department of Science
& Technology Studies, 726 University Avenue, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
14850, USA. Tel: 607-255-6234; fax: 607-255-0616; e-mail:
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Lillian Isacks, Graduate Field Assistant
Dept. of Science & Technology Studies
Graduate Field Office
726 University Avenue, Room 205
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14850
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WWW: http://www.sts.cornell.edu/CU-STS.html
Telephone: (607) 255-6234
Fax: (607) 255-0616
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