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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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Telephone:      (607) 255-6234 
Fax:            (607) 255-0616 
 
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