Forwarded from Philos-l Ross B. Emmett ********************************************************************** NEW EMAIL FORUM: SCIENCE-AS-CULTURE For discussion of cultural aspects of science, technology, medicine and other forms of expertise (including the internet) Science as Culture is an unmoderated forum for critical discussion of the cultural aspects of all forms of expertise, for example, the impact of science on culture, how culture represents it, the culture of various forms of expertise, the theory of knowledge, the impact of science on culture, including film, video, music, writing, the internet and other communications media, etc.; changing concepts of nature, life and human nature, new technologies, gender aspects of science, racism, elitism, educational theories, you name it. Announcements of conferences, publications, jobs, issues in the relevant fields are also welcome. Science as Culture is affiiliated with the hard copy journal of the same name published by Process Press Ltd. (http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/projects/gpp/process.html) and (US & Canada) Guilford Publications Inc. ([log in to unmask]). A list of back issues is at: http://rdz.stjohns.edu/gp/process.html A web site associated with the forum will hold articles from back issues, as well as submissions under consideration (not obligatory), whose authors may benefit from constructive comments for purposes of revisions before the hard copy is printed, as well as longer piece not suitable for the email format which forum members may wish to discuss. The core constituency may be people concerned with cultural, social, hoistorical and philosophical studies of science, technology and medicine, but all are welcome. Accessibility of expertise to critical scrutiny is a large part of the point. Owner and Editor Robert Maxwell Young [log in to unmask] Managing Editor: Les Levidow [log in to unmask] To subscribe, email to:: [log in to unmask] Body of message: SUB SCIENCE-AS-CULTURE yourfirstname yourlastname __________________________________________ | Robert Maxwell Young: [log in to unmask] | 26 Freegrove Rd., London N7 9RQ England | tel. +44 171 607 8306 fax. +44 171 6094837 | Professor of Psychotherapy and Psychoanalytic Studies, | Centre for Psychotherapeutic Studies, | University of Sheffield: [log in to unmask] | Home page and writings: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~psysc/ | _Mental Space_: http://rdz.stjohns.edu/gp/rmy.html | Process Press, _Free Associations_, _Science as Culture_: | http://rdz.stjohns.edu/gp/process.html 'One must imagine Sisyphus happy.' - Camus **********************************************************************