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Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Institute of Science, Technology and Society, National Yang Ming
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(2021-4-30 23:25)
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The Institute of Science, Technology and Society in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences invites applications for a position at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor level to begin on February 1, 2022. Particular consideration will be given to candidates with strong background and research interests in Engineering Ethics and Culture or Technology Studies. […] The post Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Institute of Science, Technology and Society, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU), Taiwan. appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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Research Fellow, PhD Scholarship and Research Associate at WSU Node of the CoESB
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(2021-4-30 23:22)
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Position #1: Research Fellow The Research Fellow will conduct and manage primary research on ethical issues and values, and cultural shifts with respect to synthetic biology, with a particular focus on biodiversity conservation and/or climate change mitigation. Full details and application form: https://uws.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm?event=jobs.jati&returnToEvent=jobs.home&jobID=7B82263E-6D54-AF43-42D6-BF5ED9E20FAB&audienceTypeCode=EXTiFRAME&UseAudienceTypeLanguage=1 Position #2: PhD Scholarship on ‘Risk and Ethics in the use of […] The post Research Fellow, PhD Scholarship and Research Associate at WSU Node of the CoESB appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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Research Analyst Position at AI on the Ground Initiative at Data&Society
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(2021-4-30 23:19)
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Data & Society Research Institute is seeking an early-career Research Analyst, with a background in social science (including information studies, organization studies, and science and technology studies or public policy research) to work with the AI on the Ground Initiative to support original research and other initiative-related activities. The Research Analyst (RA) will be responsible […] The post Research Analyst Position at AI on the Ground Initiative at Data & Society appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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WTMC PhD Summer School: ‘Epistemic Corruption’
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(2021-4-30 23:17)
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Anchor teacher: Sergio Sismondo From Monday 23 to Friday 27 August 2021 WTMC will organize a PhD Summer School (online) with anchor teacher Sergio Sismondo. Knowledge production is associated with particular values and standards (truth, objectivity, impartiality, etc), and failure to conform to these are often prominently condemned as corruption of the scientific endeavour. ‘Corruption’ […] The post WTMC PhD Summer School: ‘Epistemic Corruption’ appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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Between Constituent Process and Pandemia in the STS Annual Meeting in Chile
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(2021-4-30 2:04)
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Between January 20 and 22, 2021, in the north of Chile, the VIII CTS Meeting was held. The call indicated "STS Studies in constituent and pandemic times: challenges, crossroads and reflections in progress"; Its purposes were driven by the multidimensional phenomenon of the pandemic and the constituent process after the social uprising of October 2019. The post Between Constituent Process and Pandemia in the STS Annual Meeting in Chile appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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Call for Papers“Knowledge and Power: Epistemic Conflicts in Democracy”
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(2021-4-29 21:55)
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Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Conference at the University of Essex 29-30th July 2021 Keynotes: Linsey McGoey (University of Essex) Fabienne Peter (University of Warwick) Daiva Stasiulis (Carleton University) Despite promising an ideal equality, liberal democracies often display elements of epistocracy. Governments appoint academic advisers, launch expert councils and committees, and hire consulting firms to decide key public […] The post Call for Papers “Knowledge and Power: Epistemic Conflicts in Democracy” appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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Workshop: Methodologies for code in ethnographic research. From theory to practice
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(2021-4-29 21:54)
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Some research fields force us to look explicitly at computer code, for example, when we study coding practices, programmers or software engineers. At the same time, code is ubiquitous today, and also present in more subtle forms, as it is the ground for every digital phenomenon. Consequently, code is nothing we encounter in our research […] The post Workshop: Methodologies for code in ethnographic research. From theory to practice appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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The Gender of Things: How Epistemic and Technological Objects Become Gendered
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(2021-4-29 21:52)
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Do things have gender? What an unthinkable question especially to space engineers who put astronauts on the moon; to artificial intelligence researchers who construct humanoid robots to assist humanity in saving the planet; to physicists who investigate nature inside a scientific laboratory; to surgeons who struggle to save human lives in state-of-the-art operating theaters. Yet, […] The post The Gender of Things: How Epistemic and Technological Objects Become Gendered appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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New Book by Florian Jaton The Constitution of Algorithms: Ground-Truthing, Programming, Formulatin
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(2021-4-29 21:45)
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New Book by Florian Jaton(foreword by Geoffrey C. Bowker) The Constitution of Algorithms: Ground-Truthing, Programming, Formulating (MIT Press, Inside Technology Series) Drawing on a four-year ethnographic study of a computer science laboratory that specialized in digital image processing, Jaton’s book illuminates the invisible processes that are behind the development of algorithms. Tracing what he terms […] The post New Book by Florian Jaton The Constitution of Algorithms: Ground-Truthing, Programming, Formulating appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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New Book by Florian Jaton The Constitution of Algorithms: Ground-Truthing, Programming, Formulatin
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(2021-4-29 21:45)
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New Book by Florian Jaton(foreword by Geoffrey C. Bowker) The Constitution of Algorithms: Ground-Truthing, Programming, Formulating (MIT Press, Inside Technology Series) Drawing on a four-year ethnographic study of a computer science laboratory that specialized in digital image processing, Jaton’s book illuminates the invisible processes that are behind the development of algorithms. Tracing what he terms […] The post New Book by Florian Jaton The Constitution of Algorithms: Ground-Truthing, Programming, Formulating appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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