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• 20 déc 2017

  Oracle

  Call for papers - Science studies

  Biocosmos - Our sense of place, our sense of life in the universe

  Planet scientists and exoplanet astronomers are re-shaping our understanding of the universe, presenting a fascinating cosmos filled with places and destinations, not an empty void. At the same time, Earth physicists and biologists design models of self-sustainable ecosystems such as Biosphere 2 and the Mars/Lunar Greenhouse, with the goal of engineering bio-regenerative mini-worlds that can function on their own. As these scientific revolutions unfold, with distant spaces and global life systems as objects of “field work”, what counts as the “human environment”? How do we, as individuals and societies, relate to spaces, things, and processes we do not or cannot experience directly and which we see as “extreme” or “beyond” human?

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• 11 mai 2017

  12 mai 2017

  Montreal

  Conference, symposium - Education

  Technoscientific innovations and interdisciplinary perspectives for education in life

  Finalities and strategies

  Depuis la fin du XX^e siècle, les avancées technoscientifiques en lien avec le vivant soulèvent de nouvelles questions, scientifiques, éthiques, mais aussi éducatives. La place du vivant dans la recherche de solutions dites durables aux problèmes énergétiques, matériels, alimentaires ou de santé est au cœur des préoccupations que ce soit dans le but de préserver la biodiversité ou pour employer le vivant en tant que ressource.

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• 20 fév 2017

  Montreal

  Call for papers - Science studies

  What if academic research wasn't neutral?

  Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS) conference 2017

  Ce colloque propose de poser à nouveau la question de la neutralité en science (neutralité des artisans, de la démarche, des méthodes, du langage, des résultats, des publications) : est-elle possible ? Souhaitable ? Indispensable ? Est-ce un leurre ? Une fiction ? Un artifice ? Le colloque abordera ces questions dans quatre axes : épistémologique, politique, éthique et sociétal.

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• 15 mar 2017

  Havana

  Call for papers - History

  The politics and poetics of museology

  40th annual ICOFOM symposium

  It has become rather banal to speak of the museum as a place of power. Whether one refers to it as media, as medium, or as device, we must understand that this institution, emblematic of occidental civilization, has always aroused the interests of local political régimes, whatever they may be. The creation of the British Museum and the birth of the Louvre illustrate the many different ways the public has of seeing the links between knowledge and collections. Furthermore the advent of each new political régime (from democracy in America to the Marxist-Leninist system in the Soviet Union, passing by fascist Italy and national-socialist Germany) marks museums with its imprint, as well as its system of communication, preservation and research.

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