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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?

Paris

Academic days on open government and digital issues

Since 2011, experiences of member countries of OGP have shown that, although civil society is largely associated with the process of open governments, the academic community has not been adequately consulted. It is important to emphasize that the university community must be part of the open government process. The concept of “Academic Days” was never experienced in previous events of the OGP. By hosting this event with IMODEV and University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, has been organized the first time a scientific congress dedicated to issues of open government, and willing bring together academics - regardless their disciplines - to enable the discussion of these issues through a scientific approach.

Dakar

Call for papers - Thought

Tribute to Souleymane Bachir Diagne

La Société sénégalaise de philosophie (SOSEPHI) organise les 20, 21 et 22 décembre 2017 une conférence internationale pour rendre hommage à Souleymane Bachir Diagne. Nous sollicitons des articles abordant un aspect de son œuvre ou un thème voisin. Après une carrière distinguée au sein du département de philosophie de l’université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Souleymane Bachir Diagne enseigne depuis une quinzaine d’années aux États-Unis d’Amérique d’abord à la Northwestern University de Chicago puis à la Columbia University de New York. Souleymane Bachir Diagne a développé au cours des années une œuvre philosophique multiforme et influente que ce soit à l’étranger ou au Sénégal.

Paris

Conference, symposium - Sociology

Governing by Prediction?

Models, data and algorithms in and for governance

Computation, be it based on statistical modeling or newest techniques of predictive analytics, holds the promise to be able to anticipate and act infallibly on futures and uncertain situations more generally. That the future is an object of governmental knowledge and action is nothing new though. What is the characteristic of today’s relationship with futures in policy making and action? To what extent do the means of computation, from statistical models to learning algorithms employed in predictive analytics change this relationship, and the collective capacity and legitimacy to engage with future, uncertain situations? How do technologies of prediction change policies? Who predicts, how, and with what effects on decisions and administration and on their politics? More generally, how do ways of predicting institutionalize, fail to do so or change?

Paris

Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

“La vie à l'oeuvre”: Life at work. New ecologies, bioart, biodesign

In view of the international conference co-organised by the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature (Museum of Hunting and Nature, Paris) and PSL Research University (Labex TransferS), this call for papers targets artists, designers, architects and researchers – both in social sciences and natural sciences –, who are engaged in interrogating how the living can be incorporated in art, design, as well as architecture projects. By displaying living beings and vital processes, or by collaborating with them, these explorations that put « life at work » contribute to the emergence of new ecologies, effectively or speculatively, as speculative design and critical design do.

Paris

Conference, symposium - Science studies

Human person and genome

Interventions on genomes - what does ethics have to say?

Comment parler des manipulations génétiques entre le mythe, le bénéfice attendu et l’éthique ? Certaines techniques suscitent le débat. N’est-ce pas l’occasion de faire le point sur les avancées de la génétique et de s’interroger sur une certaine vision qui consisterait à réduire la personnalité d'un individu à son génome ?

Paris 06 Luxembourg | Paris 12 Reuilly

Lecture series - Science studies

Annales des Mines roundtable

Pour illustrer et poursuivre les analyses et les débats des numéros des Annales des Mines, la revue organise des tables rondes réunissant plusieurs auteurs du numéro, suivie d'un débat avec le public.

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13 déc 2016	25 jan 2017	15 fév 2017
21 mar 2017	25 avr 2017	...

Lille

Seminar - Thought

Transhumanisms in question

Ce séminaire pluri-disicplinaire porte sur les questions philosophiques et éthiques portées par le courant transhumaniste. Le séminaire, composé d'un groupe pluridisciplinaire d'universitaires se concentre sur trois axes de recherche. En premier lieu, il s'agit de penser les questions liées à la subjectivité (philosophie de l'esprit, conscience, intelligence articifielle). En second lieu, les enjeux sociaux et politiques (biopolitique, démocratie, droits de l'homme, démocratie, progressisme/conservatisme, libertarianisme, néo-libéralisme). Enfin, la généalogie du courant transhumaniste est étudiée sous ses différents aspects historiques, économiques, sociologiques et philosophiques.

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