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Who
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A Symposium on Science and Technology in the Global Circuit
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mp3
Audio Archive
This daylong symposium took place on April 18, 2006. An audio
archive of this event is now available on this page. Each speaker's
talk appears as an mp3 file next to his or her name. These can be streamed
(by double clicking) or downloaded (by right click "save as"
or Mac equivalent). Please let us
know if (and how) you find these audio files useful.
Listeners
less familiar with critical science and technology studies are invited
to peruse these readings
Check
for updates here, at http://culturalstudies.gmu.edu
More information call 703.993.2851, or e-mail.
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SPONSORED
BY: The Cultural Studies PhD Program at George Mason University
CO-SPONSORED BY: George Mason University Office of University Life, Office
of the Provost, College of Arts and Science, School of Computational Sciences,
Center for Global Ethiics, Center for Global Studies, New
Century College, Department of Sociology and Anthropology; and
The Science and Technology Studies Program, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University (Northern Virginia Center, Alexandria)
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The
"new science wars" (debates around stem cell research, global
climate change, and intelligent design) raise anew long-standing questions
central to the field of science and technology studies. Panels and speakers
at this daylong event considered socially relevant questions having to do
with the imbrication of science, technology, and culture: How does politics
shape science (and vice versa)? What economic and institutional factors
drive R&D? Who "owns" biological or medical information? Is
race (genetically) real? What are the ethical implications of new reproductive
and medical technologies? How might we make scientific knowledge and its
application more equitable? |
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9 -
10:20 AM
States of Knowledge: Science in Political and Institutional
Contexts |
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CHAIR: Daniele
Struppa (Mathematics,
GMU)
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Hugh
Gusterson (Associate
Professor of Anthropology, MIT): "Do Nuclear Weapons Scientists
Matter Anymore? Military Science After the Cold War."
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Gusterson
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Itty Abraham
(Research Fellow,
East-West Center; SSRC): "Strange Bedfellows: Postcolonial
Critics, Hindu Nationalists, and Questions of Science."
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Abraham
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Stanley
Aronowitz (Professor
of Sociology, CUNY): "Changing Conditions of Scientific
Labor."
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Aronowitz
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Panel
Q&A mp3 |
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10:30 - 11:50 AM
BUT
IS IT SCIENCE YET? FAKERY, TRICKERY, AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS IN SCIENTIFIC
RESEARCH |
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CHAIR: Jonathan
Marks (Anthropology,
UNC-Charlotte)
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Mario
Biagioli (Professor
of the History of Science, Harvard): "Who
Steals Knowledge? Plagiarism in Science."
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Biagioli
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TroyDuster
(Professor
of Sociology, NYU): "Biomarkers
and Biomarketing: The Molecular Reinscription of Race for Profit."
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Duster
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Chris
Mooney (Washington
Correspondent, Seed
magazine; Senior Correspondent, The
American Prospect): "The Republican War on Science:
Intelligent Design, Stem Cell Research, and Global Climate Change."
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Mooney
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Panel
Q&A mp3 |
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1 - 2:20 PM
Who
Owns "Life?" Biological Property, Pharmaceutical Patents, and
Industrial Agriculture |
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CHAIR: Denise Albanese (English,
GMU)
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Daniel
Kevles (Professor
of History, Yale): "Patents and Patrimony: Intellectual
Property Rights in the Human Genome."
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Kevles
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Cori
Hayden (Assistant
Professor of Anthropology, Berkeley): "Pharmaceutical
Publics: Rethinking Research, Development, and (Re)Distribution."
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Hayden
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Susan Merrill Squier
(Professor of Women's
Studies and English, Penn State): "Poultry Science,
Chicken Culture: Globalizing Industrial Agriculture."
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Squier
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Panel
Q&A mp3 |
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2:30 - 4:50 PM
Brave
New World: The New Frontiers of Science, Technology, and Democracy |
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CHAIR: Roger Lancaster (Cultural
Studies, GMU)
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Rayna
Rapp (Professor
of Anthropology, NYU): "Standing on the Biological Horizon:
Genetic Citizenship, Health Activism, and Pharmaceutical Economies.
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Rapp
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Jeremy
Crampton
(Associate Professor of Anthropology and Geography, Georgia
State): "The Biopolitics of Geosurveillance and Security."
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Crampton
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Langdon
Winner (Professor of Science
and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute):
"The Right to Shape Technology: An Unfinished Project for
Democracy."
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Winner
mp3 |
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Panel
Q&A mp3 |
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WHO
OWNS KNOWLEDGE? - WHO DID WHAT?
(CREDITS)
Organizer/Editor: Roger N. Lancaster.
Consultants: Denise Albanese, Hugh Gusterson, Daniele
Struppa.
Production, Coordination, and Editing: Sean Andrews (web
site), Elaine Cardenas (publicity and outreach), Robert Gehl (audio),
Pawin Malaiwong (travel), Pia Muller (local transportation), Tara Sheoran
(graphics and publicity), Vicki Watts (event production).
Advisory Board: Dina Copelman (History), Jean-Paul Dumont
(Anthropology), Mack Holt (History), Rosemary Jann (English), Paul Smith
(Cultural Studies), and Steven Vallas (Sociology) at George Mason University;
also Barbara Allen (Virginia Tech, Alexandria Center), David Bearinger
(Virginia Humanities Foundation), and Doris Zallen (Virginia Tech, Blacksburg).
Student Production Group: Lisa Andion, Stacey Cumberbach,
Casey Garcia, Randa Kayyali, Rachel Martin Klingler, Jessica Lang, Mik’hail
Petin, Lia Uy-Tioco, Fan Yang, Nuh Yilmaz.
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