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Join the STS Futures Initiative on Thursday, October 21, 2021 from 10 - 11:30am for its second workshop, “Global STS II: Decolonial Praxis in STS.” This workshop will feature STS leaders who are pioneering new publishing opportunities in STS, expanding the Euro-American “canon” in STS, and building STS communities in Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. Read on to learn more!
Join the STS Futures Initiative to kick off the Fall 2021 virtual program! The STS Futures Initiative is an ongoing project dedicated to opening new professional pathways for graduate students in the Humanities specializing in Science, Technology and Society (STS).
Register here (please note that pre-registration is required for this event!) for the program taking place on Thursday, October 21st from 10-11:30am PST.
In recent years, the interdisciplinary field of science and technology studies (STS) has been undergoing what some have called a "global turn" through greater attention to knowledge production, scientific practices, and therapeutics outside of North America and Western Europe. Regional and transnational academic networks have been established to support nascent STS communities around the world. As junior scholars, many in this community are interested in exploring transnational network-building, collaborative research, and decolonial praxis in STS.
To facilitate dialogue on the intellectual and political stakes of this "global turn" and how we might become involved, STS Futures Initiative will be hosting a two-part series on Global STS. The first workshop, "Global STS I: Transnational Network Building - Asia, Oceania, and Beyond," featured STS leaders who have pioneered new academic networks in Australia, Asia, and globally. The second workshop, "Global STS II: Decolonial Praxis in STS," will continue the conversation, featuring STS leaders who are pioneering new publishing opportunities in STS, expanding the Euro-American "canon" in STS, and building STS communities in Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East.
Panelists include Dr. Kim TallBear (University of Alberta, Canada), Dr. Leandro Rodriguez Medina (Universidad de las Americas Puebla, Mexico), Dr. Duygu KaÅdoÄan (Ä°zmir Katip Çelebi University, Turkey), Angela Okune (University of California, Irvine), Dr. Jessica Kolopenuk (University of Alberta, Canada) Dr. Wambui Wamunyu (Daystar University, Kenya) and Dr. Richard Rottenburg (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa).
For more information, please contact Drs. Jaimie Morse [jmorse1@ucsc.edu] (Sociology, UC Santa Cruz) and Kathleen Cruz Gutierrez [gutierrezk@ucsc.edu] (History, UC Santa Cruz). For accessibility details and upcoming events hosted by the STS Futures Initiative, please reach stsfuturesinitiative@gmail.com.
