Dear ATEG Subscribers, Here is an announcement for a conference that Miami U is hosting in early June. Although the topic of science and technology studies in the humanities has little to do with grammar, perhaps it might interest a few of you. Perhaps you could find a way to fit grammar into the discussion? There's still time to submit an proposal for a paper. Jim Dubinsky Miami U, Hamilton ------------------------------------------------------------------ The Miami University Department of English is happy to announce a summer institute on the topic of science and technology studies in the humanities titled, "Reconfiguring Disciplinarity: Social Studies of Science and Technology in a Reactionary Age." The Institute will be held from June 5-7, 1997 and will feature four keynote speakers: Anne Balsamo, Stephen Doheny-Farina, Sandra Harding, and Langdon Winner. We also are calling for a few select papers to be delivered at the conference. For those papers chosen, the registration fee will be waived (see below). The Institute is preceded by an optional three-week seminar for graduate students in which participants will interrogate the issues outlined above; for more information on the seminar, contact Bob Johnson at: ([log in to unmask]), or call 513-529-7340. For information on enrolling for graduate credit, visit the Miami University Continuing Education website at: http://www.muohio.edu/continuing education/ NOTE: For graduate students in the Greater Cincinnati Consortium of Colleges and Universities, the seminar may possibly be taken through your school's tuition structure. Please check with your graduate office or department. The text of the conference information follows: ____________________________________________________________________ Summer Institute Miami University of Ohio June 5 - 7, 1997 "Reconfiguring Disciplinarity: Social Studies of Science and Technology in a Reactionary Age" Key Speakers: SANDRA HARDING ANNE BALSAMO LANGDON WINNER STEPHEN DOHENY-FARINA The three-day summer institute provides a space where various interdisciplinary voices can engage in a dialogue concerning the cultural impact of science and technology. These discussions are particularly important in an age when political and academic conservatism militates against the breaching of not only disciplinary boundaries, but boundaries of race, culture, nation, gender, and sexuality. Participants will examine the impact of interdisciplinary discussions in science and technology studies, including analyses of the intersection of feminism and multiculturalism, the transformation of scholarly practices across academic disciplines, the relationship between academic and nonacademic attitudes toward science and technology studies; and the role of academic technology and science studies in a global public sphere. REGISTRATION & HOUSING Housing for participants is available in air conditioned dormitory rooms for $16.50/double or $22.00 single per night. Linens and towels are provided. To reserve a room, call Miami Conference Services at 513-529-4949. Hotel rooms are also available for $75 per night (double) through the Miami Marcum Conference Center and Inn. To reserve a room, call 513-529-6911. To register for the three-day institute, send the information below along with $40.00 ($20.00 for graduate students and those who are underemployed). Registration covers conference participation, coffee and refreshments during breaks, a buffet reception (with cash bar) on Thursday night, and a wine & dessert end-of-conference fling. Although you may register at the conference, we request that you register by May 9. If you would like to preregister, please send the fee with the following information: Name_____________________________ Affiliation__________________________ Address____________________________ Phone_____________________________ email______________________________ amount enclosed_____________________ send to: Robert R. Johnson Summer Institute Department of English Miami University Oxford, Ohio 54056 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Thursday, June 5, 1997 8:00 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. Sandra Harding, Postcolonialism and Feminism: Science and Technology Issues 9:30 p.m. Reception Friday, June 6, 1997 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Stephen Doheny-Farina, Corporatism and the Globalized Individual 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Focus papers: Reconfiguring Disciplinarity 2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Anne Balsamo, World Wide White Wash: The Meaning of Webcasting as a new Media Genre 3:30- 5:00 p.m. small group discussion Saturday, June 7, 1997 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Langdon Winner, Technology is Driving the Future, But Who's Steering? -- Determinism and Voluntarism in Techno-political Debates 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Focus papers: Science Wars 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Panel: Feminist, Social, and Cultural Studies of Science and Technology ABOUT KEY SPEAKERS Sandra Harding is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Delaware and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies at UCLA, where she also directs the Center for the Study of Women. She is the author or editor of seven books; the latest, Is Science Multicultural? Postcolonialism, Feminism and Epistemology, is due out in 1997. Stephen Doheny-Farina is an Associate Professor of Technical Communication at Clarkson University. He is the author of Rhetoric, Innovation, Technology. His most recent book, The Wired Neighborhood, is a critical examination of the concept of virtual community. Anne Balsamo is Director of the Graduate Program in Information Design and Technology at Georgia Institute of Technology. Her first book, Technologies of the Gendered Body: Reading Cyborg Women was an exploration of a range of new body technologies. She is working on a new book on the body and technology as well as doing research on new media forms such as webpublishing and distance learning. Langdon Winner is Professor of Political Science in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is the author of Autonomous Technology, a study of the idea of "technology-out-of-control" in modern social thought, The Whale and The Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology, and editor of Democracy in a Technological Society. CALL FOR PAPERS We invite papers for sessions on reconfiguring disciplinarity, feminist, rhetorical, social, and cultural studies of science, and the "science wars." Papers from all disciplines welcome. DEADLINE: April 25, 1997. send to: Alice Adams Summer Institute Department of English Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056. [log in to unmask]