6th STS Italia Conference

6th STS Italia Conference - Sociotechnical Environments

Description

The 6th STS Italia Conference will be held in Trento, Italy, November 24-26, 2016, by the Italian Society of Science and Technology Studies, in collaboration with the Department of Sociology and Social Research of the University of Trento.
As for past editions, the Conference aims at offering the opportunity to discuss empirical and theoretical work addressing diverse aspects of the social study of science, technology and innovation from a variety of disciplines and fields (sociology, anthropology, law, philosophy, design, psychology, semiotics, history, and economics, etc.). The focal theme of this year’s conference is Sociotechnical Environments. On the one hand, we are conscious that everyday and professional environments we inhabit are increasingly shaped by science, technology and innovation processes. However, these environments are not mere results of technical solutions and rational choices, but they rather emerge from a collective, dynamic and open-ended process of co-production, involving social arrangements and technoscientific processes, human actors and material artifacts, natural resources and cultural frameworks. At the same time, reflecting on the sociotechnical co-production of our social world brings to the foreground the relationship between technoscientific innovation and natural environment, turning environmental practices, politics and materialities as decisive focal points for the current research in multiple fields and intellectual domains. Under this unifying framework, the conference will be articulated in 25 different thematic sessions, focusing on several different topics, including: environmental issues, biomedical settings, robotics and algorithms, communication and digital media, scientific and professional work, design, urban infrastructures and innovation processes at large.

Important dates

• June 5, 2016: Deadline for abstract submission (send submission to conferences [at] stsitalia.org )
• June 30, 2016:  Authors notified of abstract acceptance or rejection
• September 10, 2016: Early-bird registration fees
• October 1, 2016: Late registration fees (mandatory to be included in the programme)
• October 30, 2016: Deadline for paper submission (to be included in the proceedings)
• November 1, 2016: Publication of final conference program​

Program

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Scientific Committee

•     Attila Bruni, Università di Trento, Italy
•     Massimiano Bucchi, Università di Trento, Italy
•     Michela Cozza, Mälardalen University, Sweden
•     Vincenzo D'Andrea, Università di Trento, Italy
•     Antonella De Angeli, Università di Trento, Italy
•     Marina Maestrutti, Université de Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, France
•     Paolo Magaudda, Università di Padova, Italy
•     Federico Neresini, Università di Padova, Italy
•     Luigi Pellizzoni, Università di Trieste, Italy
•     Maurizio Teli, Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Portugal

Organizing committee

•     Claudio Coletta, Maynooth University, Ireland
•     Stefano Crabu, Università di Padova, Italy
•     Silvia Fornasini, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy
•     Paolo Giardullo, Università di Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy
•     Teresa Macchia, Università di Trento, Italy
•     Francesco Miele, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy
•     Sergio Minniti, IULM (Libera università di lingue e comunicazione di Milano), Italy
•     Mariacristina Sciannamblo, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
•     Giacomo Poderi, Università di Trento, Italy

Conference Chair 

•     Attila Bruni

Contacts

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