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7 - 9 October 2009, Fraunhofer IGD, Darmstadt, Germany

The conference is organized by the graduate program Topology of
Technology of the Darmstadt University of Technology.

This conference aims to increase our understanding of the power and
limitations of models, their construction and effects in the sciences
and in fields of practice. It provides a forum for the discussion of
qualitative and quantitative models composed of verbal propositions,
numerical abstractions, and visualizations - and their distinctive
spatial dimension.
Of particular interest are issues that cut across established scientific
disciplines and analyze the boundaries between science, technology,
society, and politics.

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