Kategorie: Veranstaltung

Discussion group “Network for a Critical Reading of Technology” for PhD graduates, PhD students and Master’s candidates (at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

    Criticisms of media have become an essential component for the academic debate over social and power-related structures. Usually, they focus the contents of the media, and not their technology. But what about the …

Call for Abstracts: STS Conference Graz 2017 “Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies” (May 8–9, 2017, Graz, Austria)

The STS Conference Graz 2017 is the joint Annual Conference of the Institute of Science, Technology and Society Studies at Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt|Vienna|Graz (STS), the Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture (IFZ) and the …

Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion “Rethinking the Genome: Epigenetics, Health and Society” (January 18, 2017, Vorhoelzer Forum, TU Munich)

Epigenetics links the environment and the genome in novel ways. It helps us trace how environmental exposures and life experiences affect gene expression and influence disease risks – possibly across generations. How does this new …

Call for Papers: Workshop bei der Konferenz der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde 2017 in Berlin (4.–7.10.2017)

Der Workshop „Körper, Kategorisierungen und Rechte: zu biologischen Formen politischer Subjektivität“ findet im Rahmen der Konferenz der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde 2017 in Berlin vom 4.–7. Oktober 2017 statt: Was haben genetische Tests, Affirmative Action, Pflegestufen …