hosts a bimonthly “Science Studies of Vaccines Reading Group.” Contact TRRU for details and readings at trru@dal.ca.
This is an open forum for interdisciplinary and playful intellectual exchange on questions of science, technology and biomedicine. The Salon is organized around a monthly theme and meets on the 10th floor of the Jackman Humanities Institute in Toronto. See their line-up at http://technosalon.wordpress.com/.
Data's Affects and Effects
Ian Hesketh (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for the History of European Discourses, University of Queensland) will be speaking on:
"The Story of Big History"
Thursday, November 27th, 4:00-5:30pm in Buchanan Tower 1197.
The UBC Node is pleased to support this event.
Abstract:
Commodity Violence: Thinking Through Injury and Illness in the Age of Consumption
Lochlann Jain, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Stanford University
Thursday, November 13, 2014 @ 5 PM in the Green College Coach House.
A part of the UBC STS lecture series
Poster here.