Where is the Laboratory now? “Representation”, “Intervention” and “Realism” in 19th and 20th Century Biomedical Sciences
Where is the Laboratory now?
“Representation”, “Intervention” and “Realism” in 19th and 20th Century Biomedical Sciences
June 7-9, 2013
Kananaskis, Biological Field Station of the University of Calgary
Theme(s): Historical Epistemology and Ontology, Material Culture and Scientific/Technological Practices, Science and its Publics
Public Keynote Address:
What's New about Translational Medicine?
Dr. Steve Sturdy, Head of Science, Technology and Innovation Studies at the University of Edinburgh
Th. June 6, 2013 3:30pm
G500, HSC, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary
Workshop:
The relationship between science and medicine or the lab and the clinic has been a popular site of inquiry for historians and sociologists of medicine and science over the past three decades. If medical disciplines are in communication internally and with external auxiliary sciences, how are claims to knowledge and observations traded or adapted to prop up distinct disciplinary perspectives? We believe now is an opportune time to once again pay attention to medical epistemology as a historical and social concern – more particularly the relationship between observation, understandings and actions. The workshop explores the interplay of objects, theories and artefacts in medical representations and interventions, and how this information can move within and between different spheres of medical knowledge and practice.
Contact:
Frank Stahnisch, fwstahni@ucalgary.ca
Paula Larsson, graduate student organizer, paulalars@me.com
Program Draft (last updated May 24, 2013:
Thursday June 6, 2013
(G500, HSC, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary)
3:30pm Welcome: Dr. Deborah White, Executive Committee, IPH, UofC
3:40pm Introduction: Dr. Frank W. Stahnisch, Co-Organizer, UofC
3:45pm Dr Steve Sturdy, Head of Science, Technology and Innovation Studies, University of Edinburgh, Scotland: What’s New about Translational Medicine?
5pm Reception in HRIC Atrium
Friday June 7, 2013
[Dr. Steve Sturdy is available to meet with researchers, students and groups on the Medical and Main Campus]
3.30pm Bus Transport ca. 1 hr to the UofC Field Station in Kananaskis in the Rocky Mountains
6pm: Supper
7pm Welcome: Dr Chris Degeling, Co-Organizer, University of Sydney, Australia
Dr Frank W Stahnisch, Co-Organizer, University of Calgary, Canada
Location: Smaller Seminar Room, UofC Field Station, Kananaskis
Session 1: 7.15pm-8.45pm
Chair & Discussant: Dr Frank W. Stahnisch, University of Calgary
Dr Hank Stam, Professor of the History of Psychology, University of Calgary, Canada: The Creation and Development of the Psychological Laboratory in Germany and the US in the 19th Century
Mr. Jordan Schoenherr, PhD Candidate, History of Psychology, Carlton University, Ottawa, Canada: Technology and Psychology: The Evolution of Chronoscopy and the Development of the Social Structure of a Research Field
Saturday June 8, 2013
8.30-9.30 Breakfast
9.30am Welcome: Dr Chris Degeling, Co-Organizer, University of Sydney, Australia
9.35am Opening Remarks: Dr Patrick Feng, University of Calgary
Session 2: 9.40am-10:50am
Chair & Discussant: Emily Tector, University of King’s College, Halifax, Canada
Dr Cindy Stelmachowitch, PostDoc, History, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada: Disease Representation and Observational Practice in 18th Century Medicine
Dr Nick Whitefield, PostDoc, Social Studies of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada: Blood Transfusions and Mobile Laboratories in the Spanish Civil War
10.50-11.20: Coffee & Tea
Session 3: 11.20-12.40
Chair & Discussant: Dr Jesse Hendrikse, Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Science, Bachelor of Health
Sciences Program, University of Calgary, Canada
Dr Steve Sturdy, Head of Science, Technology and Innovation Studies, University of Edinburgh, Scotland: Looking for Trouble: Medical Science and Clinical Practice in the Historiography of Modern Medicine
12.40-14.00: Lunch
Session 4: 14.00-15.15
Chair & Discussant: Dr Patrick Feng
Dr Frank W. Stahnisch, AMF/Hannah Professorship in the History of Medicine and Health Care, University of Calgary, Canada: The Emerging Neuroscience Laboratories at the Beginning of the 20th Century
Dr Megan Delehanty, Assistant Professor, Philosophy of Science, University of Calgary, Canada: Reductionism: From the Armchair and in the Lab
3.15pm-3.45pm: Coffee & Tea
Session 5: 15.45-17.15
Chair & Discussant: Dr Melanie Rock, University of Calgary
Dr. Ariel Ducey, Assistant Professor, Sociology of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada: Biomedicalization and the Laboratory – A Case Study from Clinical OBGYN Research
Dr. Chris Degeling, PostDoc, Center for Ethics and Values, University of Sydney, Australia, and
Dr Melanie Rock, Associate Professor, Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada:
Individualizing a Public: Representation and Intervention in Diabetes, and the Health of Populations
Dinner 7pm
Sunday, June 9
9am Administrative Matters: Dr Frank W Stahnisch & Dr Patrick Feng
Session 6: 9.15-10.45
Chair & Discussant: Dr Megan Delehanty
Dr. Robert Smith, Professor of the History of Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada: Laboratories and Observatories
Dr. Patrick Feng, Chair of the Science, Technology and Society Program, University of Calgary, Canada: Private Labs and Media Publics: Some Considerations on the Interplay of Science and Modern Communication
Coffee & Tea: 10.45-11.15
Session 7: 11.15-12.45
Discussant One: Dr Cooper Langford, Professor, Science, Technology and Society Program, University of Calgary, Canada: A Science, Technology and Society Perspective
Discussant Two: Dr Gregor Wolbring, Associate Professor, Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies Program, University of Calgary, Canada: A Technology Forecast Perspective
Lunch: 12.45pm-1.30pm
Session 8: 1.30pm-2.00pm
General Discussion and reflection on Publication ideas with all Participants
2pm Administrative Matters: Dr Chris Degeling & Dr. Frank W Stahnisch
2:15pm Farewell to Participants
2.30 (Bus Transport: ca. 1 hr) to the Calgary Airport and the University of Calgary
Acknowledgements: Dr. Patrick Feng (Dept C&C) and Dr. Gregor Wolbring (Dept CHS)
