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Alter Life: Biology + Technology + Art?

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Network Node: 
Ontario Node
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Thu., Mar. 27, 2014, 7:30pm - , 9:00pm
Technoscience Salon in Windsor with the Incubator Lab

INCUBATOR Lab welcomes the Technoscience Salon to Windsor! Join us for a round table discussion, fun and prizes with theorists and artists!

Alter Life: Biology + Technology + Art?
Thursday, March 27, 2014
7:30 - 10:00 pm
Villians Beastro
256 Pelissier Street, Windsor

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Body to Body: The Dermatological Wax Moulage as Indexical Image

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Network Node: 
McGill University
Theme: 
Material Culture and Scientific/Technological Practices
Date: 
Thu., Mar. 27, 2014, 5:30pm
Mechthild Fend (UCL)

Body to Body: The Dermatological Wax Moulage as Indexical Image
Mechthild Fend (UCL)
Thursday, 27 March 2014, 5:30pm (jeu 27 mars, 17h30): McGill, Arts West W-215

Disruptive Ideas: Public Intellectuals and their Arguments for Action on Climate Change

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University of British Columbia
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Thu., Mar. 27, 2014, 4:00pm
Matthew Nisbet (School of Communication at American University) presents as part of the UBC STS series

Professor Matthew Nisbet of the School of Communication at American University will present "Disruptive Ideas: Public Intellectuals and their Arguments for Action on Climate Change" on Thursday, March 27 from 4:00-5:30 pm in Buchanan Tower 1197.

SF: String Figures, Multispecies Muddles, Staying with the Trouble

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University of Alberta
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Mon., Mar. 24, 2014, 5:15pm
Donna Harraway (University of California, Santa Cruz) explores ways we can envision the future.

SF:  String Figures, Multispecies Muddles, Staying with the Trouble
Donna Harraway, Distinguished Professor Emerita in the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz
Monday March  24, 2014
5:15 – 7:00 p.m.
University of Alberta Faculty Club
11435 Saskatchewan Drive

Gaia, Anthropology and the Law

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Network Node: 
McGill University
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Fri., Mar. 21, 2014, 4:00pm
Bruno Latour (Sciences-Po, Paris) speaks on issues related to Facing Gaia, Six Lectures on the Political Theology of Nature.

Gaia, Anthropology and the Law
Bruno Latour (Sciences-Po, Paris)
Friday, 21 March 2014, 4pm (ven 21 mars, 16h): Moot Court (Law building, 3644 r Peel, room 100)


Sponsored by McGill Faculty of Law's Pearson chair, and McGill's department of anthropology
Link:
http://www.mcgill.ca/law/node/4477

Teaching About Images

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Network Node: 
Atlantic Node
Theme: 
Scientific Communication and its Publics
Date: 
Fri., Mar. 21, 2014, 11:30am
Teaching About Science pt. 6: Jim Brown (Philosophy, U. of T.) discussus teaching about images.

Teaching About Science Part 6:

Teaching About Images.

March 21, 2014
11:30-12:15pm
Games Room, Dalhousie University Club
6259 Alumni Crescent
(off of South Street),
Halifax, NS

After IVF: Is the Future of Reproduction Technological?

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Network Node: 
McGill University
Theme: 
Material Culture and Scientific/Technological Practices
Date: 
Thu., Mar. 20, 2014, 3:00pm
Sarah Franklin (Cambridge) discusses reproduction technologies.

After IVF: Is the Future of Reproduction Technological?
Sarah Franklin (Cambridge)
Thursday, 20 March 2014, 3:00pm (jeu 20 mars, 15h)
3647 rue Peel, Don Bates Room (room 101)


Co-sponsored with the department of Social Studies of Medicine, and the Institute for
Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies, McGill

After IVF: The New Anthropology of Reproduction

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Ontario Node
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Tue., Mar. 18, 2014, 12:30pm - , 2:00pm
Sarah Franklin explores the entanglements between instruments and media in the investigation of organic worlds continues as part of the York STS series.

After IVF: The New Anthropology of Reproduction
York: Mar. 18, 2014, 12:30

Speaker: Sarah Franklin (Cambridge)
http://www.sociology.cam.ac.uk/contacts/staff/profiles/sfranklin.html

Seminar Series details:

Entanglements of Instruments and Media in Investigating Organic Worlds

Teaching About Ethics

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Network Node: 
Atlantic Node
Theme: 
Scientific Communication and its Publics
Date: 
Fri., Mar. 14, 2014, 11:30am
Teaching About Science pt. 5: Anne Marie Ryan (Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University)and Melanie Frappier (History of Science and Technology, U. King's) discuss teaching ethics in science.

Teaching About Science Part 5:

Teaching About Ethics
March 14, 2014
11:30-12:15pm
Alumni Room, University Club, Dalhousie University
6259 Alumni Crescent
(off of South Street),
Halifax, NS

Malthus or Mutualism? A Reassessment of the Politics of Evolution in Victorian England

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Network Node: 
University of British Columbia
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Thu., Mar. 13, 2014, 5:00pm
Piers Hale (University of Oklahoma) speaks as part of the UBC STS series.

Malthus or Mutualism? A Reassessment of the Politics of Evolution in Victorian England
Piers Hale, Deparrment of History of Science, University of Oklahoma
Th. March 13 5pm
Coach House, Green College

Circulating Knowledge, Crossing Borders: A Roundtable

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Network Node: 
Atlantic Node
Theme: 
Geography and the Sites of Knowing
Date: 
Sat., Mar. 8, 2014, 2:30pm - , 4:30pm
A roundtable for the SSHRC Imagine Canada's Future sessions

Circulating Knowledge, Crossing Borders: A Roundtable
March 8th, 2:30-4:00
Ondaatje auditorium, McCain building, Dalhousie University, 6135 University Ave.
International Women's Day

A SSHRC Connecting Cultures event for Imagine Canada's Future
 

Teaching About Research

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Network Node: 
Atlantic Node
Theme: 
Scientific Communication and its Publics
Date: 
Fri., Mar. 7, 2014, 11:30am
Teaching About Science pt. 4: Eve Roberts (Philosophy, Dalhousie) and Ted Monchesky (Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie) discuss science research.

Teaching About Science Part 4:

Teaching About Research
March 7, 2014
11:30-12:15pm
Alumni Room, University Club, Dalhousie University
6259 Alumni Crescent
(off of South Street),
Halifax, NS

Science Communication and Stereotypes

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Network Node: 
Atlantic Node
Theme: 
Scientific Communication and its Publics
Date: 
Thu., Mar. 6, 2014, 6:30pm - , 8:00pm
A panel of experts discusses the role of stereotypes in science communication.

Science Communication and Stereotypes: A Public Forum
Th. March 6, 6:30pm
Scotiabank Theatre, Sobeys Building, Saint Mary's University
903 Robie Street, Halifax.

An xLECTURE on the xCLINIC

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Network Node: 
Ontario Node
Theme: 
Geography and the Sites of Knowing
Date: 
Wed., Mar. 5, 2014, 5:00pm - , 6:30pm
Natalie Jeremijenko (Steinhardt) explores environmental health clinics.

An xLECTURE on the xCLINIC
Natalie Jeremijenko, associate professor of art and art education at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development
Tribute Communities Recital Hall, Accolade East Building
Wed. March 5, 2014 5:00 PM
Reception 6:30 PM

Les élèves québécois sont-ils intéressés par les sciences et la technologie à l'école et par les métiers associés ?

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Université du Québec à Montréal
Theme: 
Scientific Communication and its Publics
Date: 
Fri., Feb. 28, 2014, 12:30pm - , 7:00pm
Patrice Potvin et Abdelkrim Hasni (cotitulaires de la Chaire de recherche sur l'intérêt des jeunes à l'égard des sciences et de la technologie) présenteraient les résultats principaux.

Les élèves québécois sont-ils intéressés par les sciences et la technologie

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