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Temporalities Technoscience Salon

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Network Node: 
Ontario Node
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Fri., Oct. 18, 2013, 4:00pm
Toronto: The Technoscience Salon on Critical Itineraries continues with Fati-Fan (Binghamton University), Eric Cazdyn (University of Toronto)

Event :: TEMPORALITIES
Speakers :: Fa-Ti Fan (Binghamton University), Eric Cazdyn (University of Toronto)
Discussants :: Grant Otsuki (University of Toronto), Sara Martel (York University)

Chair :: Julia Gruson-Wood (York University)

When:: Friday October 18, 4-6 pm

Where:: Sidney Smith 2098, 100 St. George St, University of Toronto

Alfred Russel Wallace, Collector

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University of Alberta
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Wed., Oct. 16, 2013, 3:30pm
Edmonton, University of Alberta: The Alfred Russel Wallace Lecture series continues with Andrew Berry, Lecturer on Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Harvard University

Alfred Russel Wallace, Collector
Edmonton, University of Alberta, Oct. 16, 2013

 

The Alberta node is please to support this event as part of "More than Natural Selection: A Lecture Series on Alfred Russel Wallace" University of Alberta, October 2013

 

Alfred Russel Wallace, Mars, Extra-Terrestrials and the Nature of the Universe

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Network Node: 
University of Alberta
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Wed., Oct. 9, 2013, 3:30pm - , 5:00pm
Edmonton, University of Alberta: The Alfred Russel Wallace Lecture Seies continues with Robert Smith, Professor, History and Classics, University of Alberta.

Alfred Russel Wallace, Mars, Extra-Terrestrials and the Nature of the Universe
Edmonton, University of Alberta, Oct. 9, 2013

The Alberta node is pleased to support this event as part of "More than Natural Selection: A Lecture Series on Alfred Russel Wallace" University of Alberta, October 2013

The Dream Catcher: Philosophy in the Sleep Lab

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Network Node: 
Ontario Node
Theme: 
Material Culture and Scientific/Technological Practices
Date: 
Tue., Oct. 8, 2013, 12:30pm - , 2:00pm
York University: The second lecture in this year's seminar series exploring the entanglements between instruments and media in the investigation of organic worlds.

The Dream Catcher: Philosophy in the Sleep Lab
York University, Oct. 8, 2013 12:30 pm

Philip Kitcher: Can we Sustain Democracy and the Planet Too?

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Network Node: 
Atlantic Node
Theme: 
Scientific Communication and its Publics
Date: 
Thu., Oct. 3, 2013, 7:00pm
Halifax: Watch live online here! Philosopher of science Philip Kitcher discusses the relationship between climate science and democracy.

CAN WE SUSTAIN DEMOCRACY, AND THE PLANET TOO?
Examining Scientific Expertise in Public Life
Dr. Philip Kitcher, John Dewey Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University
Thurs. Oct. 3, 7PM
Ondaatje Hall, McCain Building, Dalhousie University
6135 University Ave., Halifax, NS

Watch live here!

The Telling of the Case: Rabies Narratives, Autopsy, and Medical Community in Nineteenth-Century New York City

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Network Node: 
University of British Columbia
Date: 
Thu., Oct. 3, 2013, 5:00pm - , 6:30pm
Vancouver: Jessica Wang presents in this STS Colloquium.

The Telling of the Case: Rabies Narratives, Autopsy, and Medical Community in Nineteenth-Century New York City
Vancouver, Coach House, Green College, Oct. 3, 2013 5:00 pm

The UBC node is pleased to support this event.

The time travelers: Alfred Russel Wallace and Peter Kropotkin

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Network Node: 
University of Alberta
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Wed., Oct. 2, 2013, 3:30pm - , 7:00pm
Edmonton, University of Alberta:The Alfred Russel Wallace lecture series begins with this presentaion by Kathleen Lowrey from the University of Alberta.

The time travelers: Alfred Russel Wallace and Peter Kropotkin
Edmonton, Alberta. Oct. 2, 2013

 

Alfred Russel Wallace Lecture Series: More Than Natural Selection

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Network Node: 
University of Alberta
Theme: 
Geography and the Sites of Knowing
Date: 
Wed., Oct. 2, 2013, 3:30pm
U. Alberta Oct. 2-30, 2013: A series of 5 talks on aspects of Alfred Russel Wallace's life and work in celebration of the centenary anniversary.

Alfred Russel Wallace: More than Natural Selection

The U. Alberta Node is celebrating Alfred Russel Wallace's centenary anniversary with a series of 5 special lectures on various aspects of Russell's life and work.

Critical Itineraries of Technoscience Salon - Clouds

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Network Node: 
Ontario Node
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Thu., Sep. 26, 2013, 4:00pm
UofT: The Technoscience Salon on Critical Itineraries launches with "Clouds"

Please join us for the first Technoscience Salon event.

Event:: CLOUDS
When:: Thursday, September 26, 4-6 pm
Where:: Sidney Smith 2098, 100 St. George St, University of Toronto

Approaches to the Anthropocene: A Conversation with Philippe Descola and Bruno Latour

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Network Node: 
University of British Columbia
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Wed., Sep. 25, 2013, 5:00pm - , 7:30pm
Vancouver: Latour and Descola will discuss the idea of the anthropocene, a new geological era in which humans have become the principal agents for the transformation of our planetary systems.

Approaches to the Anthropocene Join us for a conversation with Bruno Latour and Philippe Descola 
Vancouver: September 25th, 2013, 5:30 PM   through   7:00 PM

Bruno Latour: War and Peace in an Age of Ecological Conflict

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Network Node: 
University of British Columbia
Date: 
Mon., Sep. 23, 2013, 7:15pm
UBC: This lecture will discuss this new geopolitical framework and show how the extension of politics into nature must modify our views on war and peace in the future.

Bruno Latour: War and Peace in an Age of Ecological Conflict
UBC The Vogue Theatre — Monday, September 23, 2013, at 7:30 pm

The UBC node is pleased to support this event.

Chemistry’s Periodic Law: Rethinking Explanation and Representation through the Turn to Practice

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Date: 
Thu., Sep. 12, 2013, 5:15pm - , 6:30pm
Vancouver: In this talk, Andrea Woody reflects on the significance of “the turn to practice” for contemporary philosophy of science.

Chemistry’s Periodic Law: Rethinking Explanation and Representation through the Turn to Practice
UBC September 12, 2013, 5-6:30pm

The UBC node is pleased to support this event.

Technoscience Salon on Critical Itineraries

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Network Node: 
Ontario Node
Theme: 
Material Culture and Scientific/Technological Practices
Date: 
Fri., Sep. 6, 2013, 7:00pm - Sun., Sep. 22, 2013, 9:00pm
Toronto, 2013-14: Technoscience Salon continues with series that will engage critical itineraries.

Technoscience Salon on Critical Itineraries
Toronto, Ont.
Sept. 6, 2013/Nov. 9, 2013

 

The Ontario node is pleased to support this event.

This year’s Technoscience Salon invites participants to craft and share critical itineraries that respond to the political urgencies of lives and worlds altered by colonialism and expanding global capitalism.

Reading Artifacts Summer Institute 2013

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Network Node: 
Ontario Node
Theme: 
Material Culture and Scientific/Technological Practices
Date: 
Mon., Aug. 19, 2013, 9:00am - Fri., Aug. 23, 2013, 6:00pm
Ottawa Aug 19-23: The Cluster is partnering with the Canada Science and Technology Museum to support student travel for the annual RASI.

The Cluster is partnering with the Canada Science and Technology Museum to support student travel for the annual Reading Artifacts Summer Institute.

Presented by:

  • Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation (CSTMC)

Panel: Human relationships with dogs, from the home front to the wild side

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Network Node: 
Atlantic Node
Theme: 
Scientific Communication and its Publics
Date: 
Sat., Jul. 13, 2013, 7:30pm
Halifax: Dr. Bekoff will lead a panel that addresses the emotional lives of canids as well as the character of human-canid relationships.

Human relationships with dogs, from the home front to the wild side
Saturday, July 13, 2013, 7:30pm
Coburg Coffee House
6085 Coburg Road