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Food Politics

Food Politics (led by Simon Werrett)
Monday, December 20, 2008 12:00 – 1:20 pm
Communications 202

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Readings for this session:

Steven Shapin, “How to Eat Like a Gentleman: Dietetics and Ethics in Early Modern England,” in Right Living: An Anglo-American Tradition of Self-Help Medicine and Hygiene, ed. Charles E. Rosenberg (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003),
 pp. 21-58.

D. Winickoff, S. Jasanoff, L. Busch, R. Grove-White and B. Wynne, "Adjudicating the GM Food Wars: Science, Risk and Democracy in World Trade Law", The Yale Journal of International Law, Vol 30 (2005):81.

* The tag clouds posted in this blog are comprised of keywords submitted by participants of each colloquium. Scroll down for a tag cloud view of SSNet core concepts and diverse interests spanning over a year of biweekly meetings. This tag cloud was created at wordle.net.

Eugenics in Democratic Contexts

Eugenics in Democratic Contexts (led by Joanne Woiak)
Monday, November 17, 2008 12:00 – 1:20 pm
Communications 202

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* The tag clouds posted in this blog are comprised of keywords submitted by participants of each colloquium. Scroll down for a tag cloud view of SSNet core concepts and diverse interests spanning over a year of biweekly meetings. This tag cloud was created at wordle.net.

Science-based Policy: Hidden Challenges

This week's Graduate-Faculty Colloquium on “Democratizing Science” is led by Monica Aufrecht

Monday, November 3rd, 2008 12:00 – 1:20 pm
Communications 202






















* The tag clouds posted in this blog are comprised of keywords submitted by participants of each colloquium. Scroll down for a tag cloud view of SSNet core concepts and diverse interests spanning over a year of biweekly meetings. This tag cloud was created at wordle.net.

Manufactured Controversy

On 20 October, the first session in the Democratizing Science seminar was led by Leah Ceccarelli, Associate Professor in Communication.

Discussion was based on having read the following articles:

Leah Ceccarelli, “Manufactroversy: The Art of Creating Controversy Where None Existed,” Science Progress (Spring/Summer 2008): 82-84.

David Michaels, “Knowing Uncertainty for What It Is: In Reporting on the Science of Global Warming, Journalists Contend with Powerful, Well-Funded Forces Using Strategies Created by Tobacco Companies,” Neiman Reports (Winter 2005): 75-77.

Naomi Oreskes, “Anti-Realism in Government. Book Review of Chris Mooney’s The Republican War on Science,” Science 310 (7 October 2005): 56.

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Tag cloud generated from participant generated keywords -- created at wordle.net.

How do we study scholarship?

Monday, 02 June 2008

Guest Speaker: Paul Wouters,
Programme Leader Virtual Knowledge Studio
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts & Sciences

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[this tagcloud was created from keywords submitted by attendees of the above colloquium. the visualization represents research interests of the participants. variation in size of keywords represents relative strength of a particular interest. this tagcloud was created at tagcrowd.com]

Science & Art

Monday, April 21-

Presenters:

Simon Werrett, History (text of presentation)
Stephanie Andrews, DX Arts

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[this tagcloud was created from keywords submitted by attendees of the above colloquium. the visualization represents research interests of the participants. variation in size of keywords represents relative strength of a particular interest. this tagcloud was created at tagcrowd.com]

SSNet Curriculum Initiative

Monday, April 7-

Organized by:

Brandon Olsen, Alison Wylie, and the SSNet organizers

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[this tagcloud was created from keywords submitted by attendees of the above colloquium. the visualization represents research interests of the participants. variation in size of keywords represents relative strength of a particular interest. this tagcloud was created at tagcrowd.com]

Discussion with Nancy Cartwright

UWSSNET Colloquium - Monday, 10 March 2008

Special Guest: Nancy Cartwright (Philosophy, London School of Economics)

Papers for discussion (by Nancy Cartwright):
- The Rational Structure of Physics (pdf)
- In Praise of the Representation Theorem (pdf)
- Against 'The System (pdf)

listen to an audio recording (mp3) of the discussion.

[this tagcloud was created from keywords submitted by attendees of the above colloquium. the visualization represents research interests of the participants. variation in size of keywords represents relative strength of a particular interest. this tagcloud was created at tagcrowd.com]

Nancy Cartwright - Hunting Causes and Using Them

Key Note 08 March 2008- Tenth Annual Philosophy of Social Science Roundtable, University of Washington, Seattle

Listen to keynote (mp3)

Charles Mills - "White Ignorance"

Key Note 07 March 2008- Tenth Annual Philosophy of Social Science Roundtable, University of Washington, Seattle

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Following Charles Mills' keynote, Alison Wylie hosted a dinner and celebration of the tenth anniversary of the roundtable.

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Collaborative Practice / Interdisciplinary Practice

22 February 2008

Panelists:

Sara Jo Breslow (Anthropology)
- IGERT presentation slides (ppt)
Brian Brown (Medical Education & Biomedical Informatics)
Suraya Afiff (Karsa Institute)
Celia Lowe (Anthropology)
- A Rough Guide to Interdisciplinarity (pdf)


listen to an audio recording (mp3) of the presentations.

[keyword cloud] compiled from colloquium participants:[this tagcloud was created from keywords submitted by attendees of the above colloquium. the visualization represents research interests of the participants. variation in size of keywords represents relative strength of a particular interest. this tagcloud was created at tagcrowd.com]

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Media, Technology & Science

Monday, 11 February

Panelists:

Walter Ruzzo (Computer Science & Engineering)
Gina Neff (Communication)
Clifford Tatum (Communication)
David Stearns (University of Edinburgh)

-listen to an audio recording (mp3) of the presentations.


[this tagcloud was created from keywords submitted by attendees of the above colloquium. the visualization represents research interests of the participants. variation in size of keywords represents relative strength of a particular interest. this tagcloud was created at tagcrowd.com]


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Democratizing Science

Monday, January 28

Panelists:

Sarah Elwood (Geography)
Mott Greene (Science, Technology & Society, UPS)
Mark Purcell (Urban Design and Planning)
- presentation (ppt)
Alison Wylie (Philosophy and Anthropology)

-listen to the audio recording (mp3) of the presentations.

Scientists' Perspectives: What can STS do for science?

Panelists:

Vladimir Chaloupka, Physics
- Weinberg's "against philosophy" (pdf)
Neil Banas, Oceanography
Maynard Olsen, Medical Genetic/Genome Science
- presentation text (pdf)
- million year curriculum (pdf)
Woody Sullivan, Astronomy

-listen to the audio recording (mp3) of the presentations.

ssnet tag cloud

at the last digital working group meeting we discussed ways to connect people through their research/intellectual interests. at the beginning of winter quarter we'll solicit key words from everyone to facilitate construction of a tag cloud.

in the meantime, here's a demo tag cloud created from the full text of the SSNET proposal. shown below is a visualization of the top 50 words (out of ~6000) weighted by frequency of use.

active center cluster colloquium context cultural curriculum department developing diverse established ethics external faculty fields graduate group history identify institutions interdisciplinary interest issues models network participants philosophy planning policy practice process program project proposal public questions range research scholars science scientific social speaker studies technology understanding university uw washington work

created at TagCrowd.com

Aims & Future Plans for the Network - 12/03/2007

Panel Speakers:

S. Malia Fullerton (Medical History & Ethics) Website
Simon Werrett (History) Website

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Comments and questions are welcome by all! To read and/or add comments simply click on the "comments" link directly below this post.

Research Ethics, Policy, & Equity Issues in Science 11/19/2007

Panel Speakers:

Kelly Fryer-Edwards (website)
Angela Ginorio (website)
Suzanne Ortega (Graduate School)
Matthew Weinstein (website)

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Comments and questions are welcome by all! To read and/or add comments simply click on the "comments" link directly below this post.

Cultural Studies of Science 10/29/2007

Panel Speakers:

S. Malia Fullerton, Medical History & Ethics (presentation notes)
Phillip Thurtle, CHID and History (presentation notes)
Ann Anagnost, Anthropology (presentation notes)

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Summary of panel: (tbd)

Current directions in HPS research - 10/15/2007

History and Philosophy of Science Presenters:

Arther Fine, Philosophy (website)
Simon Werrett, History (presentation)
Andrea Woody, Philosophy (handout)

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comments and questions are welcome by all! simply click on the comment link below.

summary of panel: (tbd)