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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
Toronto, York University: Nicholas Langlitz, New School. STS seminar series exploring the entanglements between instruments and media in the investigation of organic worlds.

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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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

Intersections: On the Boundaries between Technical Objects and Epistemic Things in the Life Sciences

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Network Node: 
Ontario Node
Theme: 
Material Culture and Scientific/Technological Practices
Date: 
Tue., Sep. 24, 2013, 12:30pm - , 2:00pm
York University: The first in this year's York STS seminar series exploring the entanglements between instruments and media in the investigation of organic worlds.

Intersections: On the Boundaries between Technical Objects and Epistemic Things in the Life Sciences

York University, Sept. 24, 2013, 12:30pm

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

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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.

Une fuite de phosgène à l'usine Tolochimie en 1973. Réflexions sur ce que contenir veut dire en matière de pollution atmosphérique ?

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Université du Québec à Montréal
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Fri., Sep. 13, 2013, 12:30pm
Montreal, UQAM, Florian Charvolin, Centre Max Weber et Université Jean Monnet. Pavillon Paul-Gérin-Lajoie (N),N-8150, 1205, rue Saint-Denis.

Dans le cadre des conférences du CIRST, Florian Charvolin (Centre Max Weber et Université Jean Monnet) parlera du concept de

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

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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.

Connections and Communities in Health and Medicine Conference

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University of Saskatchewan
Theme: 
Material Culture and Scientific/Technological Practices
Date: 
Thu., Sep. 12, 2013, 8:00am - Sat., Sep. 14, 2013, 5:00pm
Saskatoon, Sept. 12-14, 2013: Manitoba-Northwest Ontario-Minnesota-Saskatchewan, Society for the Social History of Medicine Postgraduate, Early Career History of Medicine conference

Connections and Communities in Health and Medicine
Saskatoon, Sept. 12-14, 2013

Manitoba-Northwest Ontario-Minnesota-Saskatchewan (MOMS) & Society for the Social History of Medicine Postgraduate (SSHM) / Early Career History of Medicine (ECHM) Conference

The Saskatchewan node is pleased to support this event.

Please see the latest program draft in the Documents section below.

Expérience et expérimentalisme chez John Dewey

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Network Node: 
Université du Québec à Montréal
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Wed., Sep. 11, 2013, 12:30pm
Montreal, UQAM: Joëlle Zask, maître de conférences en philosophie, Université de Provence. Local N-8150, Pavillon Paul-Gérin-Lajoie

Dans le cadre des conférences du CIRST, Joëlle Zask (Université de Provence) traitera de John Dewey.

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)