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EASLCE

@easlce.bsky.social

1 month ago

Call for Contributions: Histories of Weather & Weathering Call for Contributions: A Sourcebook for Histories of Weather and Weathering (working title) Editors: Rebekah Higgitt, Tamara Caulkins and Lotta Leiwo We invite contributions to this planned open a…

#CFP: 'Call for Contributions: Histories of Weather & Weathering'

Deadline for abstract: 4 September 2026

Link: teleskopos.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/c...

#envhist #envhum #ecocriticism #ecopoetics #ecolit #histsci #hstm #sts #sciencestudies

Smell Studies Group

@smellstudiesgroup.bsky.social

2 months ago

AAC (CFP) « Savoirs olfactifs : Connaître par l'odorat du XVIIIe siècle à nos jours » / "Olfactory knowledge: Learning through smell from the 18th century to the present day" (22-23/10/2026) - Chaire Santé SHS Appel à communication pour le colloque « Savoirs olfactifs : Connaître par l'odorat du XVIIIe siècle à nos jours ».« Dis-moi ce que tu sens, je te dirai ce que je sais ». Organisé du 22 au 23 octobre 2026 à la Maison française d'Oxford (Royaume-Uni), le colloque « Savoirs olfactifs : Connaître par l'odorat du XVIIIe siècle à nos jours » propose d'interroger la place de l'odorat dans la constitution des savoirs au cours de l'époque contemporaine en s'intéressant à ses rapports avec les usages et les pratiques.Les savoirs olfactifs font partie partie intégrante de nombreuses pratiques qu'elles soient savantes, médicales, artisanales ou encore domestiques. Le recours aux expertises organoleptiques et aux appréciations olfactives est déterminant dans la caractérisation des matériaux, des espèces végétales et fongiques ou encore à l’élaboration d’un diagnostic médical. Dans le domaine des artisanats, l’olfaction constitue le plus souvent un savoir tacite, mais les documents tels que les traités techniques rappellent que l’odeur a aussi bien souvent été convoquée pour signaler une matière frelatée ou l’état d’avancée d’un processus de transformation chimique. Malgré ces usages, l'odorat reste considéré comme un sens inférieur aux autres dans l'économie générale des savoirs : il ne permettrait d'accéder qu'à une connaissance approximative. L'expertise olfactive devrait être complétée par l'instrumentation pour accéder à la connaissance. Cette conception reste profondément ancrée jusque dans la langue où le flair demeure une métaphore privilégiée pour désigner une connaissance intuitive.En questionnant ce lieu commun, ce colloque interdisciplinaire ambitionne de reconsidérer la place ambivalente accordée à l'odorat dans la constitution des savoirs. Les nombreuses pistes de recherche empruntées - la respiration, la physiologie, l'olfactométrie, les méthodes d'enseignement ou les enjeux de genre, - doivent permettre de stimuler une riche réflexion collective. La mobilisation de différentes disciplines - depuis les arts, les sciences humaines et sociales jusqu'à la médecine, la chimie, les neurosciences ou encore l'architecture - doit quant à elle permettre de multiplier les angles d'approches en plus d'élargir le champ des objets étudiés, depuis les textes (traités, ouvrages...), les images (illustrations, photographies) jusqu'aux objets (olfactomètres, etc...).Le comité d'organisation attend les contributions de jeunes chercheurs et chercheuses comme celles des spécialistes confirmés dans leur domaine. Les propositions de communication en français ou en anglais, d’environ 3 000 signes, accompagnées d’une courte bio-bibliographie, sont à adresser à Rémi Digonnet (remi.digonnet@univ-st-etienne.fr) et Érika Wicky (erika.wicky@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr) avant le 15 avril 2026. Ce colloque international est organisé par la Chaire de Professeure junior « Olfactions » (Université Grenoble-Alpes / LARHRA). Il sera accueilli par la Maison française d’Oxford (CNRS). Il bénéficie du soutien du Centre Alexandre Koyré (CNRS/EHESS/MNHN, Paris), du laboratoire ECLLA (Université Jean-Monnet de Saint-Etienne), de la Chaire Santé-SHS de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne et de l’Institut universitaire de France.(Informations-clés au bas de l'actualité) Call for papers :  "Olfactory knowledge: Learning through smell from the 18th century to the present day" (English)Held on October 22-23, 2026, at the Maison française d'Oxford (United Kingdom), the international conference "Olfactory Knowledge: Learning through smell from the 18th Century to the present day" will examine the role of smell in the constitution of knowledge in the contemporary era, focusing on its relationship with customs and practices.Olfactory knowledge is an integral part of many scholarly, medical, artisanal, and domestic practices. The use of organoleptic expertise and olfactory assessments is crucial in the characterization of materials, the classification of plant and fungal species and even in the development of medical diagnoses. In the field of crafts, olfaction is most often tacit knowledge, but documents such as technical treatises remind us that smell has also often been used to indicate adulterated materials or advanced chemical transformation processes. Despite these uses, smell is still considered inferior to the other senses in the general economy of knowledge: it is thought to provide only approximate knowledge. Olfactory expertise must be supplemented by instruments in order to access knowledge. This conception remains deeply rooted even in language, where flair remains a favored metaphor for intuitive knowledge.By questioning this commonplace, this interdisciplinary conference aims to reconsider the ambivalent place accorded to smell in the constitution of knowledge. The numerous avenues of research explored (breathing, physiology, olfactometry, teaching methods, and gender issues...) should stimulate rich collective reflection. The involvement of different disciplines, from the arts, humanities, and social sciences to medicine, chemistry, neuroscience, and architecture, should make it possible to multiply the angles of approach and broaden the field of objects studied, from texts (treatises, books, etc.) images (illustrations, photographs) to objects (olfactometers, etc.).The organizing committee welcomes contributions from young researchers as well as established specialists in their field. Proposals for papers in French or English, approximately 3,000 characters in length, accompanied by a short bio-bibliography, should be sent to Rémi Digonnet (remi.digonnet@univ-st-etienne.fr) and Érika Wicky (erika.wicky@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr) before April 15, 2026.This international symposium is organized by the Junior Professorship Chair “Olfactions” (University of Grenoble-Alpes / LARHRA). It will be hosted by the Maison française d’Oxford (CNRS). It is supported by the Alexandre Koyré Center (CNRS/EHESS/MNHN, Paris), the ECLLA research laboratory (Jean Monnet University of Saint-Etienne), the Health-SHS Chair of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, and the Institut Universitaire de France. Contributors’s travel and accommodation expenses will be covered.- Informations-clés / Key information :Organisateur·trices / Organizers : Rémi Digonnet, Université Jean Monnet de Saint-Étienne / ECLLAJudith Rainhorn, Paris 1 / CHSMarie Thébaud-Sorger, CNRS / CAKÉrika Wicky, Université Grenoble-Alpes / LARHRALieu / Location : Maison française d’Oxford (Royaume-Uni / United Kingdom)Date :  22/10/2026 - 23/10/2026

#CFP #conference: "Olfactory Knowledge: Learning through smell from the 18th Century to the present day" (Oxford, 22-3/08/26)

Deadline: 15/04/26

Info: champ.ly/he8yqe3p

#smellstudies #olfactorystudies #sensorystudies #sensoryhistory #hstm #histsci #sciencestudies

Sociology Lens (formerly Journal of Historical Sociology)

@sociologylens.bsky.social

2 months ago

2. Still a Man in a Lab Coat? A Scoping Review on the Stereotypical Scientist — Omar Mazzucchelli & Cristina Rossi-Lamastra

Link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#GenderStudies #ScienceStudies

Erwin Ott

@erwin-ott.web.app

2 months ago

5/10 Ritter’s “night side” of science - UV rays, invisible forces - echoes today’s ecological "unseen": CO₂, microplastics, radioactive decay. Knowledge as participation, not representation. #InvisibleNature #ScienceStudies

Duke University Press

@dukepress.bsky.social

6 months ago

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Duke University Press

@dukepress.bsky.social

6 months ago

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Whether you're in Seattle with us at #4S2025 or participating online, save 30% on all books and journal issues through October 16! Use code 4S25 at checkout on our website or that of our UK partner, MNG. #ScienceStudies #TechnologyStudies buff.ly/5uHoaLm

Duke University Press

@dukepress.bsky.social

6 months ago

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Erwin Ott

@erwin-ott.web.app

7 months ago

6/10: The paper advocates for epistemic humility, recognizing the limits of scientific models while leveraging their heuristic power. This approach views physics as a practice engaging with the non-representable. #ScienceStudies #EpistemicHumility

Erwin Ott

@erwin-ott.web.app

7 months ago

Macht und Diskurs der Wissenschaft Eine poststrukturalistische Analyse wissenschaftlicher Paradigmen

1/10: The paper employs a poststructuralist lens to interrogate scientific knowledge production. Drawing on Foucault, it challenges the neutrality of science, revealing its embeddedness in power structures. #ScienceStudies #Poststructuralism das.ubernerden.com/ott-physik-d...

Science Studies Laboratory

@sciencestudieslab.bsky.social

7 months ago

🔗 Find more about the project here (in Polish): euroreg.uw.edu.pl/pl/kbnmniswn...

#PracticeBasedResearch #Transdisciplinarity #SocietalChange #ScienceStudies #ProjektyNCN

UW-Madison Medical History & Bioethics

@mhbuwmad.bsky.social

9 months ago

Dr. Nicole Nelson joined @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to discuss Model Behavior, exploring how scientists use mice to study complex human behaviors. A deep dive into uncertainty, genetics, and lab life. Listen now: bit.ly/4kwuUx3 #ScienceStudies #BehaviorGenetics #UWMadison

Judson Russell Garner

@judsongarner.bsky.social

10 months ago

I'm working on my Judson Garner - Photojournalist & Multimedia Journalist FB page. Please follow for updates, and semi-professional notes.#mmj #Photojournalist #journal
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Rafe Neis (((they/them)))

@postrafelite.bsky.social

11 months ago

Sarah Pierce Taylor generously reads my book on animality, transness, and Talmud for its contributions to critical theory

#trans #academicSky #AncientSky #religiousstudies #animalstudies #queertheory #disability #sciencestudies

Centre Alexandre-Koyré

@cak.ehess.fr

11 months ago

In search of the microbial path to Terroir: a place-based history of the ecologization of French cheese microbiology, 1990–2000s - History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences At the crossroads between food studies and science and technology studies, this paper analyzes the role of laboratories located within traditional cheese territories in the ecologization of cheese mic...

🧀📑 Nouvelle publication d’Élise Demeulenaere :
In search of the microbial path to Terroir: a place-based history of the ecologization of French cheese microbiology, 1990–2000s

👉 shorturl.at/ITEcg

#terroir #SHS #SHS #sciencestudies @recherche.mnhn.fr @ehess.fr @cnrs-paris.bsky.social #histsciences

Dr. Juliane Scholz

@jsacademia.bsky.social

11 months ago

Another live talk ☕ Coffee with a Scientist 🥼 on @sfb1665.bsky.social Instagram tomorrow, 25th March, at 3pm. I chat with Birgit Nemec from Charité Berlin about sex and gender in pharmaceutical history and the idea of a medical sex. #sexdiversity #sfb1665 #research #sciencestudies #gender #history

SFB 1665

@sfb1665.bsky.social

1 year ago

📌 Save the date: Die nächste Ausgabe von "Coffee with a Scientist" findet am 25. März 2025 ab 15 Uhr live auf Instagram statt.☕
🔗 Link zu Instagram: www.instagram.com/sfb1665/
#sfb1665 #sexdiversity #Wissenschaft #science #research #diversity #sciencestudies #hormones #gender #genderstudies

Frank X. Sowa

@frankxsowa-1.bsky.social

1 year ago

THIS 🧪💉🦠LATEST ON NIH FUNDING, Contract Payments, Grants/Research 🔬 READ and Repost #News #Science #Research #R&D #Labs #EO #GovernmentFunding #ScienceStudies #Biology #Environment #EPA #NationalParks #DEI #Women #LGBTQ #Title1 #SpecialNeeds #Healthcare #CDC #Emory #WHO #DOGE #GOP #Dems #Politics

RMZ HU

@hu-rmz.bsky.social

1 year ago

A fresh episode of "Science Works" to tide you over the holiday season: Georgia Samaras (TU Munich) talks about the "crucial yet ambivalent bridge between basic research and clinical application" in epigenetic research on mental health #sciencestudies #podcast

RMZ HU

@hu-rmz.bsky.social

1 year ago

In episode two of our podcast, Sven Arend Ulpts (@aarhusuni.bsky.social) talks about
the relationship between research guidelines and research practice informed by his ethnography of five cognitive science labs in Germany.

blogs.hu-berlin.de/scienceworks...
#podcast #sciencestudies

Meta Cramer

@metacramer.bsky.social

1 year ago

check out the new podcast "Science Works" by @hu-rmz.bsky.social in which guests at our Centre talk about their work in #sciencestudies.
In the first episode, Thomas Wahl (Mälardalens Universitet, Sweden) speaks about "Re-imagining humanness. Popular science narratives of AI futures".

RMZ HU

@hu-rmz.bsky.social

1 year ago

In the first episode of our #podcast "Science Works", Thomas Wahl (Mälardalens Universitet, Sweden), speaks about "Re-imagining humanness. Popular science narratives of AI futures". Enjoy listening!
#sciencestudies #podcast

RMZ HU

@hu-rmz.bsky.social

1 year ago

RMZ Science Works Podcast · Robert K. Merton Zentrum für Wissenschaftsforschung · Der Podcast des Robert K. Merton Zentrums für Wissenschaftsforschung

We have a podcast!
At RMZ, we regularly invite guests to speak about their work and are now releasing a podcast with recordings of our guests' talk on discussions, positions and developments in the field of #sciencestudies
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Sabina Leonelli

@sabinaleonelli.bsky.social

2 years ago

#philsky #stasky #history #philosophy #sciencestudies #anthropology #sociology #geography #datastudies #openscience #biology #biomedicine #environment #cognition

Rhine Ruhr Center for Science Communication Research (RRC)

@rrcwisskomm.bsky.social

2 years ago

📣 #REMINDER
Das @rrcwisskomm.bsky.social sucht:
➡️ wiss. Mitarbeiter:in für Konzeption, Erstellung und Betreuung des „Living Handbook of #ScienceCommunication & #ScienceStudies“
➡️ RRC-Standort: KWI Essen
➡️13 TV-L, 100%
➡️ Bewerbungsfrist: 21.12.23
➡️ Mehr: rhine-ruhr-research.de/stellenangeb...

Rhine Ruhr Center for Science Communication Research (RRC)

@rrcwisskomm.bsky.social

2 years ago

📣 #JobAlert - das @rrcwisskomm.bsky.social sucht:
➡️ wiss. Mitarbeiter:in für Konzeption, Erstellung und Betreuung des „Living Handbook of #ScienceCommunication & #ScienceStudies“
➡️ RRC-Standort: KWI Essen
➡️13 TV-L, 100%
➡️ Bewerbungsfrist: 21.12.23
➡️ Mehr: rhine-ruhr-research.de/stellenangeb...

Webis Group

@webis.de

4 years ago

Our goal with compiling this dataset is to learn more about the base rate of text reuse that can be expected to occur, which may inform future policy debates within and across scientific communities.

An interdisciplinary challenge for #datascience and #sciencestudies / #STS. 3/6