Preliminary 4S Conference Schedule

Friday October 20 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

18. President's Plenary Session, "Theoretical Foundations and Achievements in Science Studies,"

Sal Restivo, RPI

"The Rejection of Transcendence, Immanence, and Psychologism"

Leigh Star, University of Illinois

"Containing Multitudes: Communities, Strangers, and Material Culture in Cyberspace"

Randall Collins, University of California-Riverside

"The Sociology of Intellectual Creativity"

Karin Knorr-Cetina, University of Bielefeld

"Theoretical Constructivism"

Friday 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

19. Mike Gorman, "Author's Response to Critics,"

Author - Paul R. Gross, University of Virginia and Norman Levitt, Rutgers University

"Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science"

Donna Haraway, University of California, Santa Cruz, Respondent,

"How Higher Superstition (Mis)represents Feminist Science Studies"

Chris Furlow, University of FLorida - Respondent,

"Beyond Superstition: Scientists and Savages,"

Peter Slezak, University of New South Wales - Respondent,

"Contructivism and the Responsibility of Individuals,"

Steve Fuller, University of Durham, Chair

20. Stuart Shapiro, "Contextualizing the New Information and Communication Technologies,"

Charles Jacobson, Independent Scholar

"New Technologies, Old Outcomes: An Historical Perspective on the Shaping of Communication and Media Technologies,"

Stuart Shapiro, The Open University,

"Going to Extremes: The Congelation of Social Relations in the New Information and Communication Technologies,"

Heinrich Schwarz, MIT,

"Personal Home Pages on the World Wide Web,"

Richard Sclove, Loka Institute, Chair

John Unsworth, Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities - Discussant

21. Gary Rhoades, "Academic Science and Technology Policy and Restructuring Universities,"

Teresa Campbell,

"Conflict Over Corporate Science in Academic Departments,"

Kimberley Lund,

"Positioning the Fine Arts in a High Tech World,"

Tom Saunders,

"Engineering Research Centers and the Reengineered University,"

Sven Hemlin, Goteberg University,

"Peer Review Protocols of Research Applications in Psychology: The applicants' background and the Decisions,"

Gary Rhoades, University of Arizona, Chair and Discussant

22. Gili Drori, "A Global Perspective on Science and Technology,"

Ann Hironaka,

"The Global Context of Military Technology,"

Evan Schofer,

"International Science Organizations 1850-1890,"

Jon Guice, University of California, San Diego,

"Fabricating Advantage,"

Gili Drori, Stanford University, Chair,

"International Science Visions and National Science Organizations,"

Thomas Scott, Discussant

23. Program Chair's Choice III

Ann Saetnan, University of Trondheim, Chair,

"Curtain Calls: A Theatrical Review of Dis-closure Processes as Performed at a Recent Consensus Conference,"

Madeline Akrich, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines, and Bernike Pasveer,

"Technology and Birth Configurations in France and Nederlands,"

Friday 4:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.

24. Chris Furlow, "Beyond Higher Superstition: A Roundtable Discussion on STS and the Future,"

Olga Amsterdamska

Henry Bauer

Susan Cozzens, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,

Sarah Franklin, Chair

Steve Fuller

Joan Leach, University of Pittsburgh,

Sharon Traweek

Carl Trindle, University of Virginia

25. Jane Summerton,"Coping with Instability in Sociotechnical Systems,"

Oskar Juhlin,

"Technical Testing - Mapping and Bounding a Sociotechnical System,"

Ger Wackers,

"On the Edge of Chaos: Beating the Odds in Offshore Industry,"

Johan Sanne,

"Everyday Construction of a Sociotechnical System: The Case of Air Traffic Control,"

Jane Summerton, Linkoping University,

"Repositioning for Power: Actor Strategies in Electricity System Change,

Tarja Cronberg ,Chair,

26. "Nuclear Power and its Consequences,"

W.F. Lawless, Paine College, and Teresa Castelao, Grand Valley St. College,

"The Metaphysics of the Practices of Science. The Case of Military Nuclear Waste Management,"

William J. Kinsella, Rutgers University,

"Fusion Power and Political Power: Actors, Networks, and Heterogeneous Engineering in a Nuclear Fusion Research Program,"

Annemarie Harrod, Belmont University,

"The Conduct of Science and the Contexts of Knowledge: The Case of Hearings by the President's Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments,"

Raphael Sassower, University of Colorado,

"Postmodern Technoscience: Accounting for Auschwitz and Hiroshima,"

Albert B. Reynolds, Chair and Discussant

Friday 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.

Business Meeting

Friday 7:00 p.m.

Banquet

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