The Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) has committed to reducing the geographical and intellectual barriers that have divided and at times isolated global Science, Technology and Society (STS) Studies communities. To this end, the 2014 4S annual conference is scheduled to take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina in conjunction with the annual meeting of its Latin American counterpart ESOCITE.
In anticipation of this joint conference, 4S has dedicated resources from its New Initiatives fund to support a gathering of representatives from 4S and ESOCITE during a pre-meeting in Buenos Aires, June 17-19, 2011. In addition to discussing conference logistics, themes and protocols, as well as potential conference sites, this North-South gathering of STS scholars will also begin developing a bilingual edited Handbook of STS in Latin America. The publication of the handbook will be timed as best as possible with the opening of the 2014 joint conference.
A written report and video documentary outlining the progress made on these two objectives will be presented to the 4S Council during the annual meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, November 2011.
For a more details and a list of attendees from 4S and ESOCITE, please go to http://www.4sonline.org/pages/spn_wks/the_state_of_latin_american_sts_editors
While attendance at this particular pre-meeting was based upon invitation only, you are welcome to join the dialogue on the STS in Latin America by sending a blank email message to [email protected] or visiting http://groups.google.com/group/4sla.
If you are interested in participating in future events of this cross regional STS project, attend one of our multiple Latin American-themed paper sessions at the next 4S annual meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, November 2014. We will be discussing the progress made in Buenos Aires (during our pre-meeting this June 2011) and what the next steps should be. We welcome your contributions during our pre and post session discussions, during coffee breaks or at our annual 4S Latin America section dinner, the Thursday evening of the conference.
If you feel this project and/or 4S section may have relevance for another scholarly community, you are welcome to re-post.
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