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Geographies of Power and Responsibility
Thursday 13 September 2007, University College London
Department of Anatomy, Gower Street, London, http://www.anat.ucl.ac.uk/utilities/maps/index.shtml

The fifth and final seminar in this ESRC series on ‘Locating Technoscience’ addresses the political and policy dimensions to the project of creating a ‘geography of scientific knowledge’. In this seminar we explore work from a range of spaces at the boundaries between science and politics, scientific and artistic practice, and academia and public policy. In concluding, we explore how spatial accounts of knowledge and power can contribute to the better governance of science, and consider the implications of ‘locating technoscience’ for all institutions involved in the production of knowledge.

Programme

10.30am	Registration with tea and coffee. Anatomy Gavin de Beer Lecture Theatre, Gower Street
10.45am	Opening comments Gail Davies (UCL) and colleagues Anatomy JZ Young Lecture Theatre, Gower Street
11.00am	Session 1: Science, Publics and Political Spaces Hugh Gusterson (George Mason University) Dangerous Spaces: The Geographical Imagination of Nuclear Weapons Designers? Ian Welsh (Cardiff) The Map is Not the Territory: Technosciences and spaces of power Discussant: Noortje Marres (Goldsmiths)
12.40pm	Lunch
1.40pm	Session 2:The Science and Art of Geopolitics Nicola Triscott (The Arts Catalyst) Low Earth Orbit: A space of contestation and cooperation Kathryn Yusoff (University of Exeter) Geopolitics of Cold Discussant: Alan Ingram (UCL)
3.20pm	Tea/Coffee Break
3.50pm	Session 3: Policy, Critique and Spaces of Responsibility Mara Miele (Cardiff) and Emma Roe (Southampton) The Making of Farm Animal Welfare Technoscience: some reflections on Latourian parliamentary constituencies at work. Jon Agar (UCL) Technology, Science and Scale Discussant: Jamie Lorimer (Oxford)
5.30pm	Closing comments, followed by wine reception