The conference started on Monday, November 27, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. and ended on Wednesday, November 29, 2023, at 5:30 p.m.
Public Keynote: Threshold Infrastructures: Pedagogies of Entangled Topographies
Monday, 27 November, 2023
17:30-19:00 Sitzungssaal (open to the public)
Pelin Tan, Batman University
Chair: Monika Halkort
Structural violence and inter-colonial memory are deeply integrated with the landscapes and topographies of local communities where fragments of layered geontologies operate. Continue reading
Public Keynote: Impossible ‘Choices’ — Activism in the Academy
Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
18:00-19:30 SE1 (open to the public)
Katta Spiel, TU Wien
Chair: Juliane Jarke
Sign Language Translator: Antonia Maier, Anja Pfneisel
The shaping of our socio-technical environment is predominantly the privilege of a comparatively homogeneous group of people, mainly white, mainly western, mainly within an age range of 20-40 years old, mainly cis-male; with not just amusing, annoying or irritating, but also deadly consequences for anyone else. Continue reading
Keynote: Doing Engaged Research on Data and Algorithms: politics, pitfalls, open questions
Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
09:30-10:30 Sitzungssaal
Stefania Milan, University of Amsterdam
Chair: Katja Mayer
We know by now that the advance of the datafied society alters and even erodes citizen agency. Studying grassroots practices of engagement with data and algorithms as well as communities at the margins calls for an approach to research in the sociotechnical that takes sides. Continue reading
The Politics of Open Infrastructures
Session 2a
Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
11:00-12:30 Sitzungssaal
In her 1999 STS ethnographic studies, Susan Leigh Star insightfully argued that infrastructures are not only relational and ecological but also material constructs made by humans, revealing their complexity only when they fail. Continue reading
Call for the STS Austria Early Career Award 2023
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To support the research and visibility of early career researchers in Science and Technology Studies, STS Austria will, for the second time, award a prize for the best publications by young
researchers in 2023. The award addresses published academic writings by early career
researchers demonstrating the relevance, productivity, and critical potential of Science and Technology Studies research. In particular, we are searching for publications that excel in one or several of the following categories: societal relevance, quality of writing, and theoretical or methodological innovativeness.
New STS Austria Board elected
At the general assembly on December 6, 2022, a new STS Austria board was elected featuring representatives of several Austrian institutions and three early-career researchers. Doris Allhutter was elected as president, and Erik Aarden will resume his position as treasurer. We thank our outgoing board members and president for their service and are looking forward to the new board’s activities in 2023-2024!
General Assembly/Business Meeting 2022 & Keynote Ulrike Felt
We warmly invite you to our upcoming business meeting!
Ausschreibung zur Förderung von Veranstaltungen/ Call for Event Funding Support
Um die Sichtbarkeit und den Austausch bzw. die Vernetzung von STS Forschung in Österreich voranzutreiben, hat STS Austria die Möglichkeit, 1-2 Veranstaltungen, die im Kalenderjahr 2023 durchgeführt werden sollen, finanziell zu unterstützen. Insgesamt stehen dafür 1500 EUR zur Verfügung. Wir laden daher STS Austria Mitglieder ein, Anträge zur Förderung von Veranstaltungen einzubringen. Antragsberechtigt sind alle Mitglieder von STS Austria, eventuelle Mitorganisator:innen müssen nicht Mitglied sein. Gefördert werden können unterschiedliche Arten von Veranstaltungen (z.B. Workshops, Konferenzen, Vorträge, Diskussionsrunden, Arbeitsgruppen), welche die Vereinsziele von STS Austria unterstützen.
Workshop Invitation “STS: Skills, Career Trajectories and Stories” #2
We warmly invite you to a second installment of STS Austria’s workshop “STS: Skills, Career Trajectories and Stories” on career orientation and different professional paths for STS graduates. The workshop will take place ONLINE on Wednesday, Nov 24th, 2021, 14:00 – 17:00, via Zoom.