This open panel stream proposes up to three panels exploring themes in the Routledge Handbook of Art, Science, and Technology Studies and welcoming scholars, artists, curators, and others to contribute to the conversation. The first panel will investigate Boundaries and Borders in Art and Science; the second will explore Multidisciplinary
Histories in this multifaceted field which has many claims on the subject of history, and the third will consider Infrastructure and Institutions of Art and Science. Attendant questions relevant across
the panels include: what does it mean to bring art and science
together and what is produced? What can STS scholars learn from
observing art and science in relationship to one another? How are
curation and facilitation working in tension and in tandem with the
observation and participation of STS scholars in these areas?
STS researchers and practitioners who have worked with art to discuss the relationship between art and science and the relationship between this type of work and STS itself are sought as panelists. We welcome submissions that delve into the ways that the categories of art and science are constructed and how the boundaries and borders between
these two areas are maintained and breached through histories, institutions, and disciplinary norms and breaches. Panel subjects might include the formation of scientific and artistic communities inside of and outside of universities and disciplinary funding streams, collaborative work in art and science for policy influence, artists
and analysts reflecting on their work together, and STS scholars considering what their fields can learn from the arts.
Contact: hsr9@cornell.edu Keywords: Art, Science, and Technology Studies, the social construction of knowledge categories
