Sep 11 2023
In this post, Catriona Gray reports back from a workshop on data materialities and infrastructures at the University of Cambridge and reflects on the field of Critical Data Studies today.
Sep 4 2023
Backchannels Assistant Editor Richard Fadok ferrets out thematic convergences between STS and animal studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Animal Studies Summer Institute.
Aug 7 2023
Among the globally upscaling interests on how to regulate the digital space, so too did the UNESCO join the cohort and drafted its global guidelines for regulating digital platforms. Looking into concerns expressed by the Global South towards these guidelines, what do these guidelines tell us about a colonial reminiscence present in contemporary global enterprises?
Jun 19 2023
In this post, Priya Singh reports on a workshop organized in New Delhi (India) to propagate the philosophy of frugality and frugal innovations and to develop a roadmap for frugal studies with inputs from diverse academic disciplines such as science, technology and law.
Apr 24 2023
In this post, Eleanor S. Armstrong and Divya M. Persaud reflect on jointly organising the second Space Science in Context (SSiC) virtual conference, particularly how accessibility and community-building are equally important as research discussion and dissemination.
Feb 27 2023
In this bilingual report, Ayşe Ayda Gerçek and Ilgın İrem Gündüz provide a thematic overview of the debates and highlights of the most recent STS Turkey conference.
Feb 6 2023
Shashank Deora and Gaurav Kapse reflect on a Science, Technology and Democracy workshop in Delhi, highlighting some of the themes of discussions, key insights and broader questions emerging from the workshop for them.
Jan 23 2023
Sandra P González-Santos, Alex Liebman and Teresa Nuñez Fortul reflect on what went into and what came out of the 'In Memoriam' project at 4S 2022, an occasion to remember and celebrate our academic ancestors, those who have been fundamental to our STS community and to our personal stories as academics.
Nov 28 2022
In this report, the organizers summarize the major themes discussed during the Science, Technology & Medicine (STM) symposium at the Annual Conference on South Asia at Madison, Wisconsin, and reflect on the experience of joining an amazing cohort of nearly fifty discussants, half based in North America and half in South Asia.
Oct 31 2022
This set of letters from the Wellington node of Australasian STS convey the impressions, sensitivities, and provocations carried from the most recent set of events held separately but synchronously across four cities.