CSSInterdisciplinarySTS

How to do STS? The interdisciplinary challenges of doing early STS research. Online Workshop: NEW DATES 7-8th April 2022

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Congratulations to our committee member @hannahstoddart1 on handing in her thesis 🎉🎉🎉

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How might we think critically about collaboration and explore different networks where we can foster, nurture and build?

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In the final remarks @joe_dev talks to the concerns of career futures and STS futures. The importance of forming connections among PGRs and ECRs - a hope and aim of our workshop!

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The @STSLancaster's @joe_dev is wrapping up our two day workshop with final remarks! Hope everyone is feeling inspired after four sessions of discussions ⭐️

[OM @Ola_Michalec]

✊✊✊ Some great reflections on interdisciplinary research from the panel.
I wonder now:
* How do you find a sense of belonging?
* How do you apply for jobs in disciplinary departments?
* How do you create, shift and maintain professional identity?

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@cian says to do STS we need to disrespect those disciplinary boundaries! 👏

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Question to the panel "What is the biggest challenge of producing interdisciplinary STS research?" - @LindenLisa notes that it is possible and rewarding to do interdisciplinary research but hard to feel a sense of belonging because of discipline settings.

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@annadowrick frames it as an 'identity crisis' and how you need to actively position yourself. Both responses capture the aim of the workshop to foster a sense of belonging. 🤗

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@annadowrick talks about how critical race theory and queer theory facilitates #interdisciplinarySTS as you learn to speak across disciplines.

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@LindenLisa says how the encounter with feminist STS has been fundamental to her work #interdisciplinarySTS

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@cian talks how being 'part of the collage' is bringing STS into the world (regardless of funders)!

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Question to the panel "How can we visualise and present STS (and cross discipline) concepts and ideas to the public or to audiences?" @annadowrick says how art-based methods foreground ways to communicate STS concepts and ideas - such as collage! #interdisciplinarySTS

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@cian reflecting on this struggle says "it is ok to break promises."

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Starting the panel with the question "How can STS methodologies be adapted to include more remote methods?" - @LindenLisa speaks to John Law's notion of STS methods as inclusive and this is possible remotely.

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@annadowrick talks of how the pandemic caused a methodological 'flap' and the struggle to legitimatise remote methods - perhaps in the eyes of funders.

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Excited to have you here @cian!

[Cian O'Donovan @cian]

excited to be here

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Nearly ready to begin again🥳

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The workshop resumes today at 13:30 (GMT).

We are very excited to be joined by Dr. Anna Dowrick (@annadowrick), Prof. Lisa Linden (@LindenLisa) and Dr. Cian O'Donovan (@cian) for the panel and our across disciplines and collab/ publishing workshops.

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Excellent and thought-provoking recap from the workshop yesterday.

We will continue building on these disussions/ and debates around doing interdisciplinary STS further in the workshop today.

Thank you so much @Ola_Michalec

[OM @Ola_Michalec]

Some group reflections from the 1st day of the workshop at @CssSts - a smol thread. #interdisciplinarySTS

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Our next session is on Public Engagement. In this session we are going to discuss ways of communicating interdisciplinary STS research to a mixture of audiences (e.g., NGO's, charities, public services, academic audiences)

Brilliant discussions from everyone today so far!