[Air-L] Reminder to apply! Call for Applications for the 2022 AusSTS workshop

[Thao Phan]

Call for Applications
AusSTS2022: “Generation” <https://aussts.wordpress.com/aussts2022/>
Date: Thurs 28th and Fri 29 July, 2022

*Deadline for applications: 30th May, 2022*

As STS practitioners, we grapple with the understanding that generating
knowledge and ideas are always practices in becoming, unfinished, and
multiple, never isolated. We are asked to think about the socio-technical,
material-discursive, and political relations that generate some worlds and
ideas, and exclude others. These multiple configurations speak of the
inevitability of interdependence, relationality, permeability, and
boundaries.

To think about generation in multiple senses means to think through the
humble awareness of our indebtedness to other bodies, knowledges,
histories, ecologies—as a part of a community in constant formation. This
awareness can reflect in the ethics of our own praxis. It can inspire us to
bring into conversation different generations and sensitivities of STS. It
can also speak of the knowledges and material practices that shape memories
of past generations, and expectations and promises about future ones. It
can mean asking what relations get remembered, what relations are
maintained, and who is harmed or excluded in the process.

AusSTS is committed to bringing together STS scholars from across
Australasia by offering a space where these conversations and reflections
can happen freely and generously. Similarly to last year’s
workshop, AusSTS 2022 will be a multi-sited event hosted across four
locations: Sydney, Melbourne, Darwin, and Wellington. The event will
include shared online keynotes, short presentations, as well as local
activities and get-togethers.

We invite proposals for short presentations from early career and
PhD/Masters researchers that respond broadly to the theme of ‘generation’.
This includes, but is not limited to:

   - *Generation as era*: from historical epochs (18th century, 19th
   century, 20th century) to population clusters (boomers, millennials, gen
   z), to cultural movements (beat generation, MTV generation, digital
   natives, TikTok teens)
   - *Generation as reproduction*: intergenerational trauma, the passing on
   of genes, the mutation of viruses, interventions into the reproduction of
   humans, animals, crops, and other biological matter
   - *Generation as innovation*: AI, machine learning, and other
   computational processes that self-generate images, categories, or actions
   (e.g. generative adversarial networks (GANs)), the Anthropocene and new
   technologies for energy generation
   - *Generation as creativity:* pedagogy and the creation of generative
   spaces, generative frameworks, theories and methods for research, practices
   and techniques for generating art, language, and social relations
   - *Generation as hope:* regeneration, the next generation, techniques of
   conservation/preservation in the face of extinction/disaster/destruction


*Confirmed keynote speakers*:

*Anne Pollock* (King’s College London)

Intergenerational Plenary: *Hana Burgess* (UoA), *Mythily Meher* (UoA), *Billy
van Uitregt* (VUW)
*Structure, cost and accessibility*:

The workshop is a multi-sited, face-to-face event that will take place
across four locations. Registration costs will vary depending on the events
planned at each location:

   - Melbourne
   - Sydney
   - Darwin
   - Wellington

We ask participants to apply to attend one of these face-to-face locations.
All sites will take part in shared online keynote presentations. Each site
will then host their own set of activities ranging from short
presentations, workshops, and field trips.

We endeavour to make all face-to-face venues accessible for our
participants. Please do not hesitate to get in contact if you have any
questions regarding accessibility requirements or have specific venue
accessibility requests. All keynote events will be free and live-streamed
for those who are unable to attend the workshop in-person.

Details about cost will be shared in the coming months. AusSTS is committed
to making these events affordable for all our participants, especially our
HDRs and ECRs.
*Submission guidelines:*

This workshop departs from the traditional symposia format of long papers
and short discussion. Participants can expect to present a short paper
consisting of a question, problem, or provocation and take part in panel
discussions and cross-disciplinary dialogues.

We invite postgraduate and early career researchers (ECRs) from all
disciplines and areas of expertise to apply, including life, environmental
and materials science, social sciences and humanities, artists, social
activists, and other practitioners.

To apply, you will need to submit a proposal for *a 5-minute presentation* at
the workshop on any topic that relates to the theme of ‘generation.’
Proposals must include a title, 250 word abstract, 5 keywords, and a short
presenter bio. To submit a proposal complete the online application form
*here* <https://forms.gle/SuHHb9uK6WLLBA8LA>.

For more information visit: https://aussts.wordpress.com/aussts2022/
<https://aussts.wordpress.com/aussts2022/>