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Do not miss our Workshop ‘Science, Technology and Society’ at the upcoming Sociology Days!

Time has arrived for Sosiologipäivät 2018, the annual conference of The Westermarck Society. This year, the conference is organized at the University of Eastern Finland, in the Joensuu campus, on the 15th and the 16th of March. As last year, members of the STS Helsinki network organize a workshop that has as an objective to bring together researchers across Finland who have an interest in science and technology, as well as from other countries. This year we have a very exciting list of presentations, so consider coming even if you do not have one. As last year, we are hoping for very exciting conversations to take place.

Timetable:

Thursday 15.3; 15.45-18.15; room Natura N101

  1. Jose Cañada: More-than-human intersectionality: understanding categorization, indentification and boundary-making during pandemic processes
  2. Salla Sariola & Elina Oinas: Living-with microbes in the era of antimicrobial resistance
  3. Venla Oikkonen: Pandemic vaccination, vaccine harm and the politics of futurity
  4. Mikko Hyyryläinen: Kulttuurin ja kognition sosiologia – mielen sosiologiaa vai kognitiivista sosiologiaa?
  5. Johanna Hokka: Sociology, Science Policy Ideals on ’Excellence’ and the symbolic struggles over legitimate science – Finnish and Swedish Sociology as a case in point

Friday 16.3; 9.00-11.30; room Natura N104

  1. Vera Raivola: Making sense of a blood bank biobank
  2. Annerose Böhrer: Metaphors in organ transplantation and the role of donor cards
  3. Mikko Jauho: Structuring the Cardiovascular Health Arena – the Double Risk Object of Dietary Fat and Cholesterol
  4. Riikka Homanen: Hetero- ja parinormitonta sukulaisuutta tekemässä? Itselliset naiset ja naisparit yksityisissä hedelmöityshoidoissa
  5. Karolina Snell & Heta Tarkkala: Goldmining Nordic population(s) – data, health and policy

The workshop has been organized and will be chaired by Heta Tarkkala, University of Eastern Finland/University of Helsinki (heta.tarkkala@uef.fi), Karoliina Snell, University of Helsinki (karoliina.snell@helsinki.fi), and Vera Raivola University of Eastern Finland (vera.raivola@student.uef.fi). Please get in touch with them if you have any questions about the session.