– social studies of science and technology of and studies science – social Design October 17-20, 2012 Copenhagen Business School Denmark and displace ment Design and displacement – social studies of science and technology 4S/EASST Joint Conference 2012 Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) Design and displacement – social studies of science and technology Design and displacement Design and displacement WIFI and App Table of Contents Table of Contents From the 4S President 4 WI-FI LOGIN (Case Sensitive): From the EASST President 6 Username: [email protected] Welcome by the Local Organizing Committee 8 Password: Pa$$word-1 Conference Theme 10 Welcome by Copenhagen Business School 12 4S Governance 14 EASST Governance 16 General Information 18 CONFERENCE APP: Receptions and Banquet 22 Find your way through the conference Book Exhibit 26 with the help of the conference App pro- vided by CBS. The App lets you study the Conference Program Overview 27 program, speakers, events etc. and you Wednesday Program, 17 October 31 can sign up to receive alerts, so you get notified in case of program changes. Scientific Program, Thursday, 18 October 55 To get the App: go to your App store and Scientific Program, Friday, 19 October 127 search for “CBS Conference”. The App is Scientific Program, Saturday, 20 October 183 free of charge but be aware of possible roaming costs. Session Guidelines for Presenters, Discussants, and Chairs 260 Author Index 266 Acknowledgement of Support 291 Ads 292 Save the Dates 300 2 3 Welcome Welcome From the 4S President From the 4S President Welcome from the 4S President sessions will involve meeting up in bars, coffee shops and in all the many in-between spaces. I hope to be inhabiting some he first meeting of 4S was held in a lecture room at Cor- of those informal spaces myself so please catch me there T nell University in 1976. Let me repeat that: everything and say hello. I wish you all a great conference and hope you took place in that one lecture room! come away inspired and recharged from your time in Copen- hagen – which remains my favorite city! Welcome to our joint 4S-EASST meeting in Copenhagen where you will find many, many lecture rooms and many, Trevor Pinch, 4S President many people! Despite this being the largest 4S-EASST meet- ing ever, our local organizers have worked hard to keep it as part of Danish-style design– which means informal, friendly and as bicycle rich as possible. And totally cool! For the first time that I can recall for a long time we have actually had to enforce registration deadlines to try and keep numbers of participants manageable. This means unfortu- nately that some potential paper givers are disappointed and some cannot even attend the meeting at all. One major organizational change we have made together with EASST this year is to have the prize-winning presenta- tions and acceptances as the main event of the Presidential Plenary. This should make the prize event more dignified and meaningful and hopefully that will make the banquet more informal and give more of a chance to eat, drink and mingle. The informal side of a conference is of course as important, or perhaps more important, than the formal so many sub- 4 5 Welcome Welcome From the EASST President From the EASST President Welcome to the 8th joint conference We are indebted to the local team who have shouldered the between EASST and 4S task of making this such a success. Copenhagen offers us a great location for a stimulating and productive time to- hese events have been held every 4 years over 3 decades. gether. TParticipation has increased from less than 200 at Ghent in 1984 to over 1600 at our present conference here in Co- Fred Steward, EASST President penhagen in 2012. We can celebrate the sustained growth over this period of a broad academic community in the field of science, technology & innovation studies. The successful growth of the field has occurred during a time in which the universities in which most of us work have become increasingly enmeshed in competitive performance frameworks which often discourage novel boundary span- ning activity. It is a tribute to the vigour of the field that we continue to show such remarkable growth. However it also highlights the importance of our own collaborative networks and organizations. EASST and 4S have a key role to play in articulating our values and aspirations. We are delighted that this conference sees the launch of the EASST journal Science and Technology Studies which will provide a new publication outlet to enrich our academic pro- file. Such initiatives can only thrive through the energies of a community of researchers and scholars who socially and intellectually interact at international meetings such as this. 6 7 Welcome Welcome From the Local Organizing Committee From the Local Organizing Committee Welcome by the Conference Organizing the pre-conference. Both have worked long and hard with a Committee great outcome. The same goes for Kirsten Suhr Jacobsen and Kristine Olsen in the conference secretariat. Susse Georg did e have been looking forward very much to seeing you all! very well on fundraising and our assistant Kristoffer Albris also WWhen we decided about two years ago to organize the deserves special thanks. Finally, the Danish Association of Sci- conference at CBS, it was the thought of inviting colleagues ence and Technology Studies (DASTS) has been an excellent from around the globe to our place that made us smile and resource and a continuing support for our work. agree to this task – even though we knew that we would re- gret it at some point. Those moments of slight regret, how- Finally, we would like to thank the CBS Sustainability Business- ever, have been few and very short. in-Society Platform as well as the Danish Society for Educa- tion and Business (formerly FUHU) and the Danish Research With approximately 1650 registered participants and 1352 pa- Council for the Humanities for funding which made the pre- pers in 320 sessions, this is the largest 4S/EASST conference conference possible. ever. We are extremely proud of our opening pre-conference on Maja Horst, Chair of the Conference Organizing Committee Copenhagenization. This is not simply a plenary with keynotes. It combines the academic format with a plethora of art instal- lations, cultural experiences, exhibitions and tours (see also Conference Organizing Committee: Maja Horst (Chair), pages 32-52 ). We are also proud of inventing the concept of Susse Georg, Alan Irwin, Ursula Plesner, Signe Vikkelsø ‘open panels’. With a total of 104 panels, this format has been a huge success. A vast majority of the presenters have chosen to Scientific Committee: Signe Vikkelsø (Chair), Stine Adrian, be part of the specific panel in which they appear. We consider Anders Blok, Attila Bruni, Peter Danholt, Christopher Gad, Finn this a very good foundation for meaningful exchanges. Hansson, Klaus Høyer, Casper Bruun Jensen, Ulrik Jørgensen, Satu Reijonen, Laura Watts, Brit Winthereik, Yutaka Yoshinaka Our ‘we’ includes a great number of people who deserve a lot of thanks for making this conference possible. The many organ- Pre-conference Committee: Ursula Plesner (Chair), Cecilie izers of open panels have done a great job and so have the many Glerup, Anne Katrine Braagaard Harders, Emil Krarup Hus- people in the scientific committee and the local organizing ted, Casper Thyregod Kappel Jensen, Henriette Langstrup, committee. Signe Vikkelsø has chaired the scientific commit- Arun Micheelsen, Anders Kristian Munk, Helene Ratner, Lea tee and Ursula Plesner has chaired the committee organizing Schick, Mette Vagner 8 9 Design and displacement Design and displacement Conference Theme Conference Theme Conference Theme change and conflict. It also highlights the importance of investi- gating design controversies. It locates design practices in broader esign’ has become a key concept across a multitude of political contexts, and focuses attention on how design facili- ‘D disciplinary domains and social spheres. In addition to its tates or hinders social inclusion, locally and globally. The theme traditional ‘aesthetic’ associations, it is now a key term in mul- ‘Design and Displacement’ invites careful analyses of the way tiple scientific domains and in diverse technological practices. design practices take part in shaping worlds. However, ‘Design One can even think of societies and social arrangements be- and Displacement’ also raises questions around STS as design ing ‘designed’. In science and technology, ‘design’ implies the work and practice-based interventions. In this sense design be- re-arrangement of materials and ideas for innovative purposes. comes simultaneously topic and outcome, a situation that raises When newly designed scientific and technical objects enter the new questions concerning the role of STS research. world, however, their initial purposes are often displaced. For decades, STS researchers have been following the practical Scientific Committee: and political dimensions of science and technology. By focusing Signe Vikkelsø (Chair) on concepts and practices of scientific and technological design Stine Adrian at their sites of construction and on their multiple displace- Anders Blok ments, the 2012 conference continues this tradition. By bring- Attila Bruni ing together ‘design’ and ‘displacement’ we want to highlight Peter Danholt how scientific and technological design engages with existing Christopher Gad socio-technical arrangements in both planned and unplanned Finn Hansson ways, facilitating both collaborations and contestations, and Klaus Høyer generating both order and disorder. Casper Bruun Jensen Ulrik Jørgensen The conference encourages analytic, critical, and practical en- Satu Reijonen gagement with design and displacement in several ways. First, it Laura Watts points to the need for investigating the relation between design Brit Winthereik intentions and their displacements, for example as catalysts for Yutaka Yoshinaka 10 11 Welcome Welcome From Copenhagen Business School From Copenhagen Business School Welcome to dents.