Collaborative generation of environmental knowledge and
inquiry, April 2007
How do we make sense of the growing
attention to the collaborative generation of environmental knowledge
and inquiry? All research is collaborative-even solitary scientists
have to secure audiences if their findings are to become established
as knowledge-so why emphasize collaboration in environmental
research? The reasons put forward are diverse, so how are the
various different angles on collaboration related in theory and
practice? In what ways can scientists, science educators, and scholars
in history, philosophy, and social studies of science conceptualize,
interpret, teach about, and engage in the collaborative generation of
environmental knowledge and inquiry? What can we learn reflexively
from our own experience in an interaction-intensive workshop around
these questions?
Applications are sought from teachers and
researchers (including graduate students) who are interested in
promoting the social contextualization of science through
interdisciplinary education and outreach activities beyond their
current disciplinary and academic boundaries.
Location: Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Woods Hole MA,
USA
Dates 9am April 19 - 2pm April 22, 2007
Organizer: Peter J. Taylor, University of Massachusetts Boston,
Program in Science, Technology and Values
Financial Support
Funding from NSF for the workshop includes a
$200 stipend/subsidy for travel and accommodation for each
participant contingent on receipt of new curriculum or outreach
activities within six months of workshop's
completion.
In addition, some additional subsidy is
available for the remainder of travel and accommodation, with priority
given to graduate students and independent scholars (including
a graduate student
"apprentice")
Application target date: December 31
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