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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Dear Keith and colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thank you very much for this very welcome initiative, and once again to convey my profound regrets at having been unable to join the meeting in Johannesburg
last week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">From my perspective, I would like to suggest some ways forwards, but in doing so I am mindful that I have missed some of your discussion and may be going over
ground that you have already considered:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">that
<i>in the first instance we work towards building a network</i>, before asking people to consider putting funds in – that can come later, once we have moved toward a founding agreement, or perhaps even a constitution. My particular concern is to ensure participation
from smaller entities, from rural universities, and from emerging units that may be struggling to fund new work. The value of an established wide network outweighs the value of the few thousand rand that an entry fee would generate.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">That we
<i>work towards a second meeting – perhaps at the Stellenbosch meeting in September – where we can discuss how to establish a regional (southern African) network (or subcommittee)</i> that would be part of the Africa-wide network and which would serve our
collective goal of establishing a new field of study, specifically looking to the question o how to leverage regional funding resources
<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">In my view it is very important to be able
<i>to build a network that benefits research projects on a wide range of campuses in the region</i>, and would be very cautious about centralising the initiative too fast. That kind of interest – in creating a strong, dispersed network – could work towards
sharing visiting scholars, for example, and doing the ground-work for establishing funding opportunities for research in this field. To me this is a way of working that would support the development of new student research, which is where a great deal of the
energy for this work would happen, and it could also support colleagues to develop new graduate courses in this field.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I want to add that in June last year, I and a number of colleagues from five campuses and several faculties approached the NRF to support the development of
science studies in South Africa, but the application for support for a meeting and some visitors was rejected by the NRF on the grounds that “funding for interdisciplinary research was already available”. The reviewers had clearly failed to grasp – or perhaps
I had failed to adequately convey – the importance of supporting science – technology- society studies in the region. Either way I think there needs to be a formal approach made to the NRF regarding this field, with a view (at least) to ensuring that applications
get sent to reviewers familiar with (broadly) STS in the south. I’ll be happy to share the document and the reviews of it to those interested, with a view to restrategising a collective approach to regional sources of research and bursary funding.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Again, thank you to all involved for this initiative; am looking forward to working with you all, and to seeing what we can accomplish jointly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Sincerely<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Lesley Green.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#948A54">Associate Professor: Anthropology<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#948A54">School of African and Gender Studies, Anthropology and Linguistics<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#948A54">&<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#948A54">PI: Environmental Humanities Initiative, Faculty of Humanities<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#948A54">University of Cape Town, South Africa<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#948A54"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#948A54">http://uct.academia.edu/lesleygreen<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> sts-africa-bounces@lists.uni-halle.de [mailto:sts-africa-bounces@lists.uni-halle.de]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Keith Breckenridge<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 17 February 2014 08:03 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> David Walwyn; sts-africa@lists.uni-halle.de<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [STS-Africa] STS Africa Affiliation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Hello David (and the list) <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I think that we should keep open the prospect that affiliation will require some funding -- at least for the South African and northern institutions. How much that should be I'm not sure -- the CHCI consortium
fee is about $500. For now letters of affiliation would be useful.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">K<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 8:32 PM, David Walwyn <<a href="mailto:David.Walwyn@up.ac.za" target="_blank">David.Walwyn@up.ac.za</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Hi Keith<br>
<br>
Looks fine to me ... are you thinking of any membership fee? If not, I think it will be relatively straightforward to get UP Graduate School of Technology Management to agree.<br>
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I have one suggestion on the letter:<br>
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change "for formal affiliation by units" to "for the formal affiliation of units, departments or schools"<br>
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Regards<br>
David<br>
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>>> Keith Breckenridge 02/15/14 2:57 PM >>><br>
Dear Colleagues,<br>
<br>
Below is a draft of a template letter. Please make suggestions for<br>
revision as you see fit. The template can obviously be changed to suit any<br>
specific institution or university. My suggestion is that we simply list<br>
universities as affiliate members of the network -- so, if Edinburgh can<br>
sign up STS, Development Studies, and African Studies, it will still be<br>
listed as a single university, although somewhere on the web site we need<br>
to list each unit, and its members (and their academic biographies).<br>
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- - - -<br>
The STS Africa network (<a href="http://www.sts-africa.org/" target="_blank">http://www.sts-africa.org/</a>) is an association of<br>
scholars and institutions committed to the development of the field of<br>
Science and Technology Studies on the African continent; the network<br>
particularly works for the development of research and teaching capacity in<br>
the inter-disciplinary field of STS at African institutions. At the recent<br>
meetings of the network in Johannesburg, members of STS Africa resolved to<br>
encourage this project of institutionalization by calling for formal<br>
affiliation by units based at universities on the African continent, and by<br>
those based at universities around the world with a strong interest in<br>
African research and research development. By means of this letter the<br>
___ based at ___ indicates its formal support and membership of the<br>
STS-Africa network, and its willingness to participate in grant-writing and<br>
other research administrative activities that will strengthen the field of<br>
Science and Technology Studies on the African continent. Our full Address<br>
is ____ and the names and contact details of two members of the unit are<br>
provided below:<br>
<br>
<br>
k<br>
<span class="hoenzb"><span style="color:#888888">--</span></span><span style="color:#888888"><br>
<span class="hoenzb">Keith Breckenridge *W I S E R* - The Wits Institute for Social and</span><br>
<span class="hoenzb">Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand | Pbag 3, PO Wits,</span><br>
<span class="hoenzb"> Johannesburg, South Africa, 2050 | Tel: <a href="tel:%2B27117174272">
+27117174272</a> | Fax: <a href="tel:0867654213">0867654213</a> |</span><br>
<span class="hoenzb">Web: <a href="http://wiser.wits.ac.za" target="_blank">wiser.wits.ac.za</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Keith Breckenridge <b><span style="color:#990000">W I S E R</span></b><span style="color:#666666"> - The Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand | Pbag 3, PO Wits, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2050
| Tel: +27117174272 | Fax: 0867654213 </span>| <span style="color:#666666">Web</span>:
<a href="http://wiser.wits.ac.za" target="_blank">wiser.wits.ac.za</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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