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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">This is a CFP
for a proposed panel for the 2014 ASA conference in Indianapolis. Please email
me if you’re interested!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Science as a Vocation in Africa</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">The proposed panel
will look at the meanings and values attributed to scientific vocations in
modern Africa. Steven Shapin (2010) has suggested that science studies today operates
on the proposition that science belongs to place, that it “bears the marks of
the places where it is produced and through which it is transmitted, and that
whatever appearance of placelessness it possesses is itself a spatially
grounded phenomenon.” While scientific research networks are characterized by
the transnational circulation of researchers, material, and data, the locations
of scientific practice still matter. What, then, does the place “Africa” mean
for the vocation of science on the African continent? Depending on the papers
submitted, the panel may consider questions such as these:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">-How has the
performative power of “Africa” as a concept shaped the symbolism and practice
of science on or around the continent? </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">-How have the
collective historical experiences of the African continent (missionization,
colonization, independence, structural adjustment) affected the cultures and
values of science in contemporary Africa? </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">-What practical
conditions of employment and remuneration shape scientific professions today or
in the past? </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">-To what ends is
scientific research oriented in Africa? </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">The panel
abstract will be finalized after all of the papers have been accepted. Panel
members are encouraged to give feedback on the panel abstract.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">To submit a
paper, email a 300-word abstract to </span><a href="mailto:droney.damien@gmail.com"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">droney.damien@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"> before March 3. The final panel abstract
will be due to ASA by March 15.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Damien Droney</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">PhD Candidate</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Anthropology</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Stanford
University</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"><a href="mailto:droney.damien@gmail.com">droney.damien@gmail.com</a></span></p>
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