
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="text-align:center" class=""><b class=""><font size="4" class="">Global STS II: Decolonial Praxis in STS</font></b></div><div style="text-align:center" class=""><b class="">Join the <a href="https://www.stsfuturesinitiative.org/" target="_blank" class="">STS Futures Initiative</a> as we kick off our Fall 2021 virtual program! </b></div><div style="text-align:center" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><span id="gmail-m_6350148777023164566m_1967615516141567443m_-4784332775730556280gmail-m_-6223529687579792205gmail-m_6919687358532820104gmail-m_5280425557731718833gmail-docs-internal-guid-46a09504-7fff-3497-c057-b6923a7cc6db" style="" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">In recent years, the interdisciplinary field of science and technology studies (STS) has been undergoing what some have called a “global turn” through greater attention to knowledge production, scientific practices, and therapeutics outside of North America and Western Europe. Regional and transnational academic networks have been established to support nascent STS communities around the world. As junior scholars, many of us are interested in exploring transnational network-building, collaborative research, and decolonial praxis in STS. </span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">To facilitate dialogue on the intellectual and political stakes of this “global turn” and how we might become involved, STS Futures Initiative will be hosting a two-part series on Global STS. The first workshop, “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHjzXlKNdB0" target="_blank" class="">Global STS I: Transnational Network Building - Asia, Oceania, and Beyond</a>,” featured STS leaders who have pioneered new academic networks in Australia, Asia, and globally. The second workshop, “</span><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Global STS II: Decolonial Praxis in STS</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">,” will continue the conversation, featuring STS leaders who are pioneering new publishing opportunities in STS, expanding the Euro-American “canon” in STS, and building STS communities in Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Our panelists include </span><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Dr. Kim TallBear </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">(University of Alberta, Canada), </span><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Dr. Leandro Rodriguez Medina</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> (Universidad de las Americas Puebla, Mexico), </span><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Dr. Duygu Kaşdoğan</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> (İzmir Katip Çelebi University, Turkey), </span><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Angela Okune</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> (University of California, Irvine), </span><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Dr. Jessica Kolopenuk</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> (University of Alberta, Canada)</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Dr. Wambui Wamunyu</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> (Daystar University, Kenya) and </span><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Dr. Richard Rottenburg</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> .</span></div></font><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">The event will be held on </span><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Thursday, October 21, 2021, from 10am - 11:30am Pacific Time (Santa Cruz, USA)</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">. Please follow the </span><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><a href="https://ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwqduqurDgrHtHihkUee3p2qEKEo-CEOSjY" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none" class="">Zoom link</a> </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">to register for the event.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">For more information, please contact Drs. Jaimie Morse [<a href="mailto:jmorse1@ucsc.edu" target="_blank" class="">jmorse1@ucsc.edu</a>] (Sociology, UC Santa Cruz) and Kathleen Cruz Gutierrez [<a href="mailto:gutierrezk@ucsc.edu" target="_blank" class="">gutierrezk@ucsc.edu</a>] (History, UC Santa Cruz). For accessibility details and upcoming events hosted by the STS Futures Initiative, please reach <a href="mailto:stsfuturesinitiative@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">stsfuturesinitiative@gmail.com</a></span></div></font></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>--<br class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Kathleen Cruz Gutierrez <font size="1" class="">(s/her/siya)</font><div class="">Assistant Professor of History</div><div class="">University of California, Santa Cruz </div><div class="">Andrew W. Mellon Fellow, 2021-2022</div><div class="">Humanities Institute of the New York Botanical Garden</div><div class=""><b class="">&</b></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="">Jaimie Morse, PhD, MPH<br class="">Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz<br class="">Senior Visiting Fellow, Global Health Justice Partnership, Yale University</div></div></div><div class=""></div></div></div></div>

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