The Tensions of Europe, Technology and Democracy: Quo Vadis? conference
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Chios Workshop Program, 2-3 October 2014
Thursday, October 2
Morning
9:00-11:00 joint opening
- LabEx EHNE, ANR project Resendem and connection with Tensions of Europe
- Welcome & introductions of the young scholars workshop by:
- Erik van der Vleuten on behalf of the management committee,
- Anna Åberg, Frank Schipper & Elitsa Stoilova as organizers
- Welcome and introduction of the book workshop by Pascal Griset, Paris-Sorbonne University and Léonard Laborie, CNRS
11:30-13:00 continue in parallel
Book workshop
A. Responsible research and innovation (RRI), technical democracy: discourses and procedures
- Technical democracy: what for? , Barbin Adeline, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
- The European Commission’s discursive regime of participative governance and the corresponding status of techno-scientific expertise, Bertrand Emanuel, ESPCI ParisTech
- Responsible research and innovation: constructing technical democracy within the ERA?, De Saille Stevienna, University of Sheffield
Comments: Brice Laurent, Mines ParisTech
Young scholars workshop
- Brief introduction to the afternoon part of the program.
- Brief pitch presentations in which all participants introduce themselves and their personal research agendas (past, present & future).
- Discussion of position papers on the future agenda as well as the pre-circulated input from the participants.
Afternoon
15:00-16:30
Book workshop
B. European “contre-démocratie technique
- Czechoslovakian technocratic thinking between liberal democracy and socialist dictatorship: was there any continuity?, Rakosnik Jakub, Charles University in Prague
- Retrofitting a large technological system with democracy? Breaking points in the European electricity network and the rise of opposition to power lines, Lagendijk Vincent, Maastricht University
- Distrusted feasibilities: the rocket and the future in post-war Europe, Brandau Daniel, Freie Universität Berlin
- Nuclear energy debate beyond borders. The rise and dynamic of counter-expertise in an entangled Europe, Rivat Emmanuel, Sciences Po Bordeaux
Comments: Christophe Bouneau and Timothée Duverger, Bordeaux Montaigne University
Young scholars workshop
Break-up in small groups (three in total)
Defining a new course for the Tensions of Europe network: which approaches, questions, themes we find important and want to be part of the future Tensions agenda, related to personal research agendas (past, present & future) and concrete steps to be taken between now and the Stockholm conference, September 2015.
Delivery: poster per group.
17:00-18:30
Book workshop
C. Media subversions, technopolitical subversions
- Subverting and praising a dictatorship: The case of shortwave broadcasts to Portugal during the Cold War, 1945-1974, Ribeiro Nelson, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
- Peer-to-peer: the evergreen qualities of a seasoned technology, Musiani Francesca, Mines ParisTech, Georgetown University
- Hackathons: laboratories of digital citizenship in contemporary Russia? , Ermoshina Ksenia, Mines ParisTech
Comments: Andreas Fickers, University of Luxembourg
Young scholars workshop
- Presentation of the posters
- Joint discussion on the outcomes
Friday, October 3
9:00-10:30
Book workshop
D. Controversies and their regulation between criticism and governance of criticism
- Technology, the orthodox and the catholic: stem cells between religious and secular institutions of the European South, Vlantoni Katerina, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- The drive for democracy in the regulation of modern agricultural biotechnology, Petetin Ludivine, University of Hull
- Expertise, technologies and the management of natural commons in energy battles in Greece, Arapostathis Stathis, University of Athens
Comments: Mathieu Flonneau, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
Young scholars workshop
The challenges of being a young scholar
- Discussing funding options & explore cross-fertilization with Tensions.
- Deliverable: concrete list of actions to be taken between Chios workshop & Stockholm, September 2015.
11:00-13:00
Book workshop
Chair: Christine Bouneau, Bordeaux Montaigne University
Targeting publication
Young scholars workshop
From posters to a joint manifesto.
- Reading, responding, feedback, rewriting.
- Deliverable: presentable version of the ‘manifesto’ on the future agenda of Tensions for the concluding session.
Afternoon
18:00-20:00
All together concluding session
Chair: Aristotle Tympas, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens