[ATHENA] AAC Conférence 4S/ESOCITE "(New) territories of ignorance. What do ignorance studies ignore ?"

[Maël Goumri <mael.goumri AT gmail.com>]

Chèr.e.s tou.te.s, 

La conférence organisée conjointement par la 4S et ESOCITE aura lieu du 7 au 10 décembre 2022 à Cholula au Mexique. Nous avons le plaisir de vous inviter à participer au panel que nous organisons, "#85 (New) territories of ignorance. What do ignorance studies ignore ?" dont vous trouverez ci-dessous la présentation :

https://www.4sonline.org/85-new-territories-of-ignorance-what-do-ignorance-studies-ignore/

Abstract: Ignorance studies have produced a significant body of work (Gross & McGoey 2015) that has deeply renewed social studies of knowledge. They have highlighted strategies used by powerful actors, such as doubt in the emblematic cases of tobacco industry (Proctor 2008) and global warming (Oreskes 2010). However, an overview of this field identified that some “territories of ignorance”, both geographical and epistemic, remain understudied (global south, systemic effects of fragmented knowledge, materiality of ignorance, etc.). This panel invites to approach Ignorance Studies through the notion of territories, where different forms of ignorance accumulate, as is the case for undone science (Hess 2016) or “institutional ’ignorance” (Frickel et Edwards 2014). We wish to explore the accumulation of ignorance in these territories with a focus on the “unequal distribution of power” (Frickel et Moore 2006) and “slow violence” (Nixon 2011). We aim to investigate the difficult access to resources that would allow citizens to build alternative knowledge that could challenge the institutional expertise in local configurations. This panel also questions how the construction of “fragmented” (Fortun et al. 2014) objects and fields of research, by separating a single problem into multiple ones without bringing them into dialogue, tends to (re)produce some territories of ignorance. We encourage reflexive contributions that challenge this “fragmentation of knowledge” without reproducing it. Particular attention will be given to intersectional work that focuses on the accumulation of different forms of oppression (including postcolonial and feminist studies). The proposed papers could also explore other perspectives of Ignorance Studies.

Les résumés des propositions (250 mots) sont à soumettre pour le 14 avril sur le site internet de la conférence, en sélectionnant le panel #85: https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/ssss/ssss22

N'hésitez pas à nous contacter pour toute information complémentaire.

Au plaisir de lire vos propositions et d'échanger avec vous,

Bien à vous,

Laura Barbier (barbier.laura AT gmail.com)

Lisa Claussmann (lisa.claussmann AT gmail.com)

Justyna Moizard (justyna.moizard AT gmail.com)

Maël Goumri (mael.goumri AT gmail.com)