Dear all, We invite you to submit ​ ​ an abstract ​ to our open panel – STS meet ICT: politics and the collaborative turn in STS – at the EASST 2018 ​ ​ Conference <https://easst2018.easst.net/home> , 25-28th July, 2018, Lancaster, UK. Convenors: Mariacristina Sciannamblo ​ (​ Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute ​) - cristina.sciannamblo@m-iti.org Maurizio Teli ​ (​ Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute ​)​ - ​maurizio.teli@m-iti.org Chris Csikszentmihalyi ​ (​ Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute ​) - csik@m-iti.org Peter Lyle ​ (​ Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute ​) - peter.lyle@m-iti.org (C23) STS meet ICT: politics and the collaborative turn in STS Short abstract This panel wants to focus on the collaborative and committed orientation of STS (Science and Technology Studies) by exploring its interplay with the broad field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). This relationship entails different forms of meeting: disciplinary, epistemological, institutional, and local alliances. Long abstract The increasing prominence of critical approaches - e.g. feminist and postcolonial STS - and the intersections with surrounding fields - e.g. participatory design, information science, and critical technical practice - have stressed the politically engaged character of STS, emphasizing its "activist interest" (Sismondo, 2008). Such growing interest in collaborative modes of practicing STS has suggested the emergence of a "collaborative turn" in STS (Farías, 2017). This panel wants to focus on such collaborative orientation of STS by exploring its interplay with the field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). This relationship entails diverse forms of meeting such as the disciplinary intersection of STS with design studies and information science; the epistemological meeting between STS and critical perspectives; the making of new alliances between researchers, activists and local population; the convergence of institutional interests and research practices to promote alternative sociotechnical infrastructures. This panel seeks interdisciplinary contributions that explore the politics in and of the relationship between STS and ICT, from experiences of local and community activism to large-scale examples of alternative sociotechnical infrastructures. Topics relevant for this panel may include: - ICT, labor, and precariousness - Hacktivism, community networks, and alternative Internet - Post-colonial and anti-colonial computing - Feminist interventions in ICT - Commons, peer production, and platform cooperativism - Interplay between publics, researchers, and institutions This panel aims at fostering interdisciplinary encounters, in the light of potential shared publication opportunities, likes journal special issues or edited books, in order to foster the politically engaged STS agenda in the relationship with ICT. ​ ​> ​ Paper proposals should be submitted through the ​ ​ panel website ​: ​https://nomadit.co.uk/easst/easst2018/conferencesuite.php/panels/6275

​ Submissions ​ ​ should include <https://easst2018.easst.net/call-for-papers> : ​ ​ a paper title, ​ ​ name/s and email address/es of author/s, a short abstract of fewer than 300 ​ ​ characters, a long abstract of fewer than 250 words

​> ​ Deadline for submission: ​ ​ February ​ ​ 14, 2018 (23:59 CEU)