Indigenous STS Plenary

Session Submission Type: Plenary Session

Abstract

Early its emergence as a discipline, some STS scholars looked to Indigenous knowledges as a resource to question the dominant framings of science. However, it has been suggested that this did not lead to the field forming deep engagements with either Indigenous scholars, Indigenous perspectives on science, or Indigenous knowledges. The range of scholars and topics that have been prominent at 4S conferences in recent years demonstrate that this situation may now be changing, with a renewed interest in such matters as Indigenous peoples’ past and present encounters with scientific institutions and logics and how scientific research and STS alike might be ‘indigenised’. The 2018 conference will take this opportunity to stage a plenary panel to critically inquire into what an ‘Indigenous STS’ is, or may yet be.

Sub Unit

• Single Paper Submission

Individual Presentations

• Kyle Whyte - Kyle Whyte, Michigan State University

• Lynette Russell - Lynette Russell, Monash University

• Marama Muru Lanning - Marama Muru Lanning, University of Auckland

• Yih-Ren Lin - Yih-Ren Lin, Taipei Medical University

Session Organizer

• Timothy Neale, Deakin University