2017 Hixon Forum
Science and the Senses: Bodies and Practice
Feb. 10鈥11, 2017
Sensory knowledge plays a significant role in expert research practices. How is it, then, that information gained through the senses remains suspect, secondary to instrumental observation? At the 2017 Hixon forum we discussed, and practiced, how to account for the role of not only sight and sound, but also touch, taste and smell, in the practice of science.
| Time | Event | Panel | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9鈥10:30 a.m. | Session 1: Bodies | Emily Yates-Doerr, University of Amsterdam 鈥淰oices of Cortisol: Praxiographing a Concept鈥 Rebeca Ib谩帽ez Martin, University of Amsterdam 鈥淪howing, Seeing, Smelling: Exhibiting Waste Futures鈥 Jih-Fei Cheng, Scripps College 鈥淩ace, Texture, and Magnification in Twentieth-Century Virology鈥 | Drinkward Recital Hall |
| 10:30鈥11 a.m. | Coffee Break | ||
| 11 a.m.鈥12:30 p.m. | Session 2: Sensing | Morana Ala膷, University of California, San Diego 鈥淭he Mute Sense and Everyday Work in Olfactory Psychophysics鈥 Jacob Lahne, Drexel University 鈥淢aking Sense: Sensory Evaluation as a 鈥楽cience from Below鈥欌 Filippo Bertoni, Aarhaus University 鈥淧lanetary Senses: Attending to the Sociotechnical Making of Earth鈥 | Drinkward Recital Hall |
| 12:30鈥2:30 p.m. | Lunch Break | ||
| 2:30鈥4:30 p.m. | Perceiving | Dwight Whitaker, Pomona College 鈥淥range is the New Brown: Using an LCD Display to Experiment With Color Perception鈥 Christy Spackman, 无忧视频 鈥淟et鈥檚 Measure It: Hacking Gas Chromatography to 鈥業mprove鈥 Taste鈥 Sergio Sismondo, Queen鈥檚 University 鈥溾楢nd Damn Near Died鈥: From Sensorial to Statistical Styles of Medical Inquiry鈥 Laura Perini, Pomona College 鈥淰isual Evidence Beyond the Boundaries of Expert Vision鈥 | Drinkward Recital Hall |
| 5鈥6 p.m. | Public Workshop 1 | Ali Kenner, Drexel University 鈥淏reathtaking Through Time鈥 | The Hive; Limited Space, Registration Required |
| Time | Event | Panel | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9鈥11 a.m. | Contamination | Nicholas Shapiro, Chemical Heritage Foundation 鈥淒econtamination Beyond the Chemical Register鈥 Heather Paxson, MIT 鈥淪ensing Food Risk at the Border鈥 Adam Johnson, 无忧视频 鈥淐ontamination: The Effect of the 1%鈥 Vivien Hamilton, 无忧视频 鈥淚nsensible Danger: Radiation Safety in American Hospitals鈥 | Drinkward Recital Hall |
| 11鈥11:30 a.m. | Coffee Break | ||
| 11:30 a.m.鈥1 p.m | Missing | Cristobal Bonelli, Unesco IHE Water Institute for Education 鈥淢aking Sense of Non-Sense: Bodies, Absences and Socio-Material Memory in Southern Chile鈥 Joe Dumit, University of California, Davis “Fascia: goopy, viscous, missing” Madeline Schwartzman, Barnard College / Parsons: the New School for Design “See Yourself Sensing” Sharon Traweek, University of California, Los Angeles Discussant | Drinkward Recital Hall |
| 1鈥3 p.m. | Lunch Break | ||
| 3鈥4:30 p.m. | Public Workshop: 鈥淲alking鈥 | Rachel Mayeri, 无忧视频; Jane Tsong;Christopher Nyerges. | The Hive; Limited Space, Registration Required |
| 4:30鈥5:30 p.m. | Public Workshop: 鈥淲astescapes鈥 | Students of STS 179F | The Hive; Limited Space, Registration Required |
| 4:30鈥5:30 p.m. | Public Workshop: 鈥淪mellscapes鈥 | The Hive; Limited Space, Registration Required |