Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society

22/11/2024

📌Just Out!

New Book Review ""Science and democracy without emancipation?""

By Julian “Iñaki” Goñi

🚪Open Access: doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2024.2414578

21/11/2024

🚨[Calls & Applications]

The Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge offers a fully funded HPS Futures Studentship for the MPhil starting October 2025. 👩‍🎓

More details at 👉 tapuya.org/category/calls-applications/

20/11/2024

📙[Article] in Tapuya Vol. 7

Celeste Viedma highlights Carlos Matus’ pivotal contributions to Latin American STS, emphasizing his innovative approach to strategic calculation and its role in driving profound social transformations through rationalized political decision-making. 👥

💥Free read at: doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2024.2371707

19/11/2024

📌Just Out!

New Book Review "What makes Latin American STS? A speculative reading of a collective book by young STS researchers"📖

By Vitor Chiodi

Open Access 👉 doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2023.2245990

18/11/2024

🎙[Editor’s Picks]

This week our editors recommend the podcast “Ciencia de datos con Jocelyn Dunstan Escudero”. It delves into data science in the context of Latin America's political violence and dictatorships, using tech tools to help, for example, identify missing persons.👩🏾‍🔬

🔗More resources like this at tapuya.org/resources-2/editors-picks/

15/11/2024

📌Just Out!

New book review “Traces and narratives in controversy: the human occupation of the Americas and the politics of science” 🚋

By Marcos Castro Carvalho

🖱️ Free at doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2024.2419365

14/11/2024

📰[NEWS]

César Torres Cruz (CIEG UNAM) analiza la intersección entre la biotecnología y el género en el contexto del VPH. Invita a la comunidad STS y de Tapuya a considerar perspectivas de género en sus investigaciones. ⚧️🧑‍🔬

🔗Más en tapuya.org/news/

13/11/2024

📕[Article] in Tapuya Vol. 7

"Technopolitics of Fear" by Joaquín Contreras & Sebastián Ureta examines how mining industry conferences channel disaster-driven emotions into economic calculations and techno-fixes, hindering transformative change in waste management. ⛏️

🔗Read at doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2024.2408700

12/11/2024

📌Just Out!

New book review “Different engines, creative technologies: Latin America and media technology history” 🏙️

By Marina Fontolan

📖 Read it now at doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2024.2414576

11/11/2024

📢[LAT-STS Library]

¡Nueva adición! 📖 Explora “Ciencia, tecnología y sociedad en Costa Rica”, editado por Ronny Viales-Hurtado y Ronald Sáenz-Leandro, una obra crítica sobre el impacto científico-tecnológico en Centroamérica.

🌎 Más en https://tapuya.org/category/lat-sts-library/

08/11/2024

For those of you attending HSS Merida, don't miss the Journal Publishing Roundtable this Sunday in which we will be present!

🗓️November 10, 8:00 am

Save the date!

07/11/2024

📌Just Out!

New Editorial "RUTA: a new kind of compass rose"

By Julia Sushytska

🦜🔗Free download: doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2024.2414632

06/11/2024

🔖[Book Review] in Tapuya Vol. 7

Adolfo Mejía-Montero’s explores Diana Montaño's analysis of how electricity transformed Mexico City, shaping modern urban identities through class, race, and technology, while also examining the capitalinos’ role in democratizing and redefining power.⚡

🕶Read Adolfo Mejía-Montero’s review now at: tapuya.org/resources-2/book-reviews/

05/11/2024

📌Just Out!

New original article "Science, technology, and strategic calculation: the contributions of Carlos Matus to Latin American STS" 💾

By Celeste Viedma

🤓Read at: doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2024.2371707

04/11/2024

🔎[Editor’s Pick]

Explore «Calculating Empires», a digital project by Kate Crawford & Vladan Joler that traces 500 years of technology, power, and control, shaping our digital age. ⌨️

Read more at 💿tapuya.org/resources-2/editors-picks/

01/11/2024

📰[NEWS]

The second RUTA conference, "Imagination: New Visions and Connections," is hoping to engage with scholars and artists from Latin America.

The organization has funds to offset travel and accommodation costs. The conference will take place on June 26-29, 2025, in a secure location in Ukraine (Carpathian Mountains).

👉 Application deadline is November 1, but it will likely be extended.

Please see this link for CFP: https://ruta-association.org/conference/imagination -new-visions-and-connections/.

https://doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2024.2414632]

01/11/2024

Compartimos esta calaverita literaria a la IA escrita por Miguel A. Zapata Clavería, publicada en Revista Común.

🏵🏵🏵

“Y en esto el valor de cambio, con su cuerpo de metal, salió a gritarle a la parca: ‘¡Dame a mí tu capital!’”

31/10/2024

🗞️[NEWS]

We spoke with Teresa de León Escobedo about her research on climate change knowledge mobilization. 👩‍💻

🔗Learn how her work was supported by ESOCITE and more at tapuya.org/news/.