Call For Papers
AAG 2017 Boston (April 5-8, 2017)
Session title: Experiments in Force II: Science and the Apparatus of Warfare
Recent work in geography has not only attempted to identify and describe the networks, norms, agendas, spaces and actors that constitute environments of security, but has also identified how manifold notions of security co-exist, compete and shift over time and from place to place. The roles that science and technology adopt in the realm of security present extensive areas for study: how, when and by whom is science used to justify, legitimize and procure security initiatives? How are science and technology used to create ‘solutions’ to security problems, and how and when do they lead to security problems themselves? How are ethical concerns balanced with national security, and what constitutes legitimate regulation of norms? Are norms changing? This panel builds on UCL’s Global Governance Institute’s (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/global-governance/) two-day international conference on the interdisciplinary theme of science, technology and security held on 20-21 June 2016. In this paper session we seek to further delve into these questions, looking in particular at the geopolitics of technology and security assemblage.
Sample subject areas include:
- Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear (CBRN) issues
- Cybersecurity and the ‘internet of things’
- Drones and surveillance
- Weapons proliferation and arms control
- Regulating risky and emerging technologies
- The role of (gendered/raced/differentiated) human bodies in security assemblages
Full abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted by 30th September to the session organisers Jason Dittmer j.dittmer@ucl.ac.uk and Anna Feigenbaum afeigenbaum@bournemouth.ac.uk