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Sovereignty Unmasked: Science & Technology Studies, the Pandemic, and Political Theory
This is a hybrid event
Uprisings against public health policies such as vaccine and mask mandates during the late stages of the Covid-19 pandemic have brought to the forefront modernity’s tacit social contract with science and expertise. Focusing on the governance regime that I call “public health sovereignty,” I will explore the rules and practices of delegation that help explain why resistance has followed divergent paths across the 16 countries included in a Harvard-Cornell comparative study of national responses to Covid-19. The talk will also reflect on the method of comparison as a device for illuminating STS’s contributions to political and constitutional theory.
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Date:
9 March 2022, 17:00
Venue:
Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details:
Seminar Room 1
Speaker:
Professor Sheila Jasanoff (Harvard University)
Organising department:
Institute for Science, Innovation and Society
Organiser contact email address:
antonella.surdi@insis.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Antonella Surdi (SAME, University of Oxford)
Booking required?:
Required
Booking email:
enquiries@insis.ox.ac.uk
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Antonella Surdi
