Power & Knowledge
The 2nd International Conference, Tampere, September 6-8, 2010
Call for Session Proposals
Inspired by the great success of the first conference (Power: Forms,
Dynamics and Consequences, September 22-24, 2008), we carry on probing
questions of power. This time the conference concentrates on the links
between power and knowledge. As is well known, Michel Foucault argued
that power and knowledge are like two sides of the same coin. There are
however many other approaches and research traditions that tackle the
role of knowledge production in affecting and constituting power
relations. What are the roles of science, research and research-based
knowledge production in promoting policy models? Does scientific
research or evidence-based consultancy save the world and lead us to a
better future? What effects does the key role of knowledge production in
contemporary societies have on power and politics? How are the
established databases and statistical classifications of the public and
private organizations constructed and reproduced? What is the role of
everyday knowledge in society? What is the relationship between
knowledge and resistance? By bringing together scholars who approach
these questions from different angles this conference will advance our
understanding about power relations in social reality.
Keynote speakers will include:
- Patrick Carroll
- Gili S. Drori
- Susan Haack
- Sakari Hänninen
- Michael Mann
- Yuval Millo
- Soile Veijola
- (to be announced)
To send a session proposal and to get more information about the
conference, please email a session title and abstract (100-200 words
describing the session) to (power2010 /at/ uta.fi). The conference website is
in http://www.uta.fi/power2010/. The latest day to submit the proposal
is January 31st 2010. Call for papers will be launched after approved
sessions are confirmed.
Welcome to Tampere!
Risto Heiskala
Professor, Director
Chair of the Organizing Committee
