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across Asia and the Pacific, the work of science, technology and society calls attention to the region’s plurality of socio-technical projects and ways of knowing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Grande', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; ">The </span><a title="Asia-Pacific STS Network" href="http://apstsn.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,189,166);font-family:'Segoe UI','Lucida Grande','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;font-size:15px;text-decoration:initial;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-width:2px;border-bottom-color:transparent">Asia-Pacific
Science, Technology and Society Network</a><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Grande', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; "> is an association of regional scholars for fostering collaboration and encouraging science, technology and society
research, teaching, and critical discussion on current STS themes and issues in the Asia-Pacific region. The conference will be held on </span><strong style="font-family:'Segoe UI','Lucida Grande','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;font-size:15px">15-17 July 2013
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Grande', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; ">Extended deadline for proposals is</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Grande', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Grande', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; "><b>15
February</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Grande', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; ">, 2013. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Grande', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; ">The
conference website may be viewed </span><a href="http://www.apstsn2013.com/" title="Asia-Pacific Science, Technology and Society Biennial Conference 2013" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,189,166);text-decoration:initial;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-width:2px;border-bottom-color:transparent;font-family:'Segoe UI','Lucida Grande','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;font-size:15px">here</a><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Grande', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; ">,
including </span><a href="http://www.apstsn2013.com/?page_id=11" title="Submission Requirements" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,189,166);text-decoration:initial;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-width:2px;border-bottom-color:rgb(37,189,166);font-family:'Segoe UI','Lucida Grande','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;font-size:15px">submission
guidelines</a> <span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Grande', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; ">and information about
<a href="http://www.apstsn2013.com/?page_id=54">registration and fees</a>. Please forward any queries to c</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Grande', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; ">onference
organisers at <a href="mailto:apstsn2013@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">apstsn2013@gmail.com</a></span></div>
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The conference accepts proposals for all themes pertaining to science, technology and society, including:</p>
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Gender</td>
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Care</td>
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Indigenous Knowledges</td>
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Normativity and Normalization</td>
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Information & Media</td>
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Disaster</td>
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Knowledge & its Limits</td>
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The conference accepts proposals for all STS-related themes; the above are only some of the most common.</p>
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APSTSN Biennial Conference 2013 is jointly hosted by the STS Research Cluster of the Asia Research Institute (ARI), the STS Research Cluster of the Faculty or Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), and Tembusu College (at University Town), all at the National University
of Singapore (NUS). Support has also been received from the Humanities and Social Science Research Fund at NUS and from the Singapore Tourism Board.</p>
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