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Dear Colleagues, The year end 2009 AAAS-CHF history seminar will take place Tuesday, 8 December from 4:30-6:00 p.m. Dr. Dan Plafcan, of the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity, will speak on "Technoscientific Diplomacy: Explaining Transnational Authority in U.S.-Japan Earth Observation." Dr. Plafcan examines U.S.-Japan negotiations concerning the development and operation of a joint space-based remote-sensing instrument and its international data and information system. International collaborations often confront numerous problems that arise from differences in scientific protocols and practices, in equipment and technical standards, in language, in cultures and political institutions, and in scientific and political goals. However, Plafcan argues that, with respect to this particular US-Japan collaboration, difference in national identity served as a valuable political resource for fostering consensus in knowledge-making and equity between the national partners. Dan Plafcan received his PhD in Science and Technology Studies from Cornell University. Before working for the U.S. Marine Corps, he was an assistant professor in Science, Technology, and Society at the University of Virginia and a postdoctoral fellow in Science, Technology, and Public Policy at the University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy. His December 8 presentation concerns research that was conducted prior to his current employment. The seminar is part of a series co-hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science Archives and the Chemical Heritage Foundation's Center for Contemporary History and Policy that explores social, institutional, and intellectual histories of contemporary policy problems that are interwoven with developments in science and technology. For summaries of past seminars, please see http://archives.aaas.org/seminar/. To RSVP, contact Amy Crumpton [acrumpto@aaas.org or 202-326-6791]. The seminar will be held in the Abelson Conference Room, 2nd floor, AAAS Headquarters, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005. Light refreshments will be served. Regards, Amy Crumpton AAAS Archives
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