__The Robert F. and Jean E. Holtz Center and Program in Science and Technology Studies (STS) at the University of Wisconsin--Madison
is sponsoring
Taking Animals Apart:
Exploring Interspecies Enmeshment in a Biotechnological Era
Graduate Student Conference
University of Wisconsin--Madison
Madison, WI
May 31-June 2, 2012
is sponsoring
Taking Animals Apart:
Exploring Interspecies Enmeshment in a Biotechnological Era
Graduate Student Conference
University of Wisconsin--Madison
Madison, WI
May 31-June 2, 2012
Wednesday, May 30 (Optional)
6 p.m. – 7 p.m. Visit F.H. King Student Farm beehives and honey tasting
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Bonfire and cookout at Picnic Point, Campgrounds #4 and #5
Thursday, May 31
8:30 a.m. – 9 a.m. Coffee and bagels – Wisconsin Idea Room, Education Building
9:00 a.m. – 9:05 a.m. * Conference Welcome from Daniel Kleinman, Director, Holtz Center for Science & Technology Studies
9:05 a.m. – 10 a.m. * Opening Roundtable Discussion – “Taking Animals Apart”
Participant Leaders: Jen Martin, Sarah Groeneveld, Maria Lux, Rosemary Collard, Birgit Bach
10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. BREAK
10:30 a.m. – Noon Workshopping Projects Day #1
Noon – 1 p.m. BREAK/LUNCH
1 p.m. – 2 p.m. * Roundtable Discussion in Room 119, Noland Hall – “Touching Animals”
Participant Leaders: Bryce Renninger, Peter Hobbins, Amritava Das, Helen Bullard, Stephanie Januchowski-Hartley
2 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. On-Campus Field Trip – Zoology Museum Taxidermy Lab and UW Veterinary School
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. FREE TIME
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. * Art Show Reception, Lobby and Gallery, Education Building
8:00 p.m. * Welcome by Eric Schatzberg, Incoming Director, Holtz Center
Introduction by Gregg Mitman, Professor of History of Science
Conference Keynote by Susan Squier, Brill Professor of Women's Studies, English and STS, The Pennsylvania State University
'Unsettling, Even Perhaps a Bit Sinister': The Implications of Waddington's 'World Egg' for Humans, Animals, and Others
Friday, June 1
8:30 a.m. – 9 a.m. Coffee and bagels – Wisconsin Idea Room, Education Building
9 a.m. – 10 a.m. * Roundtable Discussion – "Seeing Animals"
Participant Leaders: Rachel Carr, Sara O'Brien, Patrick Johnson, Peter Boger, Marcus Bullock
10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. BREAK
10:30 a.m. – Noon Workshopping Projects Day #2
12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. BREAK
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.* Lunch Roundtable Discussion in Room 15, Science Hall – “Tasting Animals” (Lunch provided during discussion)
Participant Leaders: Nathan Jandl, Rob Chiles, Tamar Nowak, Christopher Pax
1:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. Off-campus Field Trip – Underground Food Collective Kitchen and Sassy Cow Creamery
6 p.m. – 8 p.m. FREE TIME
8 p.m. * Screening and Discussion of E.T. – The Extra Terrestrial at the Union South Marquee Theater
(co-sponsored by Center for Culture, History, and Environment)
Saturday, June 2
9 a.m. – 10 a.m. Breakfast at Dane County Farmer’s Market (optional)
10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Browse One Must Know the Animals Exhibit (exclusive preview before opening day of the exhibit at MMoCA)
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.* Art Exhibit Discussion at MMoCA
Participant Leaders: Heather Swan and James Crews
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Final Conference Reflections
* denotes events open to the public
6 p.m. – 7 p.m. Visit F.H. King Student Farm beehives and honey tasting
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Bonfire and cookout at Picnic Point, Campgrounds #4 and #5
Thursday, May 31
8:30 a.m. – 9 a.m. Coffee and bagels – Wisconsin Idea Room, Education Building
9:00 a.m. – 9:05 a.m. * Conference Welcome from Daniel Kleinman, Director, Holtz Center for Science & Technology Studies
9:05 a.m. – 10 a.m. * Opening Roundtable Discussion – “Taking Animals Apart”
Participant Leaders: Jen Martin, Sarah Groeneveld, Maria Lux, Rosemary Collard, Birgit Bach
10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. BREAK
10:30 a.m. – Noon Workshopping Projects Day #1
Noon – 1 p.m. BREAK/LUNCH
1 p.m. – 2 p.m. * Roundtable Discussion in Room 119, Noland Hall – “Touching Animals”
Participant Leaders: Bryce Renninger, Peter Hobbins, Amritava Das, Helen Bullard, Stephanie Januchowski-Hartley
2 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. On-Campus Field Trip – Zoology Museum Taxidermy Lab and UW Veterinary School
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. FREE TIME
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. * Art Show Reception, Lobby and Gallery, Education Building
8:00 p.m. * Welcome by Eric Schatzberg, Incoming Director, Holtz Center
Introduction by Gregg Mitman, Professor of History of Science
Conference Keynote by Susan Squier, Brill Professor of Women's Studies, English and STS, The Pennsylvania State University
'Unsettling, Even Perhaps a Bit Sinister': The Implications of Waddington's 'World Egg' for Humans, Animals, and Others
Friday, June 1
8:30 a.m. – 9 a.m. Coffee and bagels – Wisconsin Idea Room, Education Building
9 a.m. – 10 a.m. * Roundtable Discussion – "Seeing Animals"
Participant Leaders: Rachel Carr, Sara O'Brien, Patrick Johnson, Peter Boger, Marcus Bullock
10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. BREAK
10:30 a.m. – Noon Workshopping Projects Day #2
12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. BREAK
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.* Lunch Roundtable Discussion in Room 15, Science Hall – “Tasting Animals” (Lunch provided during discussion)
Participant Leaders: Nathan Jandl, Rob Chiles, Tamar Nowak, Christopher Pax
1:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. Off-campus Field Trip – Underground Food Collective Kitchen and Sassy Cow Creamery
6 p.m. – 8 p.m. FREE TIME
8 p.m. * Screening and Discussion of E.T. – The Extra Terrestrial at the Union South Marquee Theater
(co-sponsored by Center for Culture, History, and Environment)
Saturday, June 2
9 a.m. – 10 a.m. Breakfast at Dane County Farmer’s Market (optional)
10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Browse One Must Know the Animals Exhibit (exclusive preview before opening day of the exhibit at MMoCA)
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.* Art Exhibit Discussion at MMoCA
Participant Leaders: Heather Swan and James Crews
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Final Conference Reflections
* denotes events open to the public
