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From: "Society for Literature & Science" 

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Date: 28 Jan 1997 09:51:17 -0800
From: Robert Maxwell Young 
Subject: _Science as Culture_ no. 26 has appeared
_Science as Culture_ No. 26 (Vol. 6 Part 1) has now appeared
Articles:
'A Spoonful of Blood: Haitians, Racism and AIDS' by Laurent Dubois
'The California Ideology' by Richard Barbrook and Andy Cameron
'Naming the Heavens: A Brief History of Earthly Projections, Part II'
by
Scott L. Montgomery
Reviews:
'Biology as Cultural History' (_Beyond the Natural Body_ by Nelly
Oudshoorn)
reviewed by Ann Ruidinow Saeman
'Elusive Risk or Planned Threat?'( _Ecological Enlightenment_ by Ulrich
Beck)
reviewed by C. George Caffentzis
'No Matter Where You go - There You Are!' (_The Power of Maps_ by Denis
Wood)
reviewed by Don Parson
'Demoraatizing Technology' (_Democracy and Technology_ by Richard E.
Sclove)
reviewed by David Hakken
_SaC_ 27 will include:
'The corporate suppression of inventions, conspiracy theories and an
ambivalent
American dream' by Stephen DeMeo
'Death comes alive: technology and the re-conception of death'
by Karen Cerulo and Janet Ruane
'Inoculating gadgets against ridicule' by Mike Michael
'Sperm stories: romantic, entrepreneurial and environmental narratives
about treating male infertility' by Kirsten Dwight
In future issues:
'Designing flexibility: science and work in the age of flexible
accumulation' by Emily Martin
'Healthy bodies, healthy citizens: the anti-secondhand smoke campaign'
by
Roddy Reid
'Israel's first test-tube baby' byDaphna Birenbaum Carmeli
160pp. _Science as Culture_ is published quarterly by Process Press Ltd.
in
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For information about subscriptions and a list of back issues (half
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__________________________________________
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Date: 28 Jan 1997 10:49:34 -0800
From: Thomas Akbari 
Subject: EVENT HORIZON: Exploring science and the humanities
ANNOUNCING
EVENT HORIZON
a new interdisciplinary journal in the arts and sciences
Science and technology have transformed our world and brought new ways
of
manipulating our environment, communicating with each other, and
solving
complex problems.  But with these transformations have come new problems
and
unanswered questions about the work of science and technology.
Investigations into these questions have pitted academics from various
disciplines against one another.  Scientists accuse cultural critics of
theorizing irresponsibly, of misunderstanding the process of scientific
review, of even denying that objective knowledge exists. Cultural
critics
accuse scientists of being blind to the social implications of their
research
and its use by big government and big business.  The recent _Social
Text_
imbroglio has offered a vivid portrait of the duel between what C. P.
Snow
termed the RTwo Cultures.S  But in the face of a general decline in
scientific knowledge and an alarming erosion of public support for
academic
research of any kind, hasnUt the time come for mutual understanding?
EVENT HORIZON is an interdisciplinary forum for researchers and writers
in
the sciences and humanities.  In each issue, we will consider a topic
of
broad interest.  The journal intends to create dialogue between fields
that
all too rarely interact.
EVENT HORIZON invites contributions from the natural and physical
sciences,
medicine, computer science, engineering, social science, history,
literary
and cultural studies, and the arts.  Each issue will feature a variety
of
essays, book and film reviews, and a simple and relevant science
experiment.
EVENT HORIZON will foster shared creative and critical exploration. 
Articles
will be printed with responses, contributors will be asked to publicly
correspond with colleagues from other disciplines, and panel discussions
will
be arranged.  Disagreement will be encouraged; name-calling will not. 
We all
need to learn more.
EVENT HORIZON is planning its first issue on one of several topics:
behavior
and genetics; genetic screening; changing patterns of science funding;
scientific literacy; relativism and objectivity.  One-page proposals
that
address these topics are requested by 17 February 1997 and manuscripts
by 31
March 1997.  The inaugural  issue of the journal is planned for late
Spring
1997.
EVENT HORIZON needs contributors, referees and readers, and curiosity.
Please contact:
EVENT HORIZON
c/o Thomas Akbari and Don Fallon
Department of Literatures in English
Murray Hall, CAC
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ  08903
e-mail: akbari @eden.rutgers.edu
ubik@eden.rutgers.edu
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Date: 28 Jan 1997 15:54:19 -0800
From: "Mike Merrill" 
Subject: idiot question--and fast!
I'm teaching a class tomorrow and I'm trying to locate the fabled
"tangled bank" passage in Darwin.  Is there one, or am I
simply
projecting (substituting?  condensating?  pick your favorite Freudian
dyanmic) one from _Walden_ and _Island of Dr. Moreau_?
Thanks.
- --Mike Merrill
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Date: 28 Jan 1997 16:49:29 -0800
From: H-NEXA Editor Michael Gregory 
Subject: Re: idiot question--and fast!
Mike: Look at the last page or so, the last paragraph or so, of
_Origin_.
You should take our NEXA 389, "The Darwinian Revolution," at
SFSU this
semester.  I suppose that would be infra dig, and a terrible commute.
Luck! / Mike Gregory
At 03:48 PM 1/28/97 PST, you wrote:
>I'm teaching a class tomorrow and I'm trying to locate the fabled
>"tangled bank" passage in Darwin.  Is there one, or am I
simply
>projecting (substituting?  condensating?  pick your favorite
Freudian
>dyanmic) one from _Walden_ and _Island of Dr. Moreau_?
>
>Thanks.
>
>--Mike Merrill
>
>
>
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Date: 28 Jan 1997 17:29:13 -0800
From: noelg@deakin.edu.au (Noel Gough)
Subject: Re: idiot question--and fast!
At 3:48 PM 28/1/97, Mike Merrill wrote:
>I'm teaching a class tomorrow and I'm trying to locate the fabled
>"tangled bank" passage in Darwin.  Is there one, or am I
simply
>projecting (substituting?  condensating?  pick your favorite
Freudian
>dyanmic) one from _Walden_ and _Island of Dr. Moreau_?
If David Porush (last known email: porusd@RPI.EDU) is lurking on this
list
he may be able to enlighten us (I'd like the answer to Mike's question
too). Porush refers to the passage in the following essay which
includes,
among many other good things, a splendid critical appreciation of _The
Difference Engine_ by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling:
Porush, David (1991) Prigogine, chaos and contemporary SF.
_Science-Fiction
Studies_ 18 (3): 367-386.
Noel Gough
Associate Professor
Deakin Centre for Education and Change
Deakin University
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Burwood Victoria 3125
Australia
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