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digest 1997-02-03 #001



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From: "Society for Literature & Science" 

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Date: 2 Feb 1997 16:17:29 -0800
From: physp@emory.edu
Subject: Re: EVENT HORIZON: Exploring science and the humanities
how do you plan to distribute this journal? hardcopy, on-line, or both?
i would like to see your first issue so please keep me posted.
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Sidney Perkowitz
Physics Department, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322-2430
Voice:(404)727-4321. FAX: (404)727-0873.
Thomas Akbari wrote:
>
> 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