SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY: BREAKING DOWN DISCIPLINARY SILOS

University of South Carolina. The AJI is dedicated to building diverse communities for the study of technology, medicine and science in past and present societies. Such communities are important because contemporary and future problems, are complex and traditional Universities are not structured well to respond. At the AJI we will build communities from the bottom up, seeding and positioning them to question and reframe these problems as well as seek to solve them.

The AJI wants to sponsor forums at different professional meetings so that individuals whose paths might not otherwise cross can meet. We hope the planned serendipity can promote collaborations on creative approaches to solving complex social and environmental problems.

Because geology sits at the intersection of many sciences, including chemistry, physics, biology, and marine science, and because geology has a long tradition of recognizing and honoring its history, the GSA was a natural venue for promoting the AJI’s mission of interdisciplinary approaches to studying science and society.

The AJI envisions STS in partnership with historical, philosophical, scientific and engineering approaches. The activities we support are designed to contribute to building a better community because at the AJI community is the method.

This talk will introduce the founding ideas of the AJI and why it wants to partner with the geological community. We hope this will be a recurring session at the GSA.