The Geopolitics of Chemicals
Andrew Barry is Professor of Human Geography at University College London. He studied Physics, Chemistry and the History of and Philosophy of Science, and subsequently completed a PhD in Science and Technology Studies at the University of Sussex. He has been involved in a series of innovative institutional initiatives including the development of the Centre for Study of Invention and Social Process at Goldsmiths College, the UCL Anthropocene initiative, and the Chemical Exposures research group. His publications include: Political Machines: Governing a Technological Society; Foucault and Political Reason; Interdisciplinarity: Reconfigurations of the Social and Natural Sciences; and Material Politics: Disputes along the Pipeline. He is currently writing a book on Chemical Geography.
Event Details:
Date and Time: Thursday, May 30th, 2024, 4pm – 6pm
Location: Room 2098, Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George St., University of Toronto
This event is part of the 2024 Technoscience Salon, hosted by the Technoscience Research Unit at the University of Toronto. Launched in 2008, the Technoscience Salon is an open forum for entangling intellectual and political questions about technoscience while remixing the disciplines composing Science and Technology Studies (STS). This year, the salon is asking What is a Chemical?
