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Just received notice of this interdisciplinary symposium at Brandeis on
Wednesday, October 24:<br><br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Helvetica"><b>Visualizing Science: Image-Making in
the Constitution of Scientific Knowledge (An interdisciplinary
symposium)<br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Helvetica">Wednesday, October 24, 2007<br>
3:40-8:00 p.m.<br>
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University<br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Helvetica">Co-conveners: Mark Auslander
(Anthropology) and Andreas Teuber (Philosophy)<br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Helvetica">This symposium explores the enigmatic
relationship between science and art, with particular attention to the
power of visual images in scientific imaginations. Do visual images
simply represent scientific data and concepts, or do images and
image-making, at times, actively inspire, catalyze or constitute
scientific insight? In what respects are scientists engaged in image
acquisition directly or indirectly influenced by iconographic conventions
drawn from the history of art? How, in turn, have artistic practices been
mediated and shaped through scientific investigations and
representational practices? Inspired by the art of Steve Miller, whose
work explores the mysteries of protein structures, we will consider the
visual dimensions of scientific thought in a range of disciplines.<br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Helvetica">Revised Schedule:<br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Helvetica">3:40 p.m. Welcomes (Michael Rush, Mark
Auslander, Andreas Teuber)<br>
3:45-4:30. Images, Protein Crystallization and Organic Forms. Moderated
by Mark Auslander. (Dagmar Ringer, Greg Petsko, John Lisman, Daniela
Nicastro)<br>
4:30-4:50 p.m. Keynote address by Peter Galison ("Images of
Objectivity')<br>
4:50-5:10 p.m. Discussion moderated by Andreas Teubuer<br>
5:10 p.m. Images and Complex Fluids (Seth Fraden, Zvonmire Dogic, Bob
Meyers)<br>
5:30 p.m. Images in Mathematics, Quantum Theory, and Computer Science
(Albion Lawrence, Rosalind Reid)<br>
Commentary by Rick Parmentier and Peter Kalb.<br>
6:00 p.m. Break<br>
6:10 p.m. Address by Natasha Myers. "Molecular Affinities, Excitable
Media, and Embodied Animations in the Lively Arts of Protein
Modeling."Commentary by Steve Miller, Claudia Castaneda, Michael
Rush, and Mark Auslander<br>
7:00 Reception<br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Helvetica">Likely participants include: Claudia
Castaneda (Brandeis), Peter Galison (Harvard), Brian Hayes (American
Scientist), Natasha Myers (York University), Rosalind Reid (American
Scientist), Steve Milller (artist), Michael Rush (Rose Art Museum), Mark
Auslander (Anthropology & Cultural Production, Brandeis), Zvonmir
Dogic (Physics, Brandeis), Seth Fraden (Physics), Daniela Nicastro
(Biology, Brandeis), Albion Lawrence (Physics, Brandeis), John Lisman
(Biology, Brandeis), Andreas Teuber (Philosophy, Brandeis), Rick
Parmentier (Anthropology, Brandeis), Greg Petsko (Biochemistry and
Chemistry, Brandeis), Dagmar Ringe (Biochemistry and Chemistry,
Brandeis)<br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Helvetica">Part of our Fall 2007 series, Mirrors
of Science<br>
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<a href="http://culturalproduction.wikispaces.com/visualizing_science">
http://culturalproduction.wikispaces.com/visualizing_science</a><br><br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Helvetica"> * Please participate
in our discussion of the work of Steve Miller<br>
<a href="http://culturalproduction.wikispaces.com/Steve_Miller">
http://culturalproduction.wikispaces.com/Steve_Miller</a><br><br>
* Please participate in our discussion of the
relationship between art and scientific imaging.<br>
* Please read Andreas Teuber's review essay,
"Camera Obscurities"</font></blockquote></body>
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