[Sci-tech-public] 2008/'09 Siegel Prize

[David Mindell]

Hello all, 

It is my pleasure to announce that the 2008/2009 Benjamin Siegel prize has
been awarded to Nicholas Buchanan for his paper, "Narrating Nature:
Scientific Legality, Indigeneity, and Environmental Authority". In the words
of selection committe chair Sherry Turkle:

 "Narrating Nature: Scientific Legality, Indigeneity, and Environmental
Authority" explores how scientific narratives, in particular ecological
ones, become "authorized" through the story of the  Endangered Species Act
of 1973 and the Klamath Tribes of American Indians. The rhetoric of the
Endangered Species Act and the widespread authority of scientific discourses
encouraged the Klamath Tribe to put themselves into the role of scientist in
order to frame authoritative claims. The paper explores how the expediency
of arguing tribal claims through the ESA, based on ecological research, may
risk conflating the legitimacy of tribal claims with a tribe's ability to
produce and deploy ecological expertise. It is a complex story, told with
both artfulness and clarity.

 Please join me in congratulating Nicholas for his well-earned recognition
for this excellent work. Also, many thanks to the Siegel Prize Committee
(Sherry Turkle and Clapperton Mavhunga) for their work, and to all the other
students who submitted such lively papers!

 David Mindell

 

 

 

 
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