[Sci-tech-public] FW: Reminder: TODAY! Feb. 5th, 4pm talk with Juan Pardo-Guerra, Colloquium Speaker

[Lisa Gould]

The first of 2 talks sponsored by Anthropology, History and STS held this semester will feature Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra<https://sociology.ucsd.edu/people/faculty/faculty%20members/juan-pardo-guerra.html> on Monday, Feb. 5 at 4pm.

The full details about his talk, abstract, and bio are below:

Monday, Feb. 5th, 2024, 4pm-5:30pm
The Nexus in Hayden Library, 14S-130
Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra<https://pardoguerra.org/about/>,
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of California, San Diego
"Market/Making:
Knowledge, Technology, and the Production of Social Worlds"
Abstract:
Markets are central to contemporary social life. Yet, their features are often reduced to transactions and exchange, hiding the rich forms of sociotechnical and organizational work that are necessary for their making, maintenance, and reproduction. In this talk, I explore these dimensions of markets through studies of two very different settings: stock exchanges, where 'invisible' organizational workers transformed the nature of trading and the social fabric of finance; and higher education, where scholars have awkwardly adopted forms of market-oriented quantification as mechanisms for sustaining their public value. Through these two studies, the talk concludes with thoughts about the nature of markets in contemporary societies, arguing for a notion of 'reverse embeddedness'-that is, for a reclaiming of markets and market-devices as objects that can be shaped and designed for the production of a better common future.

The talk is free and open to the public. If you have any questions about the event, please let me know.

We hope to see you at his talk!




Lisa Gould, Senior Administrative Assistant
LGould at MIT.edu<mailto:LGould at MIT.edu>; 617-253-3452
MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society
E51-163
Cambridge, MA  02139
sts-program.mit.edu<http://sts-program.mit.edu/> | http://web.mit.edu/hasts

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