Scientific Cultures and Controversies Over “Matter Out of Place”
Dr. Max Liboiron is an Assistant Professor in Sociology and Environmental Sciences at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Her research focuses on how harmful yet invisible threats such as disasters, toxicants, and marine plastics become visible in science and activism, and how these methods of representation relate to action. Liboiron is founder and director of Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (CLEAR), which creates citizen science technologies for environmental monitoring of plastic pollution. She is also managing editor of Discard Studies.
Free.
Start Time: 7:30 p.m., Feb. 22, 2016.
End Time: 9:00 p.m., Feb. 22, 2016.
Location: Hamilton-Williams Campus Center, Benes Room B.
OWU Sponsoring Organization/Office: Sagan National Colloquium.
Contact: John Krygier at jbkrygier@owu.edu.