#democracy and participation

AAA Annual Meeting 2010

The Bassetti Foundation participates in the 2010 American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting which will take place in New Orleans, Nov. 17-21, 2010. Cristina Grasseni will be discussant of the panel “Sustainable Innovations: Forging partnerships, knowledge exchange, and reciprocity“. The panel will focus on strategies of sustainable development in the highlands of the EU, USA and ... AAA Annual Meeting 2010

Redazione FGB

Nuove forme di protagonismo sociale come esperimenti di democrazia e partecipazione

Da tempo ormai la Fondazione Bassetti si interroga sulle tematiche e le problematiche della democrazia partecipativa. Segnalo in questo contesto un evento che, proponendo un taglio di ricerca socio-antropologica a complemento del quadro politologico e sociologico-scientifico, presenta Le nuove forme di protagonismo sociale come esperimenti di democrazia e partecipazione. Nell’ambito di una serie di seminari ... Nuove forme di protagonismo sociale come esperimenti di democrazia e partecipazione

Cristina Grasseni

Politica partecipativa per il governo territoriale dell’innovazione

Agli inizi di Giugno, il Parco Tecnologico Padano e la Fondazione Bassetti hanno promosso un seminario dal titolo “Governo territoriale dell’innovazione e sviluppo locale“, con l’intenzione di sottolineare come alcune esperienze nell’ambito della politica partecipativa nella gestione dei processi innovativi tecnoscientifici siano state attivate non solo in alcune economie avanzate di tradizione anglosassone, ma anche ... Politica partecipativa per il governo territoriale dell’innovazione

Redazione FGB

Asking the relevant questions about public participation

by Brice Laurent Participatory experiments in nanotechnology have been numerous, but their outcomes are uncertain. Some have criticized the little interest these mechanisms have received in policy circles. Local examples can help illustrate the difficulties that participatory experiments face. The Grenoble case is telling for that matter. Grenoble is a city in the French Alps, ... Asking the relevant questions about public participation

Responsible Innovation and Participatory Democracy. Daniel P. Mulhollan in FGB

Mercoledi 3 Dicembre 2008, alle ore 15.30, la Fondazione Giannino Bassetti ospiterà Daniel Mulhollan, Direttore del Congressional Research Service della Library of Congress degli Stati Uniti, nell’ambito del progetto IRER – I forum consultivi come strumento di fiducia. Daniel Mulhollan converserà con Piero Bassetti, Presidente della Fondazione, e Roberto Ronza, Delegato del Presidente della Regione ... Responsible Innovation and Participatory Democracy. Daniel P. Mulhollan in FGB

Participation in Technology Assessment

Giuseppe Pellegrini: Could we start by talking about participation and technoscientific innovation in Switzerland considering the activities of your Centre? Sergio Bellucci: The justification for putting elements of participation in Technology Assessment is three-fold. Firstly, it helps to take into consideration the knowledge input from those affected. This is especially important, as it comprehensively informs ... Participation in Technology Assessment

Giuseppe Pellegrini

Responsibility and uncertainty: new perspectives upon responsible action

A conversation with Maria Antonietta Foddai. By Nicole Lozzi Maria Antonietta Foddai is professor of the Philosophy of Law in the faculty of law at the University of Sassari in Italy. She was awarded her degree at the same faculty, with a thesis in civil law entitled “The Functions Of Civil Responsibility”. She continued to ... Responsibility and uncertainty: new perspectives upon responsible action

The Politics of Science and the re-definition of democracy (part 2)

(Mariachiara Tallacchini offers here an introduction to Jasanoff’s STS approach – …continues from the previous entry). … In her more recent and complex work, published in the United States in 1995 with the title Design on nature the author turns her gaze upon the politics that have accompanied and distinguished the history of bio-technology, thus ... The Politics of Science and the re-definition of democracy (part 2)

Mariachiara Tallacchini

The Politics of Science and the re-definition of democracy (part 1)

The fourth Lecture of the Fondazione Giannino Bassetti will feature prof. Sheila Jasanoff, professor of Science and Technology Studies at the Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University, one of the authors of the report to the EU “Taking European Knowledge Society Seriously“. Sheila Jasanoff will speak at Milan State University on May 6th on ... The Politics of Science and the re-definition of democracy (part 1)

Mariachiara Tallacchini

Building a bridge between science and society

Looking for the foundations of the communication of science. (Bergamo, February 14-15 2008) by Roberta Gabbatore (See the images) On Thursday 14th February 2008 in the splendid setting of the ex monastery of Saint Augustine (now part of the University) in Bergamo’s upper town the conference “Building a bridge between science and society. Looking for ... Building a bridge between science and society