[Sigifp-l] FW: Public Event on "Limiting Knowledge in a Democracy" May 27

[rhill at asis.org]

[Forwarded.  Dick Hill]
 
If you are going to be in NYC on May 27, we think you will be interested
in joining award-winning journalists, distinguished scholars, and policy
makers to examine how the U.S. government and other political and cultural
institutions distort or otherwise affect the flow of information.:

limiting Knowledge in a Democracy 
A Social Research Conference 
at The New School
Thursday, May 27, 2010
John Tishman Auditorium
66 West 12th Street, New York City 

Session IV: 10:30 a.m.–1:15 p.m.
Limits on Knowledge: The Nexus of Power, 
Policy, and Research
Michael Oppenheimer, Ronald Bayer, Nicholas Lemann, 
and Eric Lichtblau. Moderator: Kenneth Prewitt

Session V: 2:15 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Mechanisms of Limiting Knowledge
Daniel Sarewitz, John Palfrey, and David D. Aufhauser
Moderator: Trebor Scholz

Session VI: 6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Panel: What We Have Learned About 
Limiting Knowledge in a Democracy
Peter L. Galison, Victor Navasky, Naomi Oreskes, and Anthony Romero.
Moderator: Aryeh Neier 

$10 for the full day or $5 per session
Free to students
Register at www.socres.org/limitingknowledge/tickets.html.
More information at www.socres.org/limitingknowledge.
Read about the Social Research journal at www.socres.org
 
 
 
 
 

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