Become part of the AJI community and apply for a Book Manuscript Workshop, the Writer’s
Retreat, or partner with us on your arts initiative. Below you will find information
about how to get your book manuscript read by experts, enjoy a week of intensive writing
in an idyllic location, or receive funding for your STS-themed arts work!
I signed a contract with the University of Chicago Press to publish my first book,
MARAÑA: War and Disease in the Jungles of Colombia. It would not have been possible
without the tremendous encouragement I got from the book manuscript workshop.
The Ann Johnson Institute for Science, Technology & Society (AJI) and the Philosophy
Department at the University of South Carolina welcome applications for a one-week
writing retreat at The Ampersand Inn in Newton, New Jersey, 23-29 June 2024. Suman Seth, Leah McClimans, Allison Marsh,
and Agnes Bolinska will be your hosts. The retreat offers five full days of writing
in a country inn surrounded by acres of woodland in a state park.
The theme of the 2024 AJI Writing Retreat is STS in Public Practice.
We welcome applications from any scholar with a Ph.D. or equivalent work experience
(e.g. 7+ years as a museum professional) across the Science, Technology and Society
disciplines with projects fitting this theme. The goal of this year’s retreat is project
completion. We are seeking scholars with one or more projects that can reasonably
be completed within a week of concentrated writing time. Such projects include but
are not limited to the completion of an article, book chapter, grant proposal, exhibit
script, policy white paper, or final revisions of a book manuscript. We are looking
for a diversity of participants, including academics (lecturer to full professor);
curators and park rangers; policy, think tank, and government employees; and other
STS professionals. This is not a dissertation completion opportunity.
The AJI will select approximately ten participants for the 2024 retreat. Selection
will be based on two criteria: 1) the project’s fit with the theme “STS in Public
Practice” and 2) the likelihood of completing (or substantially completing) the project
in the given period.
If selected, the AJI will reimburse participants for economy air or ground transportation
to the event venue, accommodation, and meals while in residence.
The application requires a short CV (up to 2 pages), a description of the project(s)
you will finish during the Writer’s Retreat, and a one-page description of how your
work fits in with the 2024 theme of STS in Public Practice.
The AJI supports various public programming, including films, plays, exhibits, and
games that furthers community thinking about the interactions among science, technology,
and society. Funding considerations for AJI + the Arts is on a rolling basis. Please
send a letter of inquiry to aji4sts@sc.edu with a brief description of your proposed project and a preliminary budget.
Call for Applications: if you’d like more information on how to partner with the AJI
on a conference, symposium or another relevant event, or if you have an art project you would like
us to consider, please email us as aji4sts@mail.edu
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