Trading Zones, Interactional Expertise and Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Arizona State University; 6/05-8/06.

美国国家科学基金会最近的项目，如纳米技术和融合技术，不仅强调科学和工程学科之间的合作，而且强调社会科学和人文学科之间的合作（Roco & Bainbridge, 2001,2002）。科学技术研究（STS）正在发展基于贸易区、共享专业知识和道德想象的新理论框架，这些框架显示出理解和促进这些合作的希望（Gorman, 2002,2003a, 2003b）。该提案有三个目标：a)建立一个分析和促进跨学科科技合作的框架，将贸易区的概念和相互作用的专业知识联系起来；b)通过道德想象的概念增加伦理/价值观的组成部分；c)将该框架应用于纳米科学、生物技术、信息技术和认知科学（“NBIC”）之间的融合。该方法将是一个研讨会，汇集了STS，伦理和行业的参与者。会议将在亚利桑那州立大学的决策剧场举行，这是一个旨在鼓励不同利益相关者之间合作的设施。更广泛的影响这个研讨会包括一个跨学科的参与者小组（见下文），他们永远不会一起出现在一个社会会议上。他们的工作将对如何以承诺社会和技术进步的方式引入融合技术产生影响。研究结果也将与地球系统工程、管理和服务科学等新兴领域相关。结果将通过以下方式传播：o讲习班编辑的一卷论文；o发表在《科学、技术与人类价值》、《ieee技术与社会》等期刊上的文章。o在亚利桑那州立大学维护的网站上

Trading zones, interactional expertise and interdisciplinary collaborationMichael E. Gorman, University of VirginiaProject SummaryIntellectual meritRecent NSF initiatives like nanotechnology and convergent technologies emphasize collaboration across not only scientific and engineering disciplines, but also social sciences and humanities (Roco & Bainbridge, 2001, 2002). Science-technology studies (STS) is evolving new theoretical frameworks based on trading zones, shared expertise and moral imagination that show promise for understanding and facilitatingthese collaborations (Gorman, 2002, 2003a, 2003b).This proposal has three goals:a) Developing a framework for analyzing and facilitating interdisciplinarycollaboration in science and technology, based upon linking the concepts oftrading zones and interactional expertise;b) Adding an ethics/values component via the concept of moral imagination;c) Applying the framework to the convergence between nanoscience,biotechnology, information technology, and cognitive science ("NBIC").The method will be a workshop that brings together participants from STS, ethics andindustry. It will be held at Arizona State University's Decision Theater, a facilitydesigned to encourage collaboration among different stakeholders.Broader ImpactThis workshop includes an interdisciplinary group of participants (see below) whowould never appear at a society meeting together. Their work will have an impact on howconverging technologies can be introduced in ways that promise social as well astechnological progress. Results will also be relevant to the emerging fields of EarthSystems Engineering Management and Service Science.Results will be disseminated via:o A volume of edited papers from the workshop;o Articles in journals like Science, Technology & Human Values and IEEETechnology & Society.o On a web-site maintained at Arizona State University