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ARSTM@NCA 2016 Schedule

ARSTM members at Mütter Museaum

ARSTM Board member Bill Keith leads a tour of the Mütter Museum–with bonus Cyborg Bingo game!

2016 ARST @ NCA Schedule (PDF version)

November 9, 2016

Philadelphia, PA

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

2016 ARST Preconference: Post-Critique Rhetorics
PDF of the detailed preconference schedule

(organized by Scott Graham)

8:30 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.

Thursday, November 10, 2016

9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Cosmologies of Science and Technology (paper session)
co-sponsored with Philosophy of Communication Division

Grand Salon II-First Floor, Courtyard Downtown

12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

Bodies as Contested Sites in the Rhetoric of Medicine
co-sponsored with the Health Communication Division (paper session)

Grand Salon II-First Floor, Courtyard Downtown

2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Objectivity’s Rhetorical Effects (panel discussion)

co-sponsored with Critical and Cultural Studies and the Philosophy of Communication Divisions

Washington-First Floor, Courtyard Downtown

Friday, November 11, 2016

8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Argumentation and Interpretation in Big Data (paper session)
co-sponsored with Human Communication and Technology Division

Grand Salon III-First Floor, Courtyard Downtown

9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Stories from the Frontlines: Defining Twenty-First Century Best Practices for Environmental Communication (panel discussion)
co-sponsored with Activism and Social Justice Division, Engaging Environmental Crises/Imagining Alternative Worlds Series, Environmental Communication Division, Performance Studies Division, Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division

Liberty Salon C-Level 3 Headhouse Tower, Marriott Downtown

2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

ARSTM Business Meeting

Grand Salon L-Level 5, Marriott Downtown

3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

ARSTM Top Papers (paper session)

Grand Salon L-Level 5, Marriott Downtown

Saturday, November 12, 2016

11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Emerging Outbreaks:

Exploring the Rhetorical Contours of the Zika Virus (panel discussion)
co-sponsored with the Health Communication Division

Grand Salon IV-First Floor, Courtyard Downtown

12:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Construyendo Puentes/Building Bridges:

Communicating Environmental Justice and Latinx Community Engagement (panel discussion)
co-sponsor with Activism and Social Justice Division, Engaging Environmental Crises/Imagining Alternative Worlds Series, Environmental Communication Division, La Raza Caucus Latino/Latina Communication Studies Division, Performance Studies Division, Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division

Grand Salon IV-First Floor, Courtyard Downtown

Sunday, November 13, 2016

9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

The Politics of Science (paper session)
co-sponsored with the Political Communication Division

Logan-First Floor, Courtyard Downtown

11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Argumentative Discourse in the Regulation of Medicine and Health Services (paper session)
co-sponsored with the Health Communication Division

Rittenhouse-First Floor, Courtyard Downtown