Dr. Andrew Barry
School of Geography and the Environment
Oxford University
Monday, March 30, 2009
11:30 AM
217 Tory Building, Carleton University, Ottawa
Andrew Barry is Reader in Geography at Oxford University and a Fellow
of St Catherine's College. Originally trained in Physics and the
History and Philosophy of Science, Dr. Barry's research and teaching
has been broadly
concerned with the role of science and technology in political and
economic life. He is the author of Political Machines: Governing a
Technological Society (Athlone 2001), and co-editor of The
Technological Economy
Political Machines: Governing a Technological Society (Athlone 2001),
and co-editor of The Technological Economy
(Routledge 2005), Foucault and Political Reason (Chicago University
Press 1996) and the sociology of Gabriel Tarde (Economy and Society,
2007). Dr. Barry's recent research has focused on the politics of oil
in the Caspian and Caucasus and the development of new forms of
interdisciplinary research that cut across the boundaries between the
social and natural sciences.
Foucault and Political Reason (Chicago University Press 1996) and the
sociology of Gabriel Tarde (Economy and Society, 2007). Dr. Barry's
recent research has focused on the politics of oil in the Caspian and
Caucasus and the development of new forms of interdisciplinary
research that cut across the boundaries between the social and natural
sciences.
This lecture is co-sponsored by the Department
s of Sociology & Anthropology, Law and Political Science, Carleton University
For more information, contact WilliamWalters, wwalters@ccs.carleton.ca
