Events
My public appearances in the past and future (as far as I can see): lectures, conference speeches, workshops, concerts, performances, petanque tournaments... sociology, music and other stuff, all in one.
18. 3. 2003
:::: Zátory (Praha)
Concert at the Jazz Club Železná (Železná 16)
27. 2. 2003
:::: Zdenek Konopásek, Tereza Stockelová, Lenka Zamykalová: Kombinovaná, upravená optimalizovaná (KUO) versus Stabilizovaná, upravená, kompromisní (SUK): Experti a dálniční obchvat Plzně [Combined, modified and optimised versus Stabilised, modified and compromised: Experts and the highway bypass of Plzen]
Lecture within the series Thursday seminars of CTS/p>
22. 2. 2003
:::: Kvartet dr. Konopného (Barák club, Kostelec nad Černými Lesy)
Concert at the music club Barák, Kostelec nad Černými Lesy
27. 1. 2003
:::: Zdenek Konopásek: O devitalizaci sociologicky: věda, politika a zvládání neurčitosti [On devitalization from the sociological point of view: Science, politics and dealing with uncertainty]
Lecture within the series of Social science theory and methods seminars, Bratislava, Slovakia
26. 1. 2003
:::: Kvartet dr. Konopného (Nad Viktorkou, Praha)
Concert at the Nad Viktorkou pub (Bořivojova ul., Praha 3 - Žižkov)
8. 1. 2003
:::: Zdenek Konopásek, Tereza Stockelová, Lenka Zamykalová: The economy of qualified knowing in the controversy over the Plzen bypass
Presentation at the international workshop "Expertise by public demand" (Science, or else series), January 17-19, 2003, Villa Lanna, Praha
30. 11. 2002
:::: Zátory (Praha)
Concert at the Mala Alternativa festival - Delta Club, Praha 6, Vlastina 887
Also playing: JUMO, NOD, Děti deště, Mimostojící
9. 11. 2002
:::: Zátory (Český Krumlov)
Concert, Travellers Hostel
7. 11. 2002
:::: Zátory (Praha)
Concert in the Vagon Club, Národní třída
Also playing: BBP, Janota 1935
6. 11. 2002
:::: Zátory (Praha)
Concert in the Club U Rafa, Praha 6 - Hanspaulka
15. 9. 2002
:::: Zátory (Praha)
Concert at the festival Bohnické Babí léto - Praha-Bohnice, mental hospital park
2. 7. 2002
:::: Simon Joss & Zdeněk Konopásek: Simon Joss & Zdeněk Konopásek: The function of accountability for governance concepts: The PubAcc project
Presentation at the European Commission seminar "Governance and citizenship in science and technology: Overlapping and cross-cutting issues in theoretical perspective and empirical research", July 2 2002, Brussel, Belgium
23. 6. 2002
:::: Zdeněk Konopásek: Síla a slabost "holých faktů": spory o devitalizaci očima sociologa vědy [The strength and weakness of "pure facts": debates on devitalization from the science studies perspective]
Presentation at 5th conference of Biograf, June 21-23 2002, Borek near Suchomasty
25. 5. 2002
:::: Zátory (Praha)
Concert at Kopanina Spring festival
Also playing: Sedící kameny, Radúza, Činna, etc.
11. 5. 2002
:::: Zdeněk Konopásek: The logic of ethno-methods meets political theory: The concept of accountability
Presentation at the international conference "Philosophy and social sciences", May 10-14 2002, Vila Lanna, Praha
The notion of accountability represents an important concept of contemporary theory of democracy. As such, it has the following normative meaning: the public should be kept informed on "public issues" as completely as possible. Manipulations and hidden interests should be eliminated. Decision-making should be transparent. Those who represent should be under control of those who are represented. Only then politics become responsible and truly democratic. But there exists another usage of the term within the social sciences. Accountability is one of the key concepts in ethnomethodology, a micro-sociological interactionist sociological tradition. In my contribution I will discuss how the ethnomethodological understanding of the concept might help us to grasp some of the ambivalences involved in the "politics of accountability" in the public sphere. A revised theoretical framework of public accountability will be suggested.
