The Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA) is a

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-based academic organization whose members "share an interest in problems of science and representation, and in the

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and

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dimensions of

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technology Technology is the application of knowledge to reach practical goals in a specifiable and reproducible way. The word ''technology'' may also mean the product of such an endeavor. The use of technology is widely prevalent in medicine, science, ...

, and

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." The SLSA publishes the journal '' Configurations'', published by

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, and a members' newsletter ''Decodings''. It holds an annual conference that "attracts hundreds of participants from many different disciplines, including the

history History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...

, sociology,

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rhetoric Rhetoric () is the art of persuasion, which along with grammar and logic (or dialectic), is one of the three ancient arts of discourse. Rhetoric aims to study the techniques writers or speakers utilize to inform, persuade, or motivate parti ...

, and

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of science, technology and medicine;

literary history The history of literature is the historical development of writings in prose or poetry that attempt to provide entertainment, enlightenment, or instruction to the reader/listener/observer, as well as the development of the literary techniques ...

and criticism; art history and media studies; the cognitive sciences; and all areas of science, technology, engineering, and medicine" (the 30th being in 2016). The European Society for Literature, Science and the Arts (SLSAeu) is a sister body. The Society's own webpage is inconsistent as to whether there is a comma after "Science" in its name.

History

The Society for Literature and Science was created at the 17th International Congress of the History of Science, held in

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, in August 1985. It was renamed the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts in the mid-2000s.Society for Literature Science and the Arts 2006 Conference
New York Art Science Festival Accessed April 14, 2020.

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