Author Archive for Scott Campbell

07
Nov
11

Reminder: Register for the CSTHA-AHSTC 2011 Conference-Colloque

By Scott Campbell Closed
Categories: Announcement, Conference and CSTHA-AHSTC

The Canadian Science and Technology Historical Association biennial conference opens on 18 November 2011 at the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa.

To celebrate the International Year of Forests, the conference keynote address will be given by Dr. Graeme Wynn, University of British Columbia, a leading expert on forests. The conference will feature over 40 papers by historians, information and museum professionals, scientists, and students, demonstrating the spectrum of interests and subjects represented in the Association. In addition, tours and a banquet round out the programme

Register now to attend this informative conference (http://cstha-ahstc.ca/conference-congres-2011/). We are looking forward to your participation in the conference.

Sincerely,

CSTHA / AHSTC 2011 Conference Planning Committees

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Le colloque biennal de l’Association pour l’histoire de la science et de la technologie au Canada débutera le 18 novembre 2011 au Musée des sciences et de la technologie du Canada à Ottawa.

Pour marquer l’Année internationale des forêts, le discours d’ouverture sera prononcé par M. Graeme Wynn, Ph.D., de l?Université de la Colombie-Britannique, un spécialiste du domaine. Le colloque offrira plus de quarante articles d’historiens, de professionnels des musées et de l’information, de scientifiques et d’étudiants, ce qui témoigne de la gamme d’intérêts et de thèmes représentés à l’Association. Des visites et un banquet complèteront le programme.

Inscrivez-vous dès maintenant à ce colloque enrichissant (http://cstha-ahstc.ca/conference-congres-2011) et au plaisir de vous y retrouver.

Cordialement,

Les comités de la programmation du colloque CSTHA / AHSTC 2011

19
Sep
11

National Science and Technology Week 2011, October 14 to 23

By Scott Campbell Closed
Categories: Announcement

Celebrate Science and Technology in Canada!

Host a Cafe Scientifique! Join the Canada Science and Technology Museum and host your own Café Scientifique event this October in celebration of National Science and Technology Week. It’s easy and we will show you how. See attached PDF “Cafe” for details.

19
Sep
11

Canadian Science Policy Conference

By Scott Campbell Closed
Categories: Conference

The 2011 Canadian Science Policy Conference will be held at the Ottawa Convention Centre from November 16 to 18, 2011.

Come join over 500 delegates in dialogue about the role of science in: humanitarian efforts, international diplomacy, aboriginal health, and many more issues of enduring and immediate concern to
Canadian scientists, industry, government, and policy-makers, including: Science, Politics and Culture in Canada; Enabling Private Sector Innovation; Exploring the True North: Reflections on Northern Science Policy; Special Focus: International Year of Chemistry; Major Issues In Canadian Science Policy; Special Optional Workshops: “The Nuts and Bolts of Science Policy.” The full list of this year’s panels is available at: http://www.cspc2011.ca/agenda.php. Register now at www.cspc2011.ca

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19
Sep
11

Colloquium: Synthetic Biology at the Interface of Science and Policy

By Scott Campbell Closed
Categories: Colloquium

Situating Science is pleased to contribute towards Synthetic Biology at the Interface of Science and Policy

Travel grants for student bloggers available. Limited funding. Contact us for more information.

On September 30, 2011, the University of Ottawa’s new Institute for Science, Society and Policy is hosting the colloquium, Synthetic Biology at the Interface of Science and Policy.  This is the first international conference on synthetic biology to take place in the nation’s capital and will bring together experts from academia, government and the NGO sector to discuss the science of synthetic biology and its social and policy implications.  The event will also feature a roundtable discussion on synthetic biology and the policy issues to which it gives rise.  Supporters and critics of this controversial new technology will exchange ideas in an open and unfettered atmosphere.

The keynote speaker is Michele Garfinkel, Adjunct at the J. Craig Venter Institute and Manager of the Science Policy Programme at the European Molecular Biology Organization.

The event will be held at the University of Ottawa in Tabaret Hall room 112.  (A map is available on the conference website.)

For more information and to register for the event please visit the colloquium website at: http://artsites.uottawa.ca/synbio-colloquium/?lang=en.

19
Sep
11

Conference: Science and Method in the Humanities

By Scott Campbell Closed
Categories: Call for papers and Conference

Science and Method in the Humanities

3/2/12, abstracts due 11/1/11

Rutgers University announces “Science and Method in the Humanities,” an interdisciplinary graduate symposium to be held on March 2, 2012, with keynote speakers Peter Dear (Cornell University) and Barbara Herrnstein Smith (Duke University, Brown University).

The aim of the conference is to explore questions of method and methodology in the sciences and in humanities scholarship that engages the sciences. This one-day event will bring together scholars working across that curricular divide for an interdisciplinary discussion of science and method, ranging from the historical development of scientific methods and their various historical re-articulations to broader concerns of methodology across the humanities.

How does interdisciplinary scholarship reframe questions of methodology, broadly construed? How is method variously understood and how are its formulations shaped by historical, theoretical, and disciplinary concerns? How does method relate to matters of fact and theory? How do humanities disciplines appropriate and modify particular scientific methods?

Related themes/topics may include (but are not limited to):

  • Scientific methods and the history of science
  • Methodology, disciplinary history, and the professionalization of the humanities
  • Method and form, genres of scientific knowledge, aesthetics of science, or as science
  • Inscription and writing: media, authority, translation, referentiality
  • Elements of method: hypothesis, collaboration, witnessing, objectivity
  • Historical method: induction, deduction, experimentation
  • Philosophy and the Analytic/Continental divide
  • Vitalism in the sciences and in critical theory
  • The afterlives of positivism
  • The “cognitive revolution” and the humanities
  • The curriculum and the “two cultures” debate
  • Science Studies/STS, Actor Network Theory, and historical study
  • Vernacular Science and Mobile Technologies
  • Digital humanities: computation, quantitative analysis, electronic publishing and peer review

Please send 400-500-word abstracts to Lizzie Oldfather (lizzie.oldfather@gmail.com) by November 1, 2011.

Sponsored by: Rutgers British Studies Center, Program in the History of Science, Technology, Environment and Health, Center for Cultural Analysis, Program in Early Modern Studies.

For more information, please visit http://sciencemethodhumanities.wordpress.com/

08
Sep
11

CSTHA-AHSTC Deadline Extension / Extension de late date limite

By Scott Campbell Closed
Categories: Uncategorized

CSTHA – AHSTC Biennial Conference

Call for Papers – Extended Deadline – 26 September 2011

Planning is proceeding for the next biennial conference of the Canadian Science and Technology Historical Association / Association pour l’histoire de la science et de la technologie au Canada to be held in Ottawa, 18-20 November. With a keynote address by Dr. Graeme Wynn, University of British Columbia, to mark the international year of forests, and prizes for the best student paper presentations, this conference is shaping up to be another informative meeting of the Association.

The programme committee will continue to receive paper proposals until 26 September 2011. Further details are available in the Call for Papers below.

Colloque biennal AHSTC-CSTHA – Appel de communications

Extension de la date limite – 26 septembre 2011

La planification se poursuit en vue du prochain colloque biennal de l’Association pour l’histoire de la science et de la technologie au Canada / the Canadian Science and Technology Historical Association, qui se tiendra à Ottawa du 18 au 20 novembre 2011. Une autre occasion de rencontre instructive se dessine pour l’Association avec notamment la conférence principale de M. Graham Wynn, Ph.D., de l’Université de la Colombie-Britannique pour marquer l’année des forêts et des prix pour les meilleures présentations étudiantes.

Le comité de la programmation continuera de recevoir les propositions de communications jusqu’au 26 septembre 2011. De plus amples détails sont disponibles dans l’appel de communications que vous trouverez ci-dessous.

05
Jul
11

CSTHA-AHSTC XVII Conference / Colloque

By Scott Campbell Closed
Categories: Announcement, Call for papers, Conference and CSTHA-AHSTC

La version française apparaît ci-dessous

CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS

Canadian Science and Technology Historical Association
Biennial Conference XVII
18-20 November 2011
Ottawa, Ontario

Extended Deadline: 26 September 2011

The Canadian Science and Technology Historical Association (CSTHA) will be returning to Ottawa to the Canada Science and Technology Museum for its next biennial conference to be held on 18-20 November 2011.

The Conference Program Committee invites papers on subjects relating to all aspects of the history of science, technology, and medicine in Canada. Recognizing that 2011 is the United Nations International Year of Forests, we welcome papers relating to the scientific and technological aspects of Canadian forests and forestry, and environmental history. In addition, as the Canada Science and Technology Museum will be hosting
the conference, papers relating to science, technology or medicine museums in Canada will be welcomed. Proposals from students will be particularly welcomed.

Professor Graeme Wynn, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, will give the opening keynote address. Dr. Wynn is the team leader for the Forest History Project of the Network in Canadian History & Environment (NiCHE), which promotes historical and geographical study of Canada’s forests in our nation’s environmental history.

CSTHA welcomes proposals for both individual papers as well as thematic sessions, in English and/or French. Individual proposals must include a title, an abstract of about 150 words, and a short résumé for the presenter(s). Session proposals must include a title, a brief summary of the theme, titles and abstracts for each paper, and a short résumé of each speaker. Posters can also be presented and will be available for the
duration of the conference.

Please see http://cstha-ahstc.ca/conference-congres-2011/ for information on submitting papers or registration. If you have any questions, please email Dorotea Gucciardo, CSTHA communications
coordinator, at conference@cstha-ahstc.ca.

Presenters at this conference must be members of CSTHA. Become a member or renew your membership at http://cstha-ahstc.ca/membership-adhesion/.

Download PDF: CSTHA-AHSTC CFP Conference – ADC Colloque

APPEL DE COMMUNICATIONS (ARTICLES ET AFFICHES)

XVIIe colloque biennal de l’Association pour l’histoire de la science et de la technologie
Du 18 au 20 novembre 2011
Ottawa, Ontario

Extension de la date limite – 26 septembre 2011

Dans le cadre de son prochain colloque biennal, l’Association pour l’histoire de la science et de la technologie (AHSTC) retourne à Ottawa, au Musée des sciences et de la technologie du Canada, du 18 au 20 novembre 2011.

Le comité de programmation du colloque invite la soumission d’articles sur des sujets en relation avec l’histoire de la science, de la technologie et de la médecine au Canada. Puisque l’Organisation des Nations Unies a proclamé 2011 l’Année internationale des forêts, nous serons heureux de recevoir des articles en lien avec les aspects scientifiques et technologiques des forêts et de la foresterie au Canada, et avec l’histoire de l’environnement. Par ailleurs, le Musée des sciences et de la technologie étant l’hôte du colloque, nous invitons les articles en relation avec les musées de la science, de la technologie et de la médecine au Canada. Nous invitons plus particulièrement les propositions étudiantes.

Le professeur Graeme Wynn, du département de géographie de l’Université de la Colombie-Britannique, prononcera le discours d’ouverture. Monsieur Wynn dirige l’équipe qui travaille à l’histoire de la forêt dans le cadre de la Nouvelle initiative canadienne en histoire de l’environnement (NICHE). NICHE encourage l’étude de l’histoire et de la géographie des forêts canadiennes en lien avec l’histoire de l’environnement de notre pays.

L’AHSTC souhaite recevoir des propositions d’articles individuels et de séances thématiques, en anglais ou en français. Les propositions individuelles doivent comporter un titre, un résumé d’environ 150 mots et le curriculum vitae succinct du ou des présentateurs. Les propositions de séances doivent comporter un titre, un bref sommaire du thème, les titres et résumés de chaque article et un curriculum vitae succinct de chaque présentateur. On peut également présenter des affiches qui pourront être vues durant toute la durée du colloque.

Pour plus de détails sur la soumission d’articles ou l’inscription : http://cstha-ahstc.ca/conference-congres-2011/. Les questions peuvent être adressées à Dorotea Gucciardo, coordonnatrice des communications de l’AHSTC (conference@cstha-ahstc.ca).

Les présentateurs doivent être membres de l’AHSTC. Pour adhérer ou renouveler votre adhésion : http://cstha-ahstc.ca/membership-adhesion/

Download PDF: CSTHA-AHSTC CFP Conference – ADC Colloque

18
Apr
11

HALIFAX SITUATING SCIENCE EVENTS NEWSLETTER

By Scott Campbell Closed
Categories: Conference, Fellowship, Job posting and Workshop
Please send additions for the next circulation (27 April) to: megandean@dal.ca

1. LOCAL EVENTS

2. NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

3. JOBS/STUDENTSHIPS/OPPORTUNITIES

1. LOCAL EVENTS

SITUSCI WORKS IN PROGRESS MEETING: 7:00-9:00PM, THURSDAY APRIL 28. Frazee Room, University of King’s College. Presenter: Ryan Kerney, Department of Biology, Dalhousie University. “Do larval traits re-evolve? Evidence from the embryogenesis of a direct-developing salamander, Plethodon cinereus.” Abstract to follow. See our website for schedule of upcoming talks. http://www.situsci.ca/works-progress-wip

THE FIRST SPIRITUAL DIVERSITY CONFERENCE & FAIR WILL GET UNDERWAY ON JUNE 2 – 4. This event will bring together people of all of the major faith traditions as well as presenters who will address the challenges and opportunities that religious diversity brings to our nation. The speakers include professors of religion and sociology, Islamic scholars and Imams, Christian theologians, Buddhist and Hindu priests, Baha’i scholars, and Jewish rabbis. Speakers from across Canada are scheduled to present. June 2 and 3: CONFERENCE at Saint Mary’s University. June 4: SPIRITUAL FAIR at Victoria Park across from the Public  Gardens, Spring Garden Road. REGISTRATION IS OPEN: Regular $50. Students: $35. This includes breakfast and lunch on June 2 and 3. If you would like to purchase tickets in person, please contact Moeza Merchant: moeza.merchant@dal.ca, 902-404-9878. See attached poster for details. For further information: www.touchbaseonline.ca/sdc.

2. NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

REVISITING EVOLUTIONARY NATURALISM: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON VICTORIAN SCIENCE AND CULTURE. MAY 6 ? 7TH, 2011. 320 BETHUNE COLLEGE, YORK UNIVERSITY, TORONTO, CANADA. Ever since the 1970′s, when Robert Young and Frank Turner treated T. H. Huxley, John Tyndall, and their allies as posing an effective challenge to the authority of the Anglican clergy, scholars have found the term “scientific naturalism,” or “evolutionary naturalism,” to be a useful shorthand for referring to an influential group of like-minded elite intellectuals.  But over the years, questions have been raised about the cohesiveness and the cultural status of scientific naturalism.  Is the term elastic enough to include both the idealist and romantic Karl Pearson as well as the hard-nosed materialist Charles Bastian?  Just how powerful were the scientific naturalists if they disagreed amongst themselves on key issues, and if, as many recent studies have suggested, they were confronted by a host of effective opponents in addition to Anglican clergymen, including North British physicists, Oxbridge trained gentlemen of science, self-trained popularizers of science, philosophical idealists, spiritualists, feminists, anti-vivisectionists, and socialists?  Indeed, how far were the practices and writings of scientific naturalists actually shaped by their interchanges with such myriad opponents? In this workshop we hope to explore new perspectives on the British scientific naturalists, re-examining their interactions with each other and with other groups within the larger culture.  Speakers include Ruth Barton, Peter J. Bowler, Gowan Dawson, James Elwick, Jim Endersby, George Levine, Bernard Lightman, Ted Porter, Evelleen Richards, Joan Richards, Michael Reidy, Jonathan Smith, Robert Smith, Matthew Stanley, Michael Taylor, and Paul White.  See website for details: http://ists.news.yorku.ca/news-and-events/workshops/

READING ARTIFACTS SUMMER INSTITUTE. AUGUST 15-19, 2011. Presented by: Canada Science and Technology Museum (CSTM) Collection & Research Division and Conservation Services. The READING ARTIFACTS SUMMER INSTITUTE is for Graduate Students, Post-docs, Faculty interested in teaching history through artifacts, Scholars seeking to expand their research methods. Participants will investigate artifacts, trade literature and photographic collections as resources for research, teaching, and the public presentation of history, work with leading collection scholars in a national museum setting to explore material culture methodologies and approaches, use artifacts as the centre of discussion and hands-on group examinations, learn the basics of conservation, cataloguing and developing collections in local environments ? a growing resource in liberal arts programs. For further information contact David Pantalony at: dpantalony@technomuses.ca. Register here (deadline:  June 17th, 2011). https://secure.technomuses.ca/readingArtifactsSI/register_e.asp. Join our Google Group at:  http://groups.google.ca/group/reading-artifacts-CSTM

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE BANFF SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM FOR 2011. August 13- 28, 2011. The Science Communications program is a two-week residency fostering excellence and creativity for science communicators in Canada and around the world. Participants return to their professional practices in science, media, research, or other realms transformed by ideas and confident to provide leadership in the advancement of science communications. Deadline is April 15, 2011. Scholarship money available. More information: http://banffscience.ca/programs/science-communications-overview.html

3.  JOBS/STUDENTSHIPS/OPPORTUNITIES

THE DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AT THE UNIVERSITY  OF CALGARY INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR A ONE-YEAR POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP STARTING ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2011. The area of specialization is logic or the philosophy of science. The fellow will be expected to have a well-defined research project, teach one course in the area of specialization, and participate in the research activities of the Department. All requirements for the PhD must have been completed by the starting date and no earlier than September 2007. The stipend is $50,000 Canadian per year. Specific inquiries about this position may be directed to: Ali Kazmi, Head, Department of Philosophy, University of Calgary akazmi@ucalgary.ca. Complete dossiers, including a cv, at least three letters of reference, postgraduate transcripts, a recent sample of writing, and a detailed research proposal may be sent to: Merlette Schnell, Manager // Department of Philosophy // University of Calgary // 2500 University Drive NW // Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4 // CANADA schnell@ucalgary.ca. Applications will be accepted until April 15, 2011 or until the position is filled. http://www.phil.ucalgary.ca/

LECTURESHIP FOR HISTORY OF SCIENCE/HOPOS AT PENN (1 YEAR RENEWABLE):  The Integrated Studies Program at Penn invites applications for a full-time one-year lectureship in the history of science, with the possibility of renewal. We especially encourage applications from those with an expertise in the history of biology or physics or both. Applications are encouraged by April 18, 2011. Eligibility is limited to applicants who will have received their Ph.D. within five years prior to the time they begin their fellowship at Penn (May 2006 or later). See website for details: http://www.insidehighered.com/career/seekers/posts/view/190280

18
Apr
11

READING ARTIFACTS SUMMER INSTITUTE / L’École d’été du Musée : L’histoire racontée par les artéfacts

By Scott Campbell Closed
Categories: Workshop

August 15-19, 2011

Presented by:
Canada Science and Technology Museum (CSTM)
Collection & Research Division and Conservation Services

Are you tired of traditional accounts of science and technology? Discover alternative historical perspectives and methods in the midst of Canada’s largest collection in science, medicine and technology. Our annual artifact sessions in the CSTM storage facility bring together Canadian and international scholars from across the disciplinary spectrum. Participants immerse themselves in our collections gaining renewed appreciation for artifacts and the multiple, unpredictable stories they tell.

Guest faculty for 2011:

  • Dag Spicer, Senior Curator, Computer History Museum, Mountain View, California, USA
  • Cindy Stelmackowich, Faculty-Lecturer, Art History, School for Studies in Art and Culture, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

The READING ARTIFACTS SUMMER INSTITUTE is for:

  • Graduate Students
  • Post-docs
  • Faculty interested in teaching history through artifacts
  • Scholars seeking to expand their research methods

Participants will:

  • investigate artifacts, trade literature and photographic collections as resources for research, teaching, and the public presentation of history
  • work with leading collection scholars in a national museum setting to explore material culture methodologies and approaches
  • use artifacts as the centre of discussion and hands-on group examinations
  • learn the basics of conservation, cataloguing and developing collections in local environments – a growing resource in liberal arts programs.

Location:        Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Dates:                August 15-19, 2011
Tuition:        Students  $250.        Post-Docs $350;       Faculty and Professionals $450
(includes breaks, lunches, and a field trip)
* Students can apply for financial assistance. Send requests and budget after registration and acceptance.

Register here (deadline:  June 17th, 2011): Limit of 30 participants
https://secure.technomuses.ca/readingArtifactsSI/register_e.asp

For further information contact David Pantalony at: dpantalony@technomuses.ca

Join our Google Group at:  http://groups.google.ca/group/reading-artifacts-CSTM

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Du 15 au 19 août 2011

présenté par
la Division de la collection et de la recherche et les Services de conservation
du Musée des sciences et de la technologie du Canada (MSTC)

En avez-vous assez des comptes rendus traditionnels sur les sciences et la technologie? Découvrez d’autres points de vue sur l’histoire et des méthodes de rechange pour l’enseigner, au milieu de la plus vaste collection d’artéfacts scientifiques, médicaux et technologiques du Canada. Nos séances annuelles d’étude des artéfacts, dans les installations d’entreposage du MSTC, réunissent des savants canadiens et étrangers de toutes les disciplines. Les participants se plongent dans nos collections et acquièrent une perspective neuve sur les artéfacts et les multiples histoires imprévisibles qu’ils ont à raconter.

Experts invités en 2011 :

  • Dag Spicer, conservateur principal, Computer History Museum, Mountain View, Californie (É.-U.)
  • Cindy Stelmackowich, chargée de cours, Histoire de l’art, School for Studies in Art and Culture, Université Carleton, Ottawa (Canada)

L’École d’été du Musée « L’histoire racontée par les artéfacts » s’adresse aux personnes suivantes :

  • les étudiants diplômés;
  • les étudiants du niveau postdoctoral;
  • les membres du corps professoral qui s’intéressent à l’enseignement de l’histoire à l’aide d’artéfacts;
  • les savants qui cherchent à élargir la gamme de leurs méthodes de recherche.

Les participants :

  • examineront les artéfacts, les catalogues de fabricants et les collections de photos en tant que ressources pour la recherche, l’enseignement et la présentation publique de l’histoire;
  • travailleront avec des savants réputés spécialistes de collections, dans le contexte d’un musée national, pour explorer des méthodes et des approches en matière de culture matérielle;
  • fonderont des discussions et des études pratiques en groupe sur des artéfacts;
  • apprendront les notions de base de la conservation, du catalogage et de l’expansion des collections dans des environnements locaux – une ressource de plus en plus employée dans les programmes d’études en arts libéraux.

Endroit :        Musée des sciences et de la technologie du Canada, Ottawa (Ontario) Canada
Dates :        Du 15 au 19 août 2011
Frais :        Étudiants  250 $       Niveau postdoctoral 350 $       Corps enseignant et professionnels 450 $
(comprend les pauses, le repas du midi et une visite éducative)
* Les étudiants peuvent faire une demande d’aide financière. Prière d’envoyer sa demande et son budget, une fois l’inscription acceptée.

Cliquez sur le lien ci-dessous pour vous inscrire. Date limite : le 17 juin 2011. Le nombre de participants est limité à 30.
https://secure.technomuses.ca/readingArtifactsSI/register_f.asp

Pour obtenir d’autres renseignements, communiquez avec David Pantalony à : dpantalony@technomuses.ca.

Devenez membre de notre Groupe Google à  http://groups.google.ca/group/reading-artifacts-CSTM.

22
Mar
11

Scientia Canadensis: New Editorial Team / Une nouvelle équipe de rédaction

By Scott Campbell Closed
Categories: Announcement

The Canadian Science and Technology Historical Association (CSTHA) is pleased to announce the appointment of a new editorial team for Scientia Canadensis, the leading Canadian journal on the history of science, technology, and medicine in Canada … [more]

L’Association pour l’histoire de la science et de la technologie au Canada (AHSTC) a le plaisir d’annoncer la nomination d’une nouvelle équipe de rédacteurs de Scientia Canadensis, une revue scientifique de premier plan en matière d’histoire de la science, de la technologie et de la médecine au Canada … [plus d'informations]

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