Emilie Pillon

Emilie Pillon is a doctoral student in anthropology. She also has a background in Architecture. Currently, her work focuses on the scientific and technical communities working on and in Antarctica. Through the deployment of scientific programs, she’s examining the role of times, gestures and knowledges – inherited, learned, passed on – and the way its shapes the narrative of a fascinating territory – laboratory.

Research projects / interests:

• Temporal aspect of scientific research
• Scientific and technical narrative’s in/about Antarctica
• The values of scientific data
• Time as a value in Antarctica

Areas of interest:

• Architecture
• Anthropology
• Science studies
• Maintenance studies

Keywords: Technical and scientist communities, Antarctica’s Values, Sciences studies, Timescale and temporality