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SUMMARY:Clare Birchall: Conspiracy Theory\, Secrecy\, Transparency - Clare
  Birchall (KCL)
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CONTACT:Ruth Rushworth
DESCRIPTION:Conspiracy theories have perhaps always been an irritation to 
 those in power\, but two recent transatlantic policy interventions suggest
  both the explicit ways in which conspiracy theories constitute a destabil
 ising threat and some strategies for tackling them in a post 9/11\, post 7
 /7 era. In this paper\, Birchall argues that this recent manifestation of 
 political anxiety draws on a long-standing cultural anxiety concerning the
  politics of knowledge. She will also consider one of the suggested strate
 gies – increased transparency – not in order to assess its ability to 
 curb conspiracy theories\, but in order to examine what kind of alternativ
 e to conspiracy theory transparency offers.\n\nDr Clare Birchall Senior Le
 cturer in the Institute for North American Studies\, King's College\, Lond
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LOCATION:CRASSH\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge\, CB3 
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