Social and Cultural Practices of Science
FGSS 200
Fall 2007
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01
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| Crosslisting:
SISP 207 |
Historians have traditionally construed scientific knowledge as achieved and assessed by individual knowers. Some recent theorists have instead placed greater emphasis upon the epistemic significance of scientific communities, disciplines, or practices and taken seriously the social and cultural context of scientific research. This course looks closely at some of the issues that have been most important for scholars studying scientific work, including feminist science studies; differences between experimental, field, and theoretical science; career trajectories in science; connections between science and its various "publics"; the politics of scientific expertise; the globalization of science; and conceptual exchange between sciences and other discursive practices. The concept of the social will also receive critical attention in its purported contrasts to what is individual, natural, rational, or cultural. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Writing
This course emphasizes writing as a skill as well as a mechanism for exploring the subject matter of the course.
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS FGSS |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ENVS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
M. Biagioli, ed. SCIENCE STUDIES READER
Johns, NATURE OF THE BOOK
Shapin and Schaffer, LEVIATHAN AND THE AIR PUMP
Gould, MISMEASURE OF MAN
plus extensive reserve readings |
| Instructor(s): Tucker,Jennifer Times: .M...F. 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: PAC136; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 20 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: 1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 5 | FR: X |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 2 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 2 |
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