Social and Cultural Studies of Science
SISP 264
Spring 2018
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This course provides a survey of theories and methods attending the social and cultural study of science and technology. Students will consider the role of design (such as by engineers) and use (such as by consumers), and will learn historical perspectives that frame the question of whether scientific and technological innovation, and the social and cultural configurations involved, are really "new." |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS SISP |
| Course Format: Lecture | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 90% or above |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
[sample] Ruth Schwartz Cowan, MORE WORK FOR MOTHER: The Ironies of Household Technology from the Open Hearth to the Microwave (New York: Basic Books, 1983)
Ulrike Felt, et al., THE HANDBOOK OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIES (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2017)
Leo Marx, ed. DOES TECHNOLOGY DRIVE HISTORY? The Dilemma of Technological Determinism (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1994)
Emily Martin, THE EGG AND THE SPERM: How Science Has Constructed a Romance Based on Stereotypical Male-Female Roles (Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 16:3, 1991)
Bruno Latour, WHERE ARE THE MISSING MASSES? The Sociology of a Few Mundane Artifacts (Wiebe E. Bijker and John Law, eds.Shaping Technology/Building Society: Studies in Sociotechnical Change, Cambridge: MIT Press, 1992)
selections from: Bruno Latour, LABORATORY LIFE: The Construction of Scientific Facts (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1986 [1979] and SCIENCE IN ACTION: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers Through Society (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1987)
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Examinations and Assignments:
mid-term examination; final paper |
| Instructor(s): Robinson,H.C. Times: .M.W... 10:50AM-12:10PM; Location: PAC004; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 30 | | SR major: 9 | JR major: 9 | | |
| Seats Available: 4 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 4 | JR non-major: 4 | SO: 4 | FR: X |
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