From the Classics to Contemporary Perspectives: Key Works in Science and Technology Studies

This seminar offers an introduction to foundational texts in Science and Technology Studies (STS). We will revisit key classics that have shaped the field while also exploring more recent and emerging perspectives, providing a broader understanding of how STS continues to evolve.

Course Modalities

• Regular attendance and active participation
• Seminar presentation (30 min) on one of the readings, accompanied by a written handout (1 page)

 

Literature:

Bratton, Benjamin H. (2015): The Stack. On software and sovereignty. Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: The MIT Press.

Coen, Deborah R. (2018): Climate in motion. Science, empire, and the problem of scale. Chicago, London: The University of Chicago Press.

Collins, Harry M.; Pinch, Trevor J. (1998): The Golem. What you should know about science. Second edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Haraway, Donna (2016): Manifestly Haraway. Minneapolis, London: University of Minnesota Press.

Harding, Sandra G. (2008): Sciences from below. Feminisms, postcolonialities, and modernities. Durham: Duke University Press.

Jasanoff, Sheila (2012): Science and public reason. Online-Ausg. Abingdon, Oxon, New York: Routledge.

Jasanoff, Sheila; Kim, Sang-Hyun (2015): Dreamscapes of modernity. Sociotechnical imaginaries and the fabrication of power. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Kuhn, Thomas S. (2012 [1962]): The structure of scientific revolutions. Fourth edition. Chicago, London: The University of Chicago Press.

Latour, Bruno; Woolgar, Steve (1986 [1979]): Laboratory Life. The Contruction of Scientific Facts. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Mclntyre, Lee (2019): The Scientific Attitude. Defending science from denial, fraud, and pseudoscience. Cambridge, Massachusetts, London: The MIT Press.

Merton, Robert King (1973): The sociology of science. Theoretical and empirical investigations. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press.

Noble, Safiya Umoja (2018): Algorithms of oppression. How search engines reinforce racism. New York: New York University Press.

Schiebinger, Londa (1999): Has feminism changed science? Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.

Turkle, Sherry (2005 [1984]): The Second Self. Computers and the Human Spirit. Twentieth Anniversary Edition. Cambridge, London: The MIT Press.

Verran, Helen (2001): Science and an African logic. Chicago, London: University of Chicago Press.

Wajcman, Judy (2004): TechnoFeminism. Cambridge, Malden MA: Polity.