Knowing Democracies: Introduction to Science and Technology Studies – Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences

(Ir)Responsible Science and Engineering

An advanced overview, this course introduces key theoretical readings in the interdisciplinary field of Science and Technology Studies. Core questions are both sociologically-inflected and philosophically salient: what is and should be the role of expert knowledge in a democracy? What is the relationship beetween technological artifacts, power, and politics? Readings intersect philosophy, anthropology, political theory, and sociology; cases studies, both historical and contemporary, include gene editing, built environments, and climate science.

Content

Function of Expert Knowledge in a Democracy
Relationship between technological artifacts, power and politics

LITERATURE RECOMMENDATION

Jasanoff, S., & Kim, S. H. (Eds.). (2015). Dreamscapes of modernity: Sociotechnical imaginaries and the fabrication of power. University of Chicago Press
Kitcher, P. (2003). Science, truth, and democracy. Oxford University Press

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