... Pinch and Wiebe Bijker’s (1987) transfer of concepts from the study of science
to the study of technology, under the title “social construction oftechnology
(SCOT), argued that the success of ... How the
Sociology ofScienceandthe Sociology ofTechnology Might Benefit Each Other,” in Wiebe E. Bijker,
Science andTechnology Studies and an Engaged Program 29
given way to a constellation of ... between
the more “theoretical” andthe more “activist” sides to STS, but there are plenty of
ScienceandTechnology Studies and an Engaged Program 19
Technical decisions are the focus of Collins and...
... the
democratization ofscienceandtechnology come to the fore.
THE LANGUAGE OF STS ANDTHE LANGUAGE OF POLICY
The broad context ofthe crisis of representation, andthe question of whether insti-
tutional ... both elicit, they are rendered comparable by the process of time to which
they both submit.
The great virtue ofthe innovative directors and designers ofthe gallery, on the top
floor ofthe Museum, ... British government’s Of ce ofScience and
Innovation, part ofthe Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), emphasizes the shift
from the older PUS (Public Understanding of Science) model to a new...
... is the result and
is the result and not the not the cause of a machine the “social” is the result and not the not the cause of a machine
cause of a statement becoming a successful cause ofthe ... technoscientific definitions of
the real. The latter include divisions of subject and object, human and nonhuman,
nature and culture, and relatedly, same and other, us and them. Feminist scholars ... mapping the data, the analyst constructs the situation of inquiry empiri-
cally. The situation per se becomes the ultimate unit of analysis, and understanding its
elements and their relations is the...
... processes of inquiry and discussion—even if understanding the product
depends on the process.
We normally divide the content of an argument into two parts: the conclusion or
point ofthe argument, and ... Postcolonial Theory: A Critical Introduction (St Leonards, NSW: Allen and
Unwin).
Gascoigne, John (1998) Science in the Service of Empire: Joseph Banks, the British State, andthe Uses of
Science in the ... relevance for studies of scientific practice even in the age of global
networks and standardized settings.
The question of “who?” of how to conceptualize actors and their identities—is, of
course, equally...
... to the work ofscienceand technology
in terms of both the processes of production andthe resulting products. The chal-
lenge of SIV is now to incorporate together the work ofscienceandtechnology ... embed-
dedness ofthe practices ofthe making and handling of visual representations andof
the shaping, distributing, applying, and embodying of scientific visual knowledge. If
seeing is so often believing, ... categorization, and analogy. The
Cognitive Studies ofScienceandTechnology 269
approaches first established in the study of science. This is apparent in the work pre-
sented in TheNatureof Technological...
... Royal
Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (Amsterdam: Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences).
Wouters, P. (2005) The Virtual Knowledge Studio for the Humanities and Social Sciences, ... defining the laboratory andthe experimental station as the sites of legitima-
tion of botany and zoology from the mid-nineteenth century (and thereby increasing their
status), the place ofscience ... thought they were up to, the evaluation of
their activities by those who then (and later) had greater power to solidify the bound-
aries ofscience put them on the outside—not just because of their...
... ofscience rests upon
a general notion ofthe independence and integrity of science, and these qualities are
now jeopardized by increasingly close connections ofscience with the production of
wealth ... bits of the
world but to do the right thing?
The scientist is not a priest.” That’s another way of identifying the limited author-
ity ofthe modern scientist, andthe nonpriestly status ofthe ... Acceptance of Evolution,” Science
313(5788): 765–66.
National Science Foundation (2001) Survey of Public Attitudes toward and Understanding ofScience and
Technology, 2001, Division ofScience Resources...
... the above fields are
covered in the different volumes ofthe ‘‘Cosmetic ScienceandTechnology ’ series. In
the fir st editionofthe ‘‘Handbook of Cosmetic Sciences and Technologies,’’ we espe-
cially ... origin and function, the melanocytes. In the embryo, cells of the
neural crest migrate from their site of origin to the various parts ofthe skin and
take up a position in the basal layer ofthe ... were added to those ofthe previous edition, while about 80% of the
others were updated. The outstanding contributors reviewed the major ingredients,
the major technologies, andthe up-to-date regulations...
... that ropes A
and C were the two ends ofthe same rope
and B and D were two ends of another
rope. Karen had A and B as ends of the
same rope and C and D as ends of another
rope, and her explanation ... informed not only by the beauty and
majesty ofthe heavens, but by a deeper
understanding ofnatureand by an appreci-
ation ofthe power ofthe human intellect.
This triumph ofthe human mind says ... biological evolution and the
natureand history of science.
• Chapter 5, “Frequently Asked Questions
About Evolution andtheNatureof Science, ”
gives short answers to some ofthe questions
asked...
... to
show the relative positions and movements
of the sun, planets, and moon as they cir-
cled the earth. As the center ofthe uni-
verse, the earth was a sphere in the center
of the orrery. The other ... that ropes A
and C were the two ends ofthe same rope
and B and D were two ends of another
rope. Karen had A and B as ends of the
same rope and C and D as ends of another
rope, and her explanation ... informed not only by the beauty and
majesty ofthe heavens, but by a deeper
understanding ofnatureand by an appreci-
ation ofthe power ofthe human intellect.
This triumph ofthe human mind says...