Intro to STS

Posted by Nancy Van House on August 03rd 2011 to

Sismondo, S. (2008). Science and technology studies and an engaged program. In: Hackett, E. J., & Society for Social Studies of Science. (2008). The handbook of science and technology studies (3rd ed.). Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press; 13-32.  (Hereafter Handbook of STS.)

Note: we’ll read a number of articles from this handbook; it can be purchased as a print or ebook from MIT Press.  It is worth buying if you’re interested in pursuing STS further.  Most chapters are relatively short but with enormous numbers of references. We’ll be scanning as needed.

Sismondo emphasizes the “science” in STS; this reflects in part the history of the field, in which science was the initial emphasis; and, in part, his own interests.

Pablo Boczkowski and Leah A. Lievrouw. Bridging STS and Communication Studies: Scholarship on Media and Information Technologies. Handbook of STS, pp. 950-977. These authors are both from Communication Studies (not information studies, HCI, etc.)

 

Wouters, Paul, Katie Vann, Andrea Scharnhorst, Matt Ratto, Iina Hellsten, Jenny Fry, and Anne Beaulieu. 2008. “Messy Shapes of Knowledge – STS Explores Informatization, New Media, and Academic Work.” In The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies, edited by Edward Hackett, Olga Amsterdamska, Michael Lynch, and Judy Wajcman, 319-353.Cambridge, MA, USA: MIT Press.  [added 10/10/11; better than Boczkowski & Lievrouw]

Winner, L. (1980). Do artifacts have politics? Daedalus, 109, 121-136.

Sismondo, S. (2010). Chapter 1: The Prehistory of Science and Technology Studies. In: Sismondo, S. (2010) An introduction to science and technology studies (2nd ed.). Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.

Recommended:

Sismondo, S. (2010). An introduction to science and technology studies (2nd ed.). Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.

 

ADDENDUM:  You should know that Winner’s most-remembered example never happened:  Links updated 8/29/11
Woolgar, S. & Cooper, G. (1999). Do Artefacts Have Ambivalence?: Moses’ Bridges, Winner’s Bridges and Other Urban Legends in S&TS. Social Studies of Science, 29, 433-449.

Joerges, B. (1999). Do Politics Have Artefacts? Social Studies of Science, 29, 411-431.

Joerges, B. (1999). Scams Cannot Be Busted: Reply To Woolgar & Cooper. Social Studies of Science, 29, 450-457.

 

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