230144 SE Sensory Studies of Science (2013S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 23 - Soziologie

Continuous assessment of course work

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Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from Su 10.02.2013 08:00 to Tu 19.03.2013 23:59
Deregistration possible until Su 12.05.2013 23:59

Details

max. 25 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Alexandra Supper

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Friday 03.05. 13:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Monday 06.05. 13:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Tuesday 07.05. 13:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Monday 13.05. 13:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Tuesday 14.05. 13:00 - 15:30 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Friday 17.05. 13:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Thursday 23.05. 09:30 - 11:30 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Friday 24.05. 13:00 - 15:30 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Monday 27.05. 13:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Wednesday 29.05. 13:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien

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Aims, contents and method of the course

What role do the senses play in the process of making and communicating scientific knowledge? The traditional view of science as a disembodied and a-sensuous practice has recently been called into question by scholars in STS and the history and anthropology of science. Not only have these scholars investigated the 'visual cultures of science', but they have also shown the importance of sound, touch, smell and taste in scientific practice and indeed, they have shown that the different senses interact with each other in the making of scientific knowledge. In this course, we will explore the role of the senses and embodied practices in a variety of scientific disciplines and different sites of knowledge-production, and encounter the method of sensory ethnography as a tool to study the senses in the sciences.

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