Universität Wien

230157 VO Science, Technology, Society (STS): Key-questions and concepts (2009W)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 23 - Soziologie

More information about the teaching programme at the institute: http://sciencestudies.univie.ac.at/

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Language: English

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Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 08.10. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum Physik Sensengasse 8 EG
  • Monday 12.10. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum Physik Sensengasse 8 EG
  • Thursday 15.10. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum Physik Sensengasse 8 EG
  • Monday 19.10. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum Physik Sensengasse 8 EG
  • Thursday 22.10. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum Physik Sensengasse 8 EG
  • Thursday 29.10. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum Physik Sensengasse 8 EG
  • Thursday 05.11. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum Physik Sensengasse 8 EG
  • Monday 09.11. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum Physik Sensengasse 8 EG
  • Thursday 12.11. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum Physik Sensengasse 8 EG
  • Monday 16.11. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum Physik Sensengasse 8 EG
  • Thursday 19.11. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum Physik Sensengasse 8 EG
  • Monday 23.11. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum Physik Sensengasse 8 EG
  • Thursday 26.11. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum Physik Sensengasse 8 EG
  • Monday 30.11. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum Physik Sensengasse 8 EG

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Aims, contents and method of the course

The aim of this lecture is to give students an overview of the basic questions and key issues relevant in the study of the relations of science, technology and society.
Issues we will touch will be:
- How is scientific knowledge produced and which role do social choices and processes play?
- What is the core social organisation of science and its core values?
- How did the central institutions of science evolve and how do they frame knowledge production?
- What are the relations of science and technology, how does technological innovation happen, and how does technology change and structure our ways of living in contemporary societies?
- Finally, what are the political dimensions of science and technology? Here we will look at science-society relations, the governance of science and technology, and how science and technology shape political processes and decisions.
Throughout the lecture students will be introduced to important approaches and concepts that have been used to address these questions. We will invite students to identify topics of their interest and to find questions of their own, which they then may deepen in the theory and methods course.

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