230164 SE Science, Technology, and Democracy (2014W)

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 Fr 05.09.2014 09:00 to Su 05.10.2014 23:59
Deregistration possible until We 22.10.2014 23:59

Details

max. 25 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Erik Aarden

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Monday 13.10. 09:30 - 11:30 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Monday 20.10. 09:30 - 11:30 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Monday 27.10. 09:30 - 11:30 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Monday 03.11. 09:30 - 11:30 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Monday 10.11. 09:30 - 11:30 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Monday 17.11. 09:30 - 11:30 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Monday 24.11. 09:30 - 11:30 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Monday 01.12. 09:30 - 11:30 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Monday 15.12. 09:30 - 11:30 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Monday 12.01. 09:30 - 11:30 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Monday 19.01. 09:30 - 11:30 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien

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Aims, contents and method of the course

Science and technology are deeply intertwined with the structures and operations of modern democratic societies in various ways. The emergence of modern scientific thought and democratic governance are often said to be historically coterminous and related. At present, scientific expertise, objectivity and rationality are widely considered to be important preconditions for functioning democracies. At the same time, the authority of science is often questioned and legitimacy of other ways of knowing promoted with reference to democratic decision-making.

In this course, students will be introduced to STS perspectives on the relations between science, technology and democracy. The course is divided into four parts. First, we will explore the historical connections between the emergence of modern science, democracy, and expertise. Next, we will address contemporary relations between science, technology, and democracy in terms of public problems, controversies, and expertise. Building on these examinations of the contemporary politics of technoscience, we turn to proposals for democratic engagement with science and technology from the field of STS. Finally, we reflect on the role of STS and the social sciences in debates on sociotechnical concerns.

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