230174 SE Science, Technology and Development: Global Science in the Information Age (2010W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 23 - Soziologie

Continuous assessment of course work

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 We 22.09.2010 09:00 to Su 03.10.2010 23:59
Deregistration possible until Su 31.10.2010 23:59

Details

max. 25 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Rick B. Duque

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Monday 11.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Physik Sensengasse 8 EG
Monday 18.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Physik Sensengasse 8 EG
Monday 25.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Physik Sensengasse 8 EG
Monday 08.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Physik Sensengasse 8 EG
Monday 15.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Physik Sensengasse 8 EG
Monday 22.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Physik Sensengasse 8 EG
Monday 29.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Physik Sensengasse 8 EG
Monday 06.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Physik Sensengasse 8 EG
Monday 10.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Physik Sensengasse 8 EG
Monday 17.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Physik Sensengasse 8 EG

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Aims, contents and method of the course

This discussion-based graduate seminar introduces advanced students to the rich history and present challenges of the western style "techno-science project" when it crosses developmental borders. Central to the understanding of present circumstances and future opportunities is the impact of new information and communication technologies (ICTs). But first we embark on an intellectual journey through pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial phases. Throughout this journey, students will be challenged to formulate their own understanding of the modes and outcomes of science in far off places by imagining science in developing regions from its peripheral vantage point. This seminar will treat both the development of Third World science communities and the diffusion of western technologies in the regions they inhabit, climaxing with a combination of the two to ask the ultimate question: Will the worldwide diffusion of the Internet lead to a symmetrical global scientific community?

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