233030 VO Knowledge and Technology Cultures (2024S)
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
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max. 25 participants
Language: English
Examination dates
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Monday
10.06.2024
09:00 - 14:00
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Friday
14.06.2024
09:00 - 17:00
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Monday
17.06.2024
09:00 - 12:00
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Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Monday
04.03.
09:30 - 11:30
Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
(Kickoff Class)
Monday
11.03.
09:30 - 11:30
Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Monday
18.03.
09:30 - 11:30
Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Monday
08.04.
09:30 - 11:30
Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Monday
15.04.
09:30 - 11:30
Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Monday
29.04.
09:30 - 11:30
Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Monday
06.05.
09:30 - 11:30
Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Monday
13.05.
09:30 - 11:30
Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
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Monday
27.05.
09:30 - 11:30
Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Monday
03.06.
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
Assessment and permitted materials
The grade is determined by student’s performance in the oral exam. Registration for the exam via u:space is obligatory. Questions will be based on the lecture and slides. Students are expected to develop a thorough understanding of the concepts introduced, and a qualified overview of the fields of research surveyed in the lecture. To perform well in the exam, students are advised to also consult the key literature for each unit (clearly identified on the slides). In this, it is not necessary to read every book and paper. Rather, students should selectively use the literature to deepen their understanding of key concepts introduced in the lecture.
No list of potential questions will be available for the exam. Further exam dates will be offered in the middle of the summer term, and the end of the summer term. These dates will be announced in February.
No list of potential questions will be available for the exam. Further exam dates will be offered in the middle of the summer term, and the end of the summer term. These dates will be announced in February.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
The examination for the lecture will be graded on a basis of 100 points in total.100-87 points Excellent (1)
86-75 points Good (2)
74-63 points Satisfactory (3)
62-50 points Sufficient (4)
49-0 points Unsatisfactory (5) (fail)Tools and resources permitted in the lecture exam: In the exam, students are allowed to use lecture notes and slides.
86-75 points Good (2)
74-63 points Satisfactory (3)
62-50 points Sufficient (4)
49-0 points Unsatisfactory (5) (fail)Tools and resources permitted in the lecture exam: In the exam, students are allowed to use lecture notes and slides.
Examination topics
Questions will be based on the lecture and slides. Students are expected to develop a thorough understanding of the concepts introduced, and a qualified overview of the fields of research surveyed in the lecture. To perform well in the exam, students are advised to also consult the key literature for each unit (clearly identified on the slides). In this, it is not necessary to read every book and paper. Rather, students should selectively use the literature to deepen their understanding of key concepts introduced in the lecture.
Reading list
Association in the course directory
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2) That scientific knowledge and technologies are both an integral part of our cultures and strongly shape them - we indeed live in technological cultures and in knowledge societies.To cover this broad field, the semester will be a journey through quite different topics and to many different places, from the arcane citadels of contemporary research to the mundane everyday use of technologies. We will engage with laboratory studies and newer approaches to analyze scientific knowledge production, particularly in the changing institutional landscapes of today; we will scrutinize how technological innovations are brought into being and how much our contemporary societies depend on technological infrastructures; and we will trace the ways in which techno-science has become part of our everyday cultures, and how both scientific and technological change affect some of the most basic categories of our living in the world. Lectures will cover the relations of science, technology and society in a broad range of fields.