Welcome!

This is the website for Anne Galloway’s Winter 2007 seminar, SOCI/ANTH 4036 – Advanced Studies in Science, Technology & Innovation.

In addition to focussing on philosophical and historical approaches to scientific knowledge and practice, including their shifting roles within the social sciences, students will take on the political and ethical dimensions of technoscience in everyday life. From how scientists, engineers and designers work, to how gender shapes–and is shaped by–innovations in biotechnology, this seminar encourages students to articulate what might constitute technoscientific citizenship today and into the future.

At this site you can find a copy of the , all the details for our seminar schedule and your assignments, as well as additional resources for the topics we cover, and other class reminders or announcements. You will need to check the blog weekly, so be sure to bookmark this page in your browser.

Each week’s class will include a brief lecture by Anne that introduces the topics at hand, and provides the foundation for the group discussion. In addition to lengthy and often difficult readings, students can expect several critical and creative assignments, as well as a substantial research project. Everyone is expected to attend class regularly, with the assignments completed in advance, and to actively participate in the seminar discussions.

* When is class?

Wednesdays 2:35 pm – 5:25 pm

* Where is class?

University Centre 279

* What texts are required?

Isabelle Stengers, 2000, The Invention of Modern Science, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

SOCI/ANTH 4036 – Advanced Studies in Science, Technology & Innovation – COURSE READER.

Both are now available from Haven Books for about $55.

* Anything else?

The prerequisites for this course are SOCI/ANTH 2035 or SOCI/ANTH 3035 and fourth-year standing, or the permission of the instructor.

If you have any questions or concerns, please just email Anne. In the meantime, here’s wishing everyone a happy new year and great term together!

~ by anne on January 1, 2007.