教学大纲
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课程描述
科学和科技的社会研究，是一门跨学系学科，旨在以社会习俗来理解科学。科学研究认为科学和科技是深深植根于人类文化与政治，其观点综合了科学史和科学哲学、科技制度和知识的社会学、人类学、女权主义、批判性种族理论、后殖民研究、以及酷儿理论（注：即同性恋理论）。本课程探讨科学研究的规范性和最新理论和方法。讨论以「复制／再造」概念为主，意指：
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科学复制（实验室、领域和学科如何重复成果）
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社会复制（社会知识和关系如何随时日复制）
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生物复制（基因时代如何管理有机物体）
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电子复制（信息如何以抄录、模拟、计算的技术重组）通过检视这些复制／再造流派的聚合和分裂，我们力图谱写我们的社会、生物和电子生命之间的关系。
课程要求
这是一个研讨会。要求学生至少作一次研讨会陈述，就他们自选当日的读物观点作批判性评价。另外还有两份写作作业：一篇短论文（5页），是关于第1至6讲的课程阅读内容（第7讲时提交）；另一篇15－20页的研究论文，利用课程材料讨论社会中的科学一个案例（第8讲时提交内容节介，论文正稿在14讲到期，可以赶上班级会议）。分数的30%取决于课堂参与，20%来自短论文，50%来自研究论文。
指定书籍
Latour, Bruno, and和 Steve Woolgar. 《实验室生命：构建科学事实》. 第一版，Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1986 (London: Sage, 1979). ISBN: 069102832X。
Knorr-Cetina, Karin. 《认识论的文明：科学如何产生知识？》. Harvard, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999. ISBN: 0674258940.
Lock, Margaret. 《两次死亡：器官移植和重塑死亡》. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2002. ISBN: 0520228146.
Hayden, Cori. When Nature Goes Public: The Making and Unmaking of Bioprospecting in Mexico. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003. ISBN: 0691095574.
课程描述
The social study of science and technology is an interdisciplinary field dedicated to understanding science as social practice. Braiding together insights from history and philosophy of science, sociology of scientific institutions and knowledge, anthropology, feminism, critical race theory, post-colonial studies, and queer theory, science studies views sciences and technologies as crucially enmeshed in human culture and politics. This course surveys canonical and recent theories and methods in science studies. We will organize our discussions around the concept of "reproduction," referring variously to:
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Scientific reproduction (how results are replicated in lab, field, disciplinary contexts)
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Social reproduction (how social knowledge and relations are regenerated over time)
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Biological reproduction (how organic substance is managed in the genetic age)
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Electronic reproduction (how information is reassembled in techniques of transcription, simulation, computation). Examining intersections and disruptions of these genres of reproduction, we seek to map relations among our social, biological, and electronic lives.
Requirements
This is a seminar. Students are required to give at least one seminar presentation, offering a critical evaluation of positions represented in the readings for their chosen day. There are two writing assignments: a short paper (5 pages) on course readings up through lecture 6 (due lecture 7), and a 15-20 page research paper using course materials to discuss a case study of science in society (a prospectus for this paper will be due on lecture 8 and the final paper will be due on lecture 14, in time for our class conference). 30% of the grade will be based on in-class participation, 20% on short paper, and 50% on research paper.
Required Books
Latour, Bruno, and Steve Woolgar. Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1986 (First Edition, London: Sage, 1979). ISBN: 069102832X.
Knorr-Cetina, Karin. Epistemic Cultures: How the Sciences Make Knowledge. Harvard, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999. ISBN: 0674258940.
Lock, Margaret. Twice Dead: Organ Transplants and the Reinvention of Death. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2002. ISBN: 0520228146.
Hayden, Cori. When Nature Goes Public: The Making and Unmaking of Bioprospecting in Mexico. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003. ISBN: 0691095574.
