学分：2

学时：32

考核方式：Homework, class participation, final paper

教学方式：Teaching and discussions

主讲教师：Daniele Macuglia 

课程类型：专业选修Professional elective course

授课语言：英文English

授课对象：硕士研究生、博士研究生

开设目的（Purpose of the course）：By the end of this course, students (1) will have familiarized themselves with the fundamental concepts of science, technology, and society, (2) will have developed a critical understanding of the relevant literature in this field, and (3) will have acquired the basic tools to analyze the complex relationships between science, technology, and society surrounding them, in China and around the world.

教学要求：

Themaintextbook we will usein classis:

Sergio Sismondo,An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies, 2nd Edition (Singapore:Wiley-Blackwell, 2010).

In preparation for each class, students will be required to read in advance specific chapters of the textbook as outlined below in the“Main Content”section(there will also be other readings that theinstructorwill provide during the course, especially excerpts fromsignificanttexts).

There will be three small quizzes throughout the course. The quizzes will be on the content of the textbook only. Each quiz will contain some open-ended questions and some closed-ended questions (e.g., check marks).

Studentswill give a20-minutepresentation inclass (in English).Studentscan present in groupsand should choose one chapter (per student orpergroup) from the following text:

Mario Biagioli,ed.,The Science Studies Reader(New York: Routledge,1999).

At the end of the course, students will write a short final paper, on a topic of their choice (but which must be agreed upon in advance with the instructor). The paper should be 4-5 pages (double spaced), not including the bibliography. The paper will be evaluated on two key parameters: (A) the connection to the content of the readings addressed throughout the course; (B) the student’s critical ability (i.e., the final appears should not be a summary of a textbook chapter, but should contain some critical reflections, comments, personal opinions regarding the material analyzed in class).

The final grade will be given in accordance with the following percentage:

Quizzes: 45% (15% per quiz)

Class presentation: 20%

Final paper: 35%

预修知识要求：无

课程介绍（Introduction）：

In this course we frame early modern, late modern and contemporary developments in science and technology within their social and cultural contexts. The format of the course is lecture-based. During each class, we work on readings that explore central topics in science, technology, and society such as big data, epistemic cultures, intellectual property, invention and innovation, large-scale research, science policy, social construction of technology, sociology of scientific knowledge, technology and social challenges, technoscience. Students are requested to take an active role by preparing class discussions and delivering class presentations so as to improve their public speaking skills.

主要内容（Main Content）

Class1 (1h)

- Sismondo,An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies, chapter1

The Prehistory of Science and Technology Studies

Class2

- Sismondo,An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies, chapter2

The Kuhnian Revolution

Class3

- Sismondo,An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies, chapter3

Questioning Functionalism in the Sociology of Science

Class4

- Sismondo,An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies, chapter4

Stratification and Discrimination

Class5

- Sismondo,An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies, chapter5

The Strong Programme and the Sociology of Knowledge

Class6

- Sismondo,An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies, chapter6

The Social Construction of Scientific and Technical Realities

Class7

- Sismondo,An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies, chapter7

Feminist Epistemologies of Science

Class8

**QUIZ 1 (chapters 1-7)**[1]

Class9

- Sismondo,An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies, chapter8

Actor-Network Theory

Class10

- Sismondo,An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies, chapter9

Two Questions Concerning Technology

Class11

- Sismondo,An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies, chapter10

Studying Laboratories

Class12

- Sismondo,An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies, chapter11

Controversies

Class13

- Sismondo,An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies, chapter12

Standardization and Objectivity

Class14

- Sismondo,An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies, chapter13

Rhetoric and Discourse

Class15

- Sismondo,An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies, chapter14

The Unnaturalness of Science and Technology

Class16

**QUIZ 2 (chapters 8-14)**[2]

Class17

- Sismondo,An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies, chapter15

The Public Understanding of Science

Class18

- Sismondo,An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies, chapter16

Expertise and Public Participation

Class19

- Sismondo,An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies, chapter17

Political Economies of Knowledge

Class20

- Biagioli,The Science Studies Reader; class presentations

Agential Realism: Feminist Interventionsin Understanding Scientific Practices (1998)

Objectivity and the Escape from Perspective (1992)

Class21

- Biagioli,The Science Studies Reader; class presentations

Trading Zone: Coordinating Action and Belief (1997, abridged 1998)

Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege o f Partial Perspective (1988)

Class22

- Biagioli,The Science Studies Reader; class presentations

Give Me a Laboratory and I Will Raise the World (1983, abridged 1998)

One MoreTurn After the SocialTurn . . . (1992, abridged 1998)

Class23

**QUIZ 3 (chapters 15-17 andcontent of the texts selected fromThe Science Studies Reader)**[3]

Class24

- Detailed reading of:

Bruno Latour,Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts(Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986)

Class25

- Detailed reading of:

Bruno Latour,Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts(Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986)

Class26

- Detailed reading of:

Bruno Latour,Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts(Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986)

Class27

- Detailed reading of:

Bruno Latour,Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts(Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986)

Class28

- Detailed reading of:

Bruno Latour,Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers Through Society(Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1988)

Class29

- Detailed reading of:

Bruno Latour,Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers Through Society(Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1988)

Class30

- Detailed reading of:

Bruno Latour,Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers Through Society(Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1988)

Class31

- Detailed reading of:

Karin Knorr Cetina,Epistemic Cultures: How the Sciences Make Knowledge(Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999)

Class32

- Detailed reading of:

Karin Knorr Cetina,Epistemic Cultures: How the Sciences Make Knowledge(Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999)

Final papers due(via e-mail)by Friday_____.