Instructor: Candis Callison
Section: 002
Term: 1
Meets: Mondays 9:00am-12:00pm
Course Description
Anthropologies of science and technology approach science as both a culture and practice, examining how facts are made, how they circulate, and how they come to matter for diverse publics. Such approaches to knowledge production, institutional contexts, and the emergence of new forms of expertise have become increasingly important as complex global problems like climate change present newly configured challenges for both sciences and societies. This course will closely examine and actively discuss ethnographic studies of field sites that range from nuclear weapons laboratories and surgical operating theatres to tech start-ups, activist communities, and responses to recent disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and Fukushima. Students are encouraged to research and reflect on the role of science and technology in politics, policy, social movements, and as represented in media.
Click here for more information about this course. Please note: this course is cross-posted as JRNL 520 F: Special Topics in Contemporary Journalism.
Register here: https://courses.students.ubc.ca/cs/main?pname=subjarea&tname=subjareas&req=5&dept=ANTH&course=495A§ion=002
