Of Camels, Platypuses, and the Future of the Blog
It has been said that a camel is a horse designed by a committee. We might think of the platypus in much the same way, though the key…
Tag: STS
Web Roundup: Trapped in the Tar Pit by Kathleen Lynch
Earlier this month, Atul Gawande, physician-author and new CEO of the yet-to-be defined health venture formed by JP Morgan, Berkshire Hathaway, and Amazon, published the long-form New Yorker…
Inter-topia: Productive tensions within the collisions of techno-utopianism and techno-dystopianism | AAA 2018 Panel
Are you going to this year’s AAA annual meeting in San Jose? Come check out this great panel and say hello! Panel: Inter-topia: Productive tensions within the collisions of…
A Reader’s Guide to the Anthropology of Ethics and Morality – Part III by Jeannette Pols
Editor’s note: We asked several scholars which readings they would recommend to students or colleagues interested in familiarizing themselves with the anthropology of ethics and morality. This is…
Ep. #24 Learning in disaster: Kim Fortun talks STS, knowledge politics & anthropology’s role in a crisis
“We need to be experimental because we’re not up to the task at hand; there’s a real practical and ethical call to responsibility, that drives that experimental commitment.”…
How does a platypus taste? About the flavours of STS at 4S Sydney, 2018
The 2018 meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S), was held from August 29th to September 1st, (mostly) in the International Conference Center (ICC)…
A Report on the 2018 4S Conference in Sydney, Australia by Tessa Leach
What characterises STS in different regions? What kinds of research projects, educational programs, and people are doing STS around the world? What problems exist in different regions? Can…
Ep. #22 Just the way things are: Steve Woolgar talks mundane governance, & the rules that run our lives
“Although this stuff is very ordinary, very day-to-day, very unremarkable… it’s actually quite dangerous, too.” Steve Woolgar, emeritus professor at the Saïd School of Business…
#Review: Mobile Secrets
Information and communications technology (ICT) has been hailed as the holy grail of “transformational development”, the source of growing innovations (such as the sending of remittances through mobil…
Data Doppelgängers and Issues of Consent
Editor’s Note: This is the fifth post in our Law in Computation series. In February 2018, journalist Kashmir Hill wrote about her collaboration with researcher Surya Mattu to…
Parrotfish: The Charisma of Conservation in the Caribbean
During the week of Easter, the beaches of the Dominican Republic were converted into billboards for the campaign to stop the consumption of parrotfish. Pictures taken from drones…
Web Roundup: In the clouds by Lily Shapiro
As I’m sure many of you saw, this month started with the successful launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, giving a boost (sorry) to privatized space travel, and providing…
Unseen citizen engagement with science, technology and health in Russia
At the beginning of 2017 many Russians living with HIV/AIDS were told by their doctors that there were no antiretroviral drugs for them. They would have to change…
Why The World Needs Anthropologists: Powering the Planet
By Simone Abram Why does the world need anthropologists? This is the question posed at an annual meeting of the Applied Anthropology Network of the European Association of…
Casting into the Cosmos: Magic and Ritual in Human Spaceflight (Part 2)
In Part 1, I wrote a gonzo ethnography about my experience at a rocket launch in Florida. For Part 2, I will be utilizing historical records, museum didactic…
Casting into the Cosmos: Magic and Ritual in Human Spaceflight (Part 1)
Savage Minds welcomes guest blogger Taylor R. Genovese. Field Notes – September 8, 2016 (Cape Canaveral, Florida): I see the light and smoke first. The radiant fuel pours…
#Ageing and #technology: Whose concerns?
I take issue with innovation. To be sure, I admire the creative and practical potential of it, which is what most innovation is about. But it makes me…
#Ageing and #technology: Whose concerns?
I take issue with innovation. To be sure, I admire the creative and practical potential of it, which is what most innovation is about. But it makes me…
#Ageing and #technology: Whose concerns?
I take issue with innovation. To be sure, I admire the creative and practical potential of it, which is what most innovation is about. But it makes me…
(Almost) Anthro Blogging 101: Lady Science
In this edition of Blogging 101, we’re featuring Lady Science, a blog and publication started by Anna Reser and Leila McNeill. Anthropology and geek culture also involves studies…
Knowing Economies, Doing Economies: How Sociologists of Markets Have Acknowledged the Legacy of #Pragmatism
In her new book, South Korean Civil Movement Organisations: Hope, Crisis and Pragmatism in Democratic Transition, Amy Levine shows us how a commitment to American pragmatism crosses disciplinary…
Authors and Impresarios: How to Move Across Disciplines by Hyo Yoon Kang
A conversation with Mario Biagioli. Mario Biagioli is a Distinguished Professor of Law and Science and Technology Studies, as well as Director of the Center for Science and…
Web Roundup: Biohacking, BioArt, and other Playful Abominations by Sara M Bergstresser
These days, it is fun to “hack” almost everything. You can hack your life, you can hack your home, and you can even hack your period. So, as…