Maps are a good way to visualize complex ideas over space, and they are an everyday part of how we quickly analyze a complex set of data – everything from the weather to our daily commute (for those who don’t live where they go to work, e.g. college … [Read more]
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A Vast Machine (13 Feb)
Paul N. Edwards is an STS specialist at the University of Michigan; he is a former student of Donna Haraway (who I’ve mentioned before and we will read later), and has directed Michigan’s STS program. He is currently in both the Department of History … [Read more]
The Laboratory (6 Feb)
From Shapin's discussion of Boyle's idea of 'witnessing,' we know that the stage where experiments are performed – what we today call the laboratory – is central to the production of facts as confirmed by the experimental community. In the two … [Read more]
Objectivity (4 Feb)
Last Friday, we talked about objectivity as a stumbling block to seeing how issues of trust and moral authority as being part of how science works. Shapin wants us to rethink the idea that science as a field (and scientists as people) are … [Read more]
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