Topics in Science and Technology Studies (379-0-70)

Topic

Asia in Focus

Instructors

Yulianto Salahuddin Mohsin

Meeting Info

Northwestern Qatar Room 1-244: Mon, Wed 8:30AM - 9:45AM (AST)

Overview of class

The interdisciplinary field of science and technology studies (STS) have produced many insights about how science and technology were shaped by and shaped societies. STS scholars have examined how knowledge and artifacts are designed, developed, transferred, adopted, used, or rejected by knowledge workers, technically skilled people, invisible technicians, marketers, and all kinds of users. STS scholarship has shown how the development of science and technology are historically contingent and culturally situated, as well as can be gendered, racialized, hierarchical, ideologically influenced, and politically motivated. Despite these important findings, STS is currently still dominated by Euro-American theories, practices, languages, and institutions. But technoscience hasn't only been produced in North America and Europe. This course decenters the Euro-Atlantic world as the sites of scientific and technological production by introducing STS scholarship in and about Asia. It explores the question what can we learn about science and technology by studying them in Global Asia where most of humans of have been living.

Registration Requirements

Prerequisites: None

Open to juniors and above

Open for Cross-Registration

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: Registration is reserved for NU Qatar Juniors and Seniors Only