ABSTRACT
Over the last decade or so, the field of science and technology studies (STS) has become an intellectually dynamic interdisciplinary arena. Concepts, methods, and theoretical perspectives are being drawn both from long-established and relatively young disciplines. From its origins in philosophical and political debates about the creation and use of scientific knowledge, STS has become a wide and deep space for the consideration of the place of science and technology in the world, past and present.
The Routledge Handbook of Science, Technology and Society seeks to capture the dynamism and breadth of the field by presenting work that pushes the reader to think about science and technology and their intersections with social life in new ways. The interdisciplinary contributions by international experts in this handbook are organized around six topic areas:
- embodiment
- consuming technoscience
- digitization
- environments
- science as work
- rules and standards
This volume highlights a range of theoretical and empirical approaches to some of the persistent – and new – questions in the field. It will be useful for students and scholars throughout the social sciences and humanities, including in science and technology studies, history, geography, critical race studies, sociology, communications, women’s and gender studies, anthropology, and political science.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|71 pages
Embodiment
part II|64 pages
Consuming Technoscience
part III|67 pages
Digitization
chapter 9|16 pages
Toward the Inclusion of Pricing Models in Sociotechnical Analyses
part IV|128 pages
Environments
chapter 14|17 pages
Political Scale and Conflicts over Knowledge Production
part V|83 pages
Technoscience as Work
chapter 20|16 pages
Invisible Production and the Production of Invisibility
chapter 21|19 pages
Social Scientists and Humanists in the Health Research Field
chapter 22|18 pages
Women in the Knowledge Economy
part VI|66 pages
Rules and Standards