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Showing 1 to 20 of 215 for “"Science and Technology Studies"”.
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Gaston Bachelard's scientific philosophy: an approach to science and technology studies
… contributions of Gaston Bachelard to the history and philosophy of science are not very well known in the United States. This thesis traces the particular characteristics of Bachelard's epistemology within the context of early twentieth century French culture and science. Bachelard began his …
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Spatializing science and technology studies : exploring the role of GIS and interactive social research
… study based on the interplay between science, technology and society in order to inform the design of knowledge exploration systems. It provides a rationale for the integration of science knowledge, geographic information, with digital libraries to build knowledge and awareness about …
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The Structure of Meta-Scientific Claims: Toward a Philosophy of Science and Technology Studies
… structure of epistemological claims made about science within the field of science and technology studies (STS). The social constructivist invocation to put science in "context" necessarily implies a logic of justification. Made explicit, this logic of justification provides a basis on which to …
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"Doing" Theory and Practice: Steps Toward a More Productive Relationship Between Science and Technology Studies and Nontraditional Science Education Practices
Explores the relationship between nontraditional science education practices, structured by campaigns such as Public Understanding of Science (PUS) and Scientific Literacy (SL), and the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS), using ethnographic work with the Choices and Challenges Project at …
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At the Margins of Modern Science: Leviathan and the Air-Pump as a Case Study for Meta-analysis of Contemporary Science and Technology Studies
… this thesis I will offer an extended discussion and critique of an important social constructivist book, Steven Shapin and Simon Schaffer's Leviathan and the Air-Pump (1985), focusing on its reception and its standing in science and technology studies in the fifteen years since its publication. …
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An exploration of professional self concepts in science communication
… professional self concepts in the field of science communication. It integrates theories and concepts from a diverse range of disciplines from the sociology of professions to science and technology studies. It also considers organisational contexts and country specifics as major influencing …
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Technological innovation in forest harvesting
Scholars in science and technology studies have long been concerned with a variety of issues revolving around technological change, such as explaining the origins of technological innovation and arguing for or against technological determinism. This thesis reviews a number of theoretical models …
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Epistemic Theatres: The Dramaturgy of Knowledge in Twenty-First Century Theatre
<p>In this dissertation, I draw upon theatre and performance literature, science and technology studies, and art theory to attend the distinctive dramaturgical features of lecture-performance and other contemporary examples of epistemic theatres. After theorizing their roots, their causes, and …
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Remediated pilgrimage to the Shrine of Imam Reza
… of pilgrimage practices through Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). If mediation is the engine of subject and object formation, the relationship between human and non-human aspects of the world, representations and experiences, meanings and interpretations, then remediation is …
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Critical Technologies: The United States Department of Defense Efforts to Shape Technology Development After the Cold War - A Discourse and Network Analysis
… of Defense spends over $10 billion on its science and technology development efforts. While deemed an investment by proponents (and beneficiaries) technology development programs are particularly vulnerable in times of budget cuts. As the government moves forward with efforts to reduce …
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Constructing colonialism: medicine, technology, and the frontier nursing service
… for the technological infrastructure of the FNS, and influenced interactions of FNS employees and the Appalachians who lived in the area served by them. A case study concerning the clinical trials of the birth control pi11, Enovid, is used to highlight in influence of colonial constructions and …
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Just Another PR Tactic?: Discourse, Expertise, and Social License in the “License to Farm” Campaign
Social license is the need for, and attempt to, garner and maintain public approval of industry/corporate practices. The License to Farm campaign responds to the public pushback regarding industrial farm practices, and claims to educate the public on Canadian farming. in I analyze the campaign to …
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Betwixt the Popular and Academic: The Histories and Origins of Memetics
… legitimacy after significant development and diffusion in the popular realm. As revealed by my analysis, the history of memetics upends conventional understandings of discipline formation and the popularization of scientific ideas, making it a novel and informative case study in the realm …
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“We need to save civilization first”: examining the role of cyberlibertarian design in the disinformation culture of Reddit’s /r/The_Donald
… with Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, and other platforms employing once-experimental models of content moderation that assume a cyberlibertarian stance towards free speech. Seeking to understand the impact of this design politic upon our media landscape, this dissertation explores …
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Critical breaking
Utilizing critical and feminist science and technology studies methods, this thesis offers a new framework, called critical breaking, to allow for reflective and critical examination and analysis of instances of error, breakdown, and failure in digital systems. This framework has three key analytic …
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Testing an Actor Network Theory Model of Innovation Adoption with econometric methods
In this Thesis I will examine technology adoption by analyzing how different organizations come to interpret a technology as a specific kind of innovation based on a certain set of criteria. The kind of innovation an organization interprets a technology to be effects how quickly the organization …
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Beyond Prediction: Climate Change Adaptation, Science & Technology Studies (STS), and Transformational Change
… is a priority for researchers, policymakers, and the public. Adaptation practices, however, have largely failed to keep pace with climate change risks and deliver the systemic changes required to reduce vulnerability. Critical scholarship has focused on conventional planning and …
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A residual infrastructure. The rise and obsolescence of big satellite television dishes in Colombia
… roofs of apartment buildings, community centers, and town halls all around the country. This dissertation follows the trajectory of big satellite dishes by looking at a network that connects amateurs in the United States and traders in Miami and Medellín to populations living in urban and rural …
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Accelerating Innovation: Assessing Nanotechnologies, Prototypes and Research Teams
… established at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2002. Using Science and Technology Studies (STS) concepts from Actor-Network Theory, I study the founding era of this twenty-first century laboratory-based community, from 2002-2007. Actor-Network concepts of enrollment and …
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Uncertainties and risks in the adoption of new fuels in Finnish maritime logistics
… there is an urgent need for emission reductions and a transition away from fossil fuels across many areas of society. Consequently, the maritime logistics sector has also set emission reduction targets. A key part of the green transition in maritime logistics involves shifting to alternative …
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