A Place for Science and Technology Studies: Observation, Intervention, and Collaboration

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Jane Calvert

A Place for Science and Technology Studies

Observation, Intervention, and Collaboration

Jane Calvert

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MIT Press
13 February 2024

Science: general issues

An exploration of science and technology studies in eight different places, and the possibilities that arise for observation, intervention, and collaboration.

An exploration of science and technology studies in eight different places, and the possibilities that arise for observation, intervention, and collaboration.

Where does science and technology studies (STS) belong? In A Place for Science and Technology Studies, Jane Calvert takes readers through eight different rooms-the laboratory, the conference room, the classroom, the coffee room, the art studio, the bioethics building, the policy room, and the ivory tower-investigating the possibilities and limitations of each for STS research.

Drawing from over a decade of work in synthetic biology, Calvert explores three different orientations for STS-observation, intervention, and collaboration-to ask whether there is a place for STS, which, as an undisciplined field, often finds itself on the periphery of traditional institutions or dependent on more generously funded STEM disciplines. Using examples of failures and successes and tackling enduring concerns about the relations between social scientific researchers and their fields of study, Calvert argues for an approach to STS that is collaborative yet allows for autonomy.

By: Jane Calvert
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9780262546942
ISBN 10: 0262546949
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 13 February 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jane Calvert is Professor of Science and Technology Studies at the University of Edinburgh. She is the coauthor of Synthetic Aesthetics- Investigating Synthetic Biology's Designs on Nature (MIT Press).