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green_button What is STS? [back to top]

"STS" stands for the Studies of Science, Technology, and Society. This interdisciplinary field combines sociological, historical, anthropological, economical and ethnographical approaches to understanding science, technology and society.

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To get an idea, take a look at the following books:

  • Amsterdamska, O.; Wajcman, J.; Hackett, E. J.; Eds. (2007). The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies, Third Edition. Cambridge, MIT Press.
  • Biagioli, M., ed. (1999). The Science Studies Reader. New York, Routledge.
  • Bijker, W.; Hughes. T. P.; Pinch, T.J.; Eds. (1984). The Social Construction of Technological Systems. Cambridge, MIT Press.
  • Felt, U.; Nowotny, H.; Taschwer, K. (1995). Wissenschaftsforschung. Eine Einführung, Frankfurt am Main, Campus.
  • Golinski, J. (1998). Making Natural Knowledge. Constructivism and the History of Science. Cambridge, University of Cambridge Press.
  • Heintz, B.; and Nievergelt, B. (1998). Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung in der Schweiz : Sondierungen einer neuen Disziplin. Zürich, Seismo.
  • Jasanoff, S., G. E. Markle, J. C. Petersen and T. Pinch; Eds. (1995). Handbook of Science and Technology Studies. London, Sage Publications.
  • Latour, B. (2005). Reassembling the social. an introduction to actor-network-theory. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
  • Pestre, D. (2006). Introduction aux Science Studies. Paris, Editions La Découverte.
  • Pickering, E., Ed. (1992). Science as Practice and Culture. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press.
  • Restivo, S.; Ed. (2005). Science, Technology, and Society: An Encyclopedia. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
  • Sismondo, S. (2004). An introduction to science and technology studies. Malden, Mass., Blackwell Pub., 2004.
  • Vinck, D. (2006). Sciences et société: Sociologie du travail scientifique. Paris, Armand Colin.
  • Weingart, P. (2003). Wissenschaftssoziologie, Bielefeld, transcript.
  • Zammito, J. H. (2004). A Nice Derangement of Epistemes: Post-Positivism in the Study of Science from Quine to Latour. Chicago, University of Chicago Press.