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En este artículo analizamos las consecuencias políticas del imaginario social dominante sobre la ciencia y la tecnología, en especial el impacto que tiene sobre países dependientes como la Argentina. De manera esquemática y resumida... more
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A paper on the first accessible hourly London bus service titled "Careline" shared as a prelude to a forth coming paper by the author on the implications of it's service.
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I want to engage here with some of Suzuki’s most recent activity as a public intellectual in order to consider his specific approach to and understanding of the nature of the political pedagogy and activism enacted by fi gures such as... more
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This article has two objectives: the first, to analyze the professionalization process of assisted reproduction (AR) in order to see how AR is consolidating into an independent field within medicine, and the second, to see how AR arrived... more
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Umwelt, Technik & Risiko – damit verbinden wir eine Symptomatik, die für die Moderne von bestandskritischer Bedeutung ist. Soweit herrscht Einigkeit. Kontrovers sind hingegen Diagnose und Therapie. Ist die industriegesellschaftliche... more
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This paper presents the concept of 'risk-medicine' through the analysis of the rejection of prenatal screening among ultra Orthodox Jews in Israel. The foundations of this phenomenon are examined, defining 'risk' as a major socio-cultural... more
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Since the 1960’s, commercial surveillance in the form of bar code and RFID technologies have provoked distinctly different responses from businesses and consumers. A comparison of the history of bar codes to the current diffusion of RFIDs... more
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Synthetic biology is a diverse jungle of techno-epistemic approaches arising from a variety of scientific and engineering disciplines. However, the field is also seeking to promote a unique identity along a disciplinary framework, and its... more
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This paper reports on a study of pupils’ knowledge and understanding of atmospheric pollution. Specifically the study aimed at identifying: 1) the extent to which pupils define the term ‘air pollution’ in a scientifically appropriate way,... more
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The ‘true nature’ of photography has been a topic of debate ever since the medium’s 1839 inception – a debate revolving around notions of authorship, ownership and agency viz‐a‐viz the machine. Was photography a science or an art? Was a... more
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This article seeks to construct a comparative investigation of the role and application of militaristic metaphors in three contested areas of science-society discourse (invasive species, foot-and-mouth disease, and Severe Acute... more
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For centuries, issues of civil discourse only arose concerning written and oral communication. but now, new technologies for communication and social interaction, particularly social media, have dramatically expanded the potential for... more
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Despite their relative semantic proximity, the fields of public understanding of science (PUS) and social studies of science (SSS) / science and technology studies or science, technology and society (both STS) 1 appear to acknowledge... more
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Este libro recoge cuatro trabajos que, aunque inicialmente fueron publicados por separado, tienen en común la pretensión de contribuir a la transformación de la realidad social a partir de la reflexión filosófica. Estoy convencido de que... more
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Este trabajo aborda un episodio muy polémico e ilustrativo que ha tenido lugar en el complejo ciencia y tecnología propio de las sociedades occidentales contemporáneas. Se muestra así que en el debate general sobre las posibles... more
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The rapid growth in consumption of bottled water across the globe has drawn attention of policy makers and academicians alike. However, its consumption practices have been examined primarily in the context of industrialized countries.... more
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Recent statements of the responsibilities of scientists have strengthened the responsibilities of scientists towards the societies in which they pursue their research. Scientists are now expected to do more than treat their experimental... more
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This Impact Report identifies and summarises the diverse impacts, resulting from the £500m of UK funding of Science and Technology in 2013, using numerous quantitative metrics and short case study extracts. It shows how the varied... more
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Excerpt: "Huxley’s contributions to science and education have been a continual source of study since his _Life and Letters_ were published by his son Leonard after his death. Most recently they have been detailed and analyzed in... more
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Automatic Milking Systems (AMS) milk cows any time without the need for a human worker to be present. Cows choose when to be milked and detailed data is recorded by the robot which can be accessed remotely by computer or mobile device... more
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Many scholars assume that industry meddles in scientific research in order to defend their products. But this article shows that industry meddling in science can have a variety of consequences. American food manufacturers long denied that... more
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Back cover text: Real Social Science presents a new, hands-on approach to social inquiry. The theoretical and methodological ideas behind the book, inspired by Aristotelian phronesis, represent an original perspective within the social... more
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Are criminals at the mercy of their malfunctioning brains? Adrian Raine, professor for criminology at the University of Pennsylvania, is known to answer this question in the affirmative and sets out to convince readers of his position in... more
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Despite being strangers to the photographic field, DuPont entered the motion picture film stock market in the 1920s through a need to create peacetime markets for its wartime facilities. As DuPont transformed into a chemical company,... more
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This article examines five common misunderstandings about case-study research: (a) theoretical knowledge is more valuable than practical knowledge; (b) one cannot generalize from a single case, therefore, the single-case study cannot... more
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Principles of fairness and solidarity in AI ethics regularly overlap, creating obscurity in practice: acting in accordance with one can appear indistinguishable from deciding according to the rules of the other. However, there exist... more
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""Bringing anthropological perspectives to bear on addiction, the contributors to this important collection highlight the contingency of addiction as a category of human knowledge and experience. Based on ethnographic research conducted... more
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No son muchas las oportunidades en las que el investigador toma conciencia que su labor, métodos y resultados, y no sólo los fenómenos que indaga, pueden ser también un productivo objeto de estudio. Más raro aun es, por la vía de poner de... more
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Looking at the electricity constraints in Sierra Leone particularly the capital city, Doe believes his solar panel project will promote internet accessibility more especially in the rural areas. When ELKASS SANNOH asked Doe regarding his... more
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ويرصد هذا التقرير في نسخته السابعة مسار التنمية الذي اتبعته البلدان خلال السنوات الخمس الماضية من وجهة نظر حوكمة العلوم. ويوثق التحول المجتمعي السريع الجاري، الذي يوفر فرصاً جديدة للتجارب الاجتماعية والاقتصادية ولكنه ينطوي أيضاً على مخاطر... more
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Research concerning computer hackers generally focuses on how to stop them; far less attention is given to the texts they create. Phrack, an online hacker journal that has run almost continuously since 1985, is an important touchstone in... more
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Public opposition to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) remains strong. By contrast, studies demon- strate again and again that GM crops make a valuable contribution to the development of a sustainable type of agriculture. The... more
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Phronetic organizational research is an approach to the study of management and organizations focusing on ethics and power. It is based on a contemporary interpretation of the Aristotelian concept phronesis, usually as ‘prudence’.... more
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