Elgar encyclopedia of science and technology studies / edited by Ulrike Felt, Alan Irwin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Felt, Ulrike, editor.

Irwin, Alan, editor.

Series:

Elgar encyclopedias in the social sciences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Social aspects--Encyclopedias.

Science.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 617 pages ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2024]

Summary:

"This Encyclopedia provides a comprehensive overview of the expanding field of science and technology studies (STS). Covering key frameworks, themes and topics, Ulrike Felt and Alan Irwin bring together expert contributors to map the development of STS within its historical and intellectual context."

Contents:

Introduction: On encyclopedias, maps and multiplicities in science and technology studies / Ulrike Felt and Alan Irwin

Part I. Frames

1. Co-production / Brice Laurent

2. Actor-network theory / Mike Michael

3. Finetuning terms: Heterogeneity, multiplicity and specificity / Annemarie Mol

4. The infrastructures of knowing / Emma Cardwell, Solveig Joks and John Law

5. Science as culture / Tereza Stöckelová

6. Technology as culture / Paolo Magaudda

7. Finance, valuation, and assetization: Techno-economic organization of markets / Kean Birch

8. Valuation studies as a frame in sts / Kristin Asdal, Liliana Doganova and Maximilian Fochler

9. Feminist science and technology studies / Maureen McNeil, Maggie Mort, Celia Roberts, Lucy Suchman and Claire Waterton

10. Gender studies and sts / David A. Rubin

11. Race and genetics / Emma Kowal

12. Postcolonial sts / Itty Abraham and Suman Seth

13. Ethnography / Kim Fortun

14. Methods and politics of public engagement and sts / Philip Macnaghten

15. Document studies / Kristin Asdal

16. Visual studies and sts / Regula Valérie Burri

17. Digital methods in sts: Continuities, discontinuities, and reconfigurations / Janet Vertesi and David Ribes

18. Quali-quantitative (or non-binary) methods / Tommaso Venturini

19. Comparisons: Framing similarity, framing difference / Joe Deville and Michael Guggenheim

Part II. Themes

20. Public engagement and participation revisited / Matthew Kearnes and Jason Chilvers

21. Social movements, science, and technology: Conflict and innovation / David J. Hess

22. Citizen science / Abby Kinchy

23. Science communication / Sarah R. Davies and Maja Horst

24. Making & doing: Extending sts knowledge production with expression and travel / Teun Zuiderent-Jerak and Gary Lee Downey

25. Controversy studies and analysis / Mark Elam

26. User studies and co-creation / Torben Elgaard Jensen and Sampsa Hyysalo

27. Risk and disaster in sts / Makoto Takahashi

28. Laboratory studies and scientific practice / Michael Lynch

29. Indigenous knowledge traditions and science / Helen Verran

30. Non-knowledge and ignorance / Daniel Lee Kleinman

31. Universities as spaces of change / Ruth Müller

32. Indicators and their impact for academia / Alex Rushforth and Sarah de Rijcke

33. Time and temporalities in academic research / Ulrike Felt

34. Infrastructures / Paul N. Edwards, Anne Beaulieu, Christine L. Borgman, Ashley Carse, Steven J. Jackson, Robin Williams and Antti Silvast

35. Innovation / Alan Irwin and Sebastian Pfotenhauer

36. Following values in engineering design and conception practices / Mylène Tanferri and Dominique Vinck

37. Engineering studies and sts / Thomas De Pree and Ryan Hearty

38. Science and technology policy-making / Brice Laurent

39. Expertise, legitimacy, and decision-making / Göran Sundqvist

40. Regulatory science / David Demortain

41. Science advice / Jeroen P. van der Sluijs

42. The making of futures in sociotechnical worlds / Catharina Landström and Linda Soneryd

43. Responsibility

from elsi to responsible innovation / Stephen Hughes and Jack Stilgoe

44. Care in technoscience / Martha Kenney

45. Inequality / Melanie Smallman

46. Economic science and economic technology / Fabian Muniesa

47. Climate change and sts / Silke Beck, Tim Forsyth and Martin Mahony

48. Environment and sts / Steven Yearley

49. Energy / Clark A. Miller

50. The politics of knowledge in health and biomedicine / Steven Epstein, Jaimie Morse and Kellie Owens

51. Digital health / Henriette Langstrup and Klaus Hoeyer

52. Digital transformations / Annika Richterich and Sally Wyatt

53. Big data, algorithms and artificial intelligence / Katja Mayer

54. Digital platforms / Adrian Mackenzie

Part III. Stories

55. Cities: Stories of urban sts / Ignacio Farías and Tomás Criado

56. Nanotechnology: Sts reflections and interventions / Noela Invernizzi and Guillermo Foladori

57. Security and war / Brian Balmer

58. Sts and outer space: Extending the gaze / Nina Klimburg-Witjes

59. Pandemics and the politics of knowledge / Stephen Hilgartner

60. Pharmaceuticalisation / Sergio Sismondo

61. Sensors / Jennifer Gabrys

62. Sts meets robotics / Miquel Domènech and Núria Vallès-Peris.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781800377981

1800377983

OCLC:

1433130480

Publisher Number:

90100330593