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In the Middle of Things. Germany’s ongoing Engagement with STS
In order to map out the German engagements with STS, this article draws some historical and conceptual connecting lines: first, the technological society, second, the sociology of everyday devices and third, the sociology of innovation.
Cornelius Schubert
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Must the Social be Reassembled? Broken Dispute between B. Latour and P. Bourdieu
The article analyses the conflict between two prominent French sociologists P. Bourdieu and B. Latour. It attempts to answer a question to what extent this conflict reflects the paradigmatic break of sociology.
Arūnas Poviliūnas
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Mai 68 et la sociologie des sciences
This article, based upon discourse analysis, shows how May 68 translated in the field of science and technology studies. The study of journals dedicated to science/society relationship in the 1970s and in the early 1980s sheds light upon two discursive ...
Mathieu Quet
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(Post)constructivism on Technoscience [PDF]
The main aims of the article are as follows: (1) to indicate that cognition (in particular the conditions of effectiveness in laboratory practices) may be satisfactorily modelled from a (properly determined) constructivist perspective; (2) to reconstruct
Ewa Bińczyk
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Youth Employment Paths in a Ghanaian Rural Community [PDF]
Rural youth engage in different employment activities. Due to the scarcity of literature on the employment activities and aspirations of youth in rural communities especially in Africa, the study examined the past, present and future employment of the ...
Peter Dwumah +4 more
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The promises connected to emerging science and technology do not merely assist research and innovation, but are a part of it. Their diverse roles in producing hype and ensuring coordination have been extensively studied in the sociology of expectations ...
Marc Audétat
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Cybersecurity Research Meets Science and Technology Studies
This article sets out to show how different understandings of technology as suggested by Science and Technology Studies (STS) help reveal different political facets of cybersecurity.
Myriam Dunn Cavelty
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Towards a technocratic governance system?
The Blockchain technology: Towards utopia or dystopia? In his book, Campbell-Verduyn (2018) brings scholars of anthropology, economics, science, technology and sociology together with global political economic scholars to assess the actual implications ...
Myriam Ertz, Joanie Arsenault
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Intelligent Island discourse: Singapore's discursive negotiation with technology
Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society213175 ...
LIM, Alwyn, Lim, A.
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Growth of Omnichannel Grocery Retailing and Food Prices
ABSTRACT This paper examines the effects of the growth of omnichannel grocery retailing on food prices. We first develop a conceptual model of consumer choice and retailer pricing that allows us to evaluate changes in equilibrium prices, quantities, and profits with online channel growth and alternative pricing strategies.
Xiangwen Kong +2 more
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