The STS Lectures: Science & Technology Studies Today
This lecture series showcases cutting-edge work by scholars from Science & Technology Studies, an interdisciplinary field encompassing history, sociology, anthropology, media studies, and other social sciences that address scientific and technological change.
Upcoming Events
Since its emergence in 1960 as a subfield of psychology, behavior genetics has functioned primarily as what the historian of science Michael Gordin terms a “counter-establishment science.” While…
In areas where we must plan for an uncertain future—from climate adaptation to cybersecurity to pandemic preparedness—officials and experts draw on tools of anticipatory knowledge, such as models…
Past Events
This talk examines what biocentrism means to users of an urban park in Santiago, Chile, to advance theorizing on biocentrism – a philosophy or worldview in which nature comes first, alongside…
How are avatars, drones and data infrastructure (re)shaping European liberal democracies? What do fully technologized borders mean for the liberal subject?
In Code Work, Héctor Beltrán examines Mexican and Latinx coders’ personal strategies of self-making as they navigate a transnational economy of tech work.