2023 Fall

ISF 60 001 - LEC 001

Technology and Values

Rakesh Bhandari
Aug 23 2023 - Dec 08 2023
Tu, Th
12:30 pm - 1:59 pm
Class #:30676
Units:3

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Total Open Seats: -1
Enrolled: 31
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 30
Waitlist Max: 10
Open Reserved Seats:
19 reserved for Undeclared Undergraduate Students

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 6 hours of outside work hours per week.

Fri, December 15th
8:00 am - 11:00 am
Evans 70

If science and technology are value-laden activities, then where exactly do the values lie? In this class, we will pick apart the black-box of science and technology and look for values not just in terms of bad actors, corruption, or "implications," but in the processes that constitute modern technoscience itself. These processes include: the ways in which researchers construct problems, solutions, facts, and artifacts; the norms, standards, stories, and patronage relations that underlie science and technology; and finally, how the future is imagined and realized. Readings will include academic and journalistic texts as well as science fiction.

If science and technology are value-laden activities, then where exactly do the values lie? In this class, we will pick apart the black-box of science and technology and look for values not just in terms of bad actors, corruption, or "implications," but in the processes that constitute modern technoscience itself. These processes include: the ways in which researchers construct problems, solutions, facts, and artifacts; the norms, standards, stories, and patronage relations that underlie science and technology; and finally, how the future is imagined and realized. Readings will include academic and journalistic texts as well as science fiction.

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Requirements class fulfills

  • Meets Philosophy & Values, L&S Breadth
  • Meets Social & Behavioral Sciences, L&S Breadth

Reserved Seating For This Term

Phase 1 for Continuing Students
Phase 1 for New Undergraduate Transfers
Phase 1 for New Freshman
Phase 2 for Continuing Students
Adjustment Period

Current Enrollment

Open Reserved Seats:
19 reserved for Undeclared Undergraduate Students

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