| Course Title: Science as Culture |
| Start Date: 10/21/2020 End Date: 12/14/2020 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2020 |
| Description: What is science? The progressive discovery of Nature's laws? The process of honing claims about the universe? Is science the act of postulating and testing hypotheses? Or is it tinkering and experimentation? This course offers an advanced introduction to cultural and anthropological studies of science. Through careful readings of work in areas such as the sociology of scientific knowledge, actor-network theory, feminist science studies, and affect theory, we will explore the sciences as complex systems of cultural production. The course will culminate in a series of critical ethnographic studies of how the sciences shape concepts and experiences of race, the body, gender, and sexuality. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , WI - Writing-Intensive |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Matthew Watson | mcwatson@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 10/21/2020 - 12/14/2020 | Flex. Immersive Seminar/Disc. | Monday | 02:30PM - 03:45PM | TBA | TBA | Weekly |
| 10/21/2020 - 12/14/2020 | Flex. Immersive Seminar/Disc. | Tuesday and Thursday | 02:15PM - 04:00PM | Weekly | ||
| 10/21/2020 - 12/14/2020 | Flex. Immersive Seminar/Disc. | Wednesday and Friday | 03:00PM - 04:00PM | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: 8 credits in the department. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| MOD0002 | MOD-2: Courses meeting in Module 2 | This course meets in Module 2. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| ANTHR-342-01 Science as Culture |
| CST-342-01 Science as Culture |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 14 | Enrollment: 14 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: The Collectors of Lost Souls: Turning Kuru Scientists into Whitemen Author: Anderson, Warwick Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0801890403 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press |
Required | 27.95 |
| Title: A Feeling for the Organism Author: Keller, Evelyn Fox Copyright: 1983 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780805074581 Publisher: W. H. Freeman and Company |
Required | 28.00 |
| Title: Life on Ice: A History of New Uses for Cold Blood Author: Radin, Joanna Copyright: 2017 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 022641731X Publisher: University of Chicago Press |
Required | 40.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |