Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 09:24:19 -0600
Subject: fwd from Science as Culture list


Date:    Tue, 21 May 1996 11:27:19 +0000
From:    Robert Maxwell Young <robert-AT-RMY1.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Technothings Update

Technothings the interactive sci-tech studies site from the
University of Durham will again be updated on Tuesday 24 of May.
Within its 5 sections you can find the following:

NOTICE BOARD - Requests for information and assistance plus some
conference announcements

LINKS - Links to some of the newest and most useful sci-tech pages on
the web

SIGN ME UP - Direct subscription to 12 different news groups

WE WANT YOU - How to contribute to Technothings

263 -   A collection of papers and essays on the following topics:

  An overview of Technothings by Steve Fuller including
introductory comments, a reading list and some rather good essays on
the social studies of science.

  Paul Edwards talks about the demise of the Stanford STS program

  Eileen Gebbie reviews Andrew Pickerings "The Mangle of Practice"

  Tim Rogers discusses the growth of STS and its ability to influence
policy

  Jane Park on the development of scientific progress

  Tim Rogers asks whether scientific knowledge is different from
other forms of social knowledge

  Andy Pickering talks about his current research project

  Steve Fuller brings the consequences of automation home by looking
at its implications for how academics conduct business.

  Emily Watkinson discusses the current BSE scare in the UK and the
failure to understand the historical and sociological dimensions of
scientific enterprise

  Simon Brown considers why the "Age of Enlightenment" was such a
big deal

As well as the ability to contact the author directly for feedback or
questions by clicking on the 'mail' icon at the head of each paper,
there is now the facility to download these papers directly by
clicking on the 'disk' icon. You can find Technothings at:
http://www.dur.ac.uk/~dss8zz2/tec.htm

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