Universität Wien

180361 SE Reading Technoscience (2008W)

Bruno Latour

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 18 - Philosophie
Continuous assessment of course work

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 14.10. 14:00 - 17:00 Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
  • Tuesday 21.10. 14:00 - 17:00 Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
  • Tuesday 28.10. 14:00 - 17:00 Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
  • Tuesday 04.11. 14:00 - 17:00 Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
  • Tuesday 11.11. 14:00 - 17:00 Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
  • Tuesday 18.11. 14:00 - 17:00 Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
  • Tuesday 25.11. 14:00 - 17:00 Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
  • Tuesday 02.12. 14:00 - 17:00 Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
  • Tuesday 09.12. 14:00 - 17:00 Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
  • Tuesday 16.12. 14:00 - 17:00 Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
  • Tuesday 13.01. 14:00 - 17:00 Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
  • Tuesday 20.01. 14:00 - 17:00 Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
  • Tuesday 27.01. 14:00 - 17:00 Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Bruno Latour is one of the most influential figures in Science Studies. Together with Michel Callon he has developed the actor-network-theory. His focus is on techno-science and particularly on the ways how biology and its new technologies have changed and overcome traditional notions of nature and culture. His approach is not only challenging the canon of philosophy of science, but also addresses new philosophical and political questions according to radical techno-scientific change.

Assessment and permitted materials

Class attendance; Seminar presentations and class discussion; term paper/essays

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Die Studierenden sollen einen vertieften Einblick in neuere wissenschaftstheoretische Auseinandersetzungen mit Technowissenschaften gewinnen, vor allem im Hinblick auf Biowissenschaften bzw. -technologien.

Examination topics

Mandatory reading, seminar presentations and class discussion, term paper/essays

Reading list

Latour, Bruno/Callon. Michel: Science in Action. How to Follow Scientists and Engineers through Society, Milton Keynes 1987
Latour, Bruno: Der Berliner Schlüssel. Erkundungen eines Liebhabers der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1996
- Wir sind nie modern gewesen. Versuch einer symmetrischen Anthropologie, Frankfurt/Main 1998
- Das Parlament der Dinge: für eine politische Ökologie, Frankfurt/Main 2001
- Die Hoffnung der Pandora. Untersuchungen zur Wirklichkeit der Wissenschaft. Frankfurt/Main 2002.
- Von der Realpolitik zur Dingpolitik, Berlin 2005.
- Eine neue Soziologie für eine neue Gesellschaft. Einführung in die Akteur-Netzwerk-Theorie, Frankfurt/ Main 2007
- Elend der Kritik. Vom Krieg um Fakten zu Dingen von Belang, Zürich/Berlin 2007
Kneer, Georg [Hrsg.]: Bruno Latours Kollektive. Kontroversen zur Entgrenzung des Sozialen, Frankfurt/Main 2008

Association in the course directory

§ 4.2.3, BA M14, PP § 57.6

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