Universität Wien

230125 VO Knowledge and Technology Cultures: Central Issues, Questions and Concepts (2014S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 23 - Soziologie

Please note: Additionally to the lecture dates, there will be an excursion on Friday, 4 April, 19-22.00.
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Language: English

Examination dates

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  • Wednesday 05.03. 09:00 - 10:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Wednesday 19.03. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Wednesday 26.03. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Wednesday 02.04. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Wednesday 14.05. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Wednesday 21.05. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Wednesday 28.05. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Wednesday 04.06. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Wednesday 11.06. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Wednesday 18.06. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien

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Aims, contents and method of the course

The lecture offers an introduction to central issues, leading questions and key concepts in the topical area of 'knowledge and technology cultures' (KTC).
This semester's lecture focuses on the 'material turn' in the analysis of KTC. Particular emphasis is placed on the descriptive analysis of material practices of culture, their intelligible enactment in situ and knowledge/technology-related implications ex situ. Examples are taken from both technical and ordinary settings, in scientific as well as artistic contexts (among others, tbc).
Methodologically, the lecture draws upon ethnographic, ethnomethodological and video analytic approaches of topical relevance to STS (science and technology studies). The analytic emphasis will be on 'cultures in action' and on the consequential deployment of material resources towards practical, performative and political ends.
Conceptually, the lecture discusses various notions of 'culture', ranging from representational and cognitive ones to material and praxiological alternatives. The distinction between procedural and substantive knowledge 'know how' and 'know that' (Ryle 1949) will be of pivotal importance for appraising the current 'material turn' in and for the outlined analysis of KTC.

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