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4S Digital Website Coordinator
Published On: Aug 20, 2024
4S seeks to appoint a new Digital Website Coordinator, to work for 10 hours per week for at least 12 months. Appropriate candidates should have familiarity with STS as a domain, solid technical skills with digital infrastructures, and the ability to work collaboratively with the Managing Director and elected leadership at 4S as well as the external provider (Memberleap). The rate of pay is US$25–30 per hour depending on skills and experience, for an annual rate of pay of US $12,500–1...
4S Palestine Forum | Contributions Call
Published On: Jul 30, 2024
The 4S Palestine Forum, launched earlier this year as the initial project of the Working Group on War and Genocide that was initiated at 4S Honolulu in 2023, is welcoming further contributions.
Please submit new short blog-style entries, as well as references to published work, syllabi, and other resources by writing info@4sonline.org.
View the Palestine Forum in its entirety here: https://www.4sonline.org/palestine_forum.php
Animals, STS, and the Problem of Humanity in Gaza
Published On: Aug 21, 2024
This blog post asks, how can STS respond to dehumanization?
4S Publications
Science, Technology, and Human Values
For more than forty years, Science, Technology, & Human Values has provided the forum for cutting-edge research and debate in the field of science and technology studies.
Underground Roots for Ancestral Futures: Exploring Lithium Through an Experimental Alliance between Chemistry and Anthropology
Cristobal Bonelli
Science, Technology, & Human Values, Ahead of Print.
Amid the push for decarbonization and the rise of lithium-ion batteries, global demand for lithium urges an examination of its materiality. Drawing on Barry's chemical...
Reflections on an Inclusive Boundary Worker
Nelly Oudshoorn
Science, Technology, & Human Values, Ahead of Print.
This essay is part of a Thematic Collection of Science, Technology & Human Values on the work of Adele E. Clarke (1945–2024).
Out of Sync: The Making and Remaking of Data and Regulations on Greenhouse Gases at the International Maritime Organization
Kjersti Aalbu
Science, Technology, & Human Values, Ahead of Print.
This article explores the entanglements of the making of data and climate regulations at a specialized UN agency, the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Based on...
The Shadow Bodies of Mice: Invisible Work in Translational Medicine
Carrie Friese
Science, Technology, & Human Values, Ahead of Print.
The clinician-scientist is often viewed as the crucial nexus in the translational processes that turn scientific research into medical technologies, including but not limited...
The Techno-Optics of Safety: Surveillance and Women's Ambivalent Experiences in South Korea's “Smart Safe City”
Chamee Yang
Science, Technology, & Human Values, Ahead of Print.
The rise of “scientific security” discourse has spurred the use of optical technologies and data analytics in crime prevention. It has coincided with a shift in smart...
Engaging Science, Technology and Society
Engaging Science, Technology, & Society is an online, open access publication of The Society for Social Studies of Science.
Caring for Scholarship in Transition
Published On: Apr 15 2024
Ali Kenner, Clément Dréano , Noela Invernizzi , Duygu Kaşdoğan , Aalok Khandekar , Angela Okune , Grant Jun Otsuki , Sujatha Raman , Tim Schütz , Federico Vasen, Amanda Windle , Emily York
This editorial briefly reflects on the idea of transition—a theme that cuts across energy systems, migration, and education, to name a few—and is likely familiar to many readers. In this issue, we focus on transition within...
Collaborative Ethnography and Matters of Care in Counterspaces
Published On: Apr 22 2024
Coleen Carrigan, Joyce Yen, Cara Margherio, Christine Grant, Claire Horner-Devine, Eve Riskin, Julie Ivy, Burren Peil
This paper offers a reflexive analysis of an interdisciplinary and cross-race collaboration to advance equity in engineering called LATTICE (Launching Academics on the Tenure-Track: an Intentional Community in Engineering). We...
Algorithms in the Margins: Organized Community Resistance to Port Automation in the Los Angeles Harbor Area
Published On: Apr 22 2024
Taylor M Cruz, Jaewoo Park, Emily Moore, Austin Chen, Andrea Gordillo
Public deliberations on artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) provoke strong interest in automation, or the perceived displacement of human labor due to general technological advances. Social science scholarship...
Maintenance and Its Knowledges: Functional Exploration, Biographical Supervision, and Behavioural Examination
Published On: Apr 22 2024
Jérôme Denis, Daniel Florentin, David Pontille
This introductory article to the thematic collection entitled “Maintenance and its Knowledges” makes a significant departure from breakdown-centred studies. It foregrounds the epistemic virtues of maintenance, a practice that...
4S Blog: Backchannels
Regulating Generative AI Threats and Social Commons in the Public Interest
The hidden health dangers of data labeling in AI development
Congress report/Relatório de evento/Reporte de congreso: XV ESOCITE 2024
Major Internet Outages are Getting Bigger and Occurring More Often: A Reflection on the CrowdStrike IT Outage
Backchannels content is contributed by our members to highlight news relevant to their work.
Making and Doing: STS Beyond the Four Corners of the Paper
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4S Digital Website Coordinator
4S Palestine Forum | Contributions Call
Please submit new short blog-style entries, as well as references to published work, syllabi, and other resources by writing info@4sonline.org.
View the Palestine Forum in its entirety here: https://www.4sonline.org/palestine_forum.php
Lead Editor(s) | Social Studies of Science
The SSS Lead Editor(s) are expected to fill the position for a minimum of three years following a transition in collaboration with the current Editor, Sergio Sismondo, with possible renewal for a second term. We are glad to consider proposals either from individuals, or for co-editorship. The Lead Editor or editorial team has primary responsibility for the ongoing curati...