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In this book, Kean Birch analyses the co-construction of markets and natures in the emerging bio-economy as a policy response to global environmental change. The bio-economy is an economic system characterized by the use of plants and other biological materials rather than fossil fuels to produce energy, chemicals, and societal goods. Over the last decade or so, numerous countries around the world have developed bio-economy strategies as a potential transition pathway to a low-carbon future. Whether this is achievable or not remains an open question, one which this book seeks to answer. In addressing this question, Kean Birch draws on over ten years of research on the bio-economy around the world, but especially in North America. He examines what kinds of markets and natures are being imagined and constructed in the pursuit of the bio-economy, and problematizes the idea that this is being driven by neoliberalism and the neoliberalization of nature(s). .
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"Providing a much needed overview of the growing field of digital sociology, this handbook connects digital media technologies to the traditional sociological areas of study, like labour, culture, education, race, class and gender. Rooted in a critical understanding of inequality as foundational to digital sociology and is edited by leaders in the field. It includes topics ranging from web analytics, wearable technologies, social media analysis and digital labour. This rigorous, accessible text explores contemporary dilemmas and problems of the digital age in relation to inequality, institutions and social identity, making it suitable for use for a global audience on a variety of social science courses and beyond. Offering an important step forward for the discipline of sociology Digital sociologies is an important intellectual benchmark in placing digital at the forefront of investigating the social." -- Policy Press website.
Digital media --- Sociology --- Technology --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Digital media - Social aspects --- Technology - Sociological aspects
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Donna Haraway est une figure majeure du féminisme contemporain. Biologiste, philosophe et historienne des sciences, ses recherches interrogent les mythes contemporains. Héritière de la tradition marxiste, elle questionne les effets de pouvoir des grandes divisions catégorielles propres à la Modernité : nature et culture, animal et humain, homme et femme, organique et technique, biologique et social, sujet et objet...Célèbre pour la façon dont elle a détourné le "cyborg", Haraway a ouvert la voie à un féminisme post-humain, insolent et geek qui rompt avec une certaine tradition essentialiste et technophobe. Le cyborg devient ce personnage tragique et ambigu qui incarne nos conditions matérielles d'existence comme nos devenirs politiques. Donna Haraway nous invite à expérimenter d'autres points de vue, d'autres manières de voir, à construire des politiques de coalitions, d'alliances et de coévolutions inédites. Les extensions technologiques, les espèces animales « domestiques », les primates, ou encore les êtres génétiquement modifiés comme la souris Oncomouse, sont autant de compagnons de route avec qui nous partageons le monde et qui sans cesse nous interpellent et nous engagent. Cette perspective est pleinement exprimée dans son texte "Les promesses des monstres", pour la première fois traduit en français dans le présent volume ; promesses accompagnées d'une dizaine de contributions autour de l'oeuvre de Donna Haraway écrites par des philosophes, des historiens ou des sociologues situés dans différents champs et traditions de pensée.
Technology --- Human animal relationships --- Sociological aspects --- Haraway, Donna Jeanne --- Cyborgs --- Feminism --- Philosophy --- Haraway, Donna Jeanne, --- Human-animal relationships --- Technology - Sociological aspects --- Cyborgs - Philosophy --- Haraway, Donna Jeanne, - 1944 --- -Technology - Sociological aspects --- -Technology --- Haraway, Donna Jeanne, - 1944-
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The book offers new theoretical perspectives on innovation, analyzes innovation processes in diverse innovation fields, and presents case studies that reflect the diversity of innovations fields. To what extent and in what sense does innovation characterize our societies today? Innovations are no longer limited to the economic sphere; we find them in almost all areas of society today. Diverse actors generate innovations in different, increasingly reflexive ways. New concepts, practices, and institutional forms such as open source, crowdfunding, or citizen panels expand the spectrum. Contents - Perspectives of social theory and theories of society - Innovation fields between economy and culture - Innovation fields between politics, planning, and social movements - Innovation fields between science and public policy Audience Students and scholars of sociology and social theory; economics; political science; cultural sciences; science, technology, and society studies (STS); and innovation studies The Editors Dr. Werner Rammert is professor (em.) of sociology at TU Berlin. Dr. Arnold Windeler is professor of sociology at TU Berlin. Dr. Hubert Knoblauch is professor of sociology at TU Berlin. Dr. Michael Hutter is professor (em.) of sociology at TU Berlin.
Technological innovations --- Social aspects. --- Technology—Sociological aspects. --- Science and Technology Studies. --- Knowledge - Discourse. --- Sociology. --- Social theory --- Social sciences
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This book analyses the social contexts in which programmers design neuroimaging software used in brain studies. It shows that in the same way people engage in everyday communication, programmers are involved in a series of communicative processes to realize the negotiations and discussions generated by software development. In this way, highly technical activities such as computer code writing are also underpinned by values, preferences, and power relations. At the same time, the book sheds new light on scientists’ increasing dependence on software. On the one hand, many scientific tasks can no longer be performed without the help of computational technologies. On the other hand, most scientists have only superficial computing knowledge. As a result, inequalities emerge whereby some scientists take the most strategic methodological decisions whereas other scientists can only rely on the technical help provided by user-friendly computer applications.
Neurosciences. --- Technology—Sociological aspects. --- Science and Technology Studies. --- Neural sciences --- Neurological sciences --- Neuroscience --- Medical sciences --- Nervous system
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The exploration of ways to conceptualize the shaping of the present by socio‐technical futures is the aim of this volume. Therefore it brings together contributions from Science and Technology Studies and Technology Assessment, which focus all on the question how socio-technical images of the future shape present processes of innovation and transformation starting from empirical case studies and generalizing specific findings or by tackling conceptual questions from the outset. A white paper of 23 authors, which aims to sensitize researchers and practitioners completes the volume. Contents Analytical Concepts, Different Kinds and Patterns of Socio-Technical Futures.- Socio-Technical Futures in Different Processes of Change.- Intervening into the Present Through Prospective Reasoning.- White Paper. Target Groups Researchers and students from social sciences and humanities The Editors Andreas Lösch is senior research scientist at the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) and private lecturer for sociology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Armin Grunwald is director of the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), full professor of philosophy and ethics of technology at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and heads the Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag (TAB). Martin Meister is a research associate at the Department of Sociology, Chair on Sociology of Technology and Innovation at Technical University of Berlin. Ingo Schulz-Schaeffer is full professor of sociology and head of the sociology of technology and innovation group at the Department of Sociology at Technical University of Berlin.
Technology --- Social aspects. --- Philosophy. --- Technology—Sociological aspects. --- Philosophy of Technology. --- Science and Technology Studies. --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities
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This collected volume analyses labelling as a political and economic operation. It gathers contributions that focus on various domains, including the agri-food sector, the construction sector, eco-labelling, retail, health public policies and the energy sector, considering the use of labels for various objectives, such as providing legal and technical data on consumption products, certifying their quality, and indicating the approval of professional or political authorities. These practices are tied to both public and private interventions that make civic concerns visible and aim to govern them. The book considers ‘labelling the economy’ as an operation that introduces political questions into the economic realm, while also importing economic modes of reasoning into governance interventions. In doing so, the book considers the sociotechnical apparatus on which any label relies as a nexus where economic and political considerations are brought together.
Labels. --- Grade labeling --- Labeling --- Labelling --- Price labels --- Grading --- Packaging --- Standardization --- Technology—Sociological aspects. --- Science and Technology Studies.
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This book provides a critical reflection on automated science and addresses the question whether the computational tools we developed in last decades are changing the way we humans do science. More concretely: Can machines replace scientists in crucial aspects of scientific practice? The contributors to this book re-think and refine some of the main concepts by which science is understood, drawing a fascinating picture of the developments we expect over the next decades of human-machine co-evolution. The volume covers examples from various fields and areas, such as molecular biology, climate modeling, clinical medicine, and artificial intelligence. The explosion of technological tools and drivers for scientific research calls for a renewed understanding of the human character of science. This book aims precisely to contribute to such a renewed understanding of science.
Science --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- Philosophy. --- Technology—Sociological aspects. --- Philosophy of Technology. --- Science and Technology Studies. --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities
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“After decades of research on dysfunctional eating and lack of physical activity, research attention has finally turned to the role of digital technology in eating behaviors and eating disorders. This timely volume offers a thoughtful and wide collection of chapters discussing the possible effects of digital technologies, from those enhancing healthy eating behaviors to those that encourage disordered eating. Highly recommended for both professionals and scholars.” Prof. Giuseppe Riva, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy. This book examines in depth the multifaceted roles of digital technologies in the eating behaviors and eating disorders. Coverage reflects a broad theoretical and empirical knowledge of current trends in digital technology use in health behaviors, and their risks and benefits affecting wellbeing, with focus on eating behaviors and eating disorders. The authors use both qualitative and quantitative data to focus on the digital lived experiences of people and their eating related behaviors. Among the topics covered: The quality of eating-oriented information online Technology, body image, and disordered eating Eating-oriented online groups Using mobile technology in eating behaviors Usage of digital technology among people with eating disorders What healthcare professionals should know about digital technologies and eating disorders Technology-based prevention and treatment programs for eating disorders A potential source of discussion and debate in various fields across the social sciences, the health sciences, and psychology, Digital Technology, Eating Behaviors, and Eating Disorders will be especially useful to students, academics, researchers, and professionals working in the fields of eating behaviors and eating disorders.
Eating disorders --- Treatment. --- Psychology, clinical. --- Technology—Sociological aspects. --- Clinical Psychology. --- Science and Technology Studies. --- Clinical psychology. --- Psychiatry --- Psychology, Applied --- Psychological tests
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This book offers a clear analysis of Foucault’s work on scientific knowledge and its relationship to individuals and society. It suggests a way of using Foucault’s tools for science criticism and resistance, while avoiding the pitfalls of vulgar relativism or irrational anti-science views. Two cases of scientific conflict are considered. The first considers left-handers as subjects of science, in particular studies which purport to show that left-handers die on average younger than right-handers. The second case considers Icelanders as subjects of science in the context of a partly failed attempt to construct a genetic database encompassing the entire nation.The book will be of interest to bioethicists and philosophers who are concerned with the interaction between science and its human subjects, as well as scholars concerned with Foucault’s work on science.
Science --- Technology—Sociological aspects. --- Philosophy of Science. --- Science and Technology Studies. --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- Philosophy. --- Philosophy and science. --- Science and philosophy
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