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Science, Technology and Society

Prof. Sambit Mallick · IIT Guwahati

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About

The objective of the course is to enable students to understand science as a socio-cultural product in specific socio-historical contexts. The course exposes students to philosophical, historical and sociological perspectives to look at science as a practice deeply embedded in culture and society. It emphasizes the dynamic nature of the relations between wider cultural practices on one hand and scientific practices on the other. The attempt is to equip students with an understanding indispensable for an in-depth study of science-technology-society dynamics.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : UG and PG students of Humanities and Social Sciences, Sciences and Engineering

Lectures

Week 1 : Science, Technology and Society: Cognitive and Ethical Dimensions

  1. Lec 1 : Cognitive Dimensions I YouTube
  2. Lec 2 : Cognitive Dimensions II YouTube
  3. Lec 3 : Ethical Dimensions YouTube

Week 2 : Science, Technology and Society: Methodological Dimensions I

  1. Lec 4 : Inductivism and Hypothesism I YouTube
  2. Lec 5 : Inductivism and Hypothesism II YouTube
  3. Lec 6 : Positivism YouTube

Week 3: Science, Technology and Society: Methodological Dimensions II

  1. Lec 7 : Positivism II YouTube
  2. Lec 8 : Karl Popper I YouTube
  3. Lec 9 : Karl Popper II YouTube

Week 4 : Science, Technology and Society: Methodological Dimensions III

  1. Lec 10 : Thomas Kuhn YouTube
  2. Lec 11 : Popper versus Kuhn YouTube
  3. Lec 12 : Paul Feyerabend YouTube

Week 5 : Inequalities in Science I

  1. Lec 13 : Rewards and Recognitions I YouTube
  2. Lec 14 : Rewards and Recognitions II YouTube
  3. Lec 15 : Rewards and Recognitions III YouTube

Week 6 : Inequalities in Science II

  1. Lec 16 : Cumulative Advantage and Symbolism of Intellectual Property I YouTube
  2. Lec 17 : Cumulative Advantage and Symbolism of Intellectual Property II YouTube
  3. Lec 18 : Cumulative Advantage and Symbolism of Intellectual Property III YouTube

Week 7 : Technology as Knowledge

  1. Lec 19 : Max Weber YouTube
  2. Lec 20 : Preliminary Exercise and ExplanationNew Lesson YouTube
  3. Lec 21 : Edwin Layton Jr. YouTube

Week 8 : Social Shaping of Technology I

  1. Lec 22 : Langdon Winner I YouTube
  2. Lec 23 : Langdon Winner II YouTube
  3. Lec 24 : Langdon Winner III YouTube

Week 9 : Social Shaping of Technology II

  1. Lec 25 : Donald MacKenzie and Judy Wajcman I YouTube
  2. Lec 26 : Donald MacKenzie and Judy Wajcman II YouTube
  3. Lec 27 : Donald MacKenzie and Judy Wajcman III YouTube

Week 10 : Social Shaping of Technology III

  1. Lec 28 : Capitalism, class, gender, city, machine, workplace I YouTube
  2. Lec 29 : Capitalism, class, gender, city, machine, workplace II YouTube
  3. Lec 30 : Capitalism, class, gender, city, machine, workplace III YouTube

Week 11 : Information Society

  1. Lec 31 : Alvin Toffler and Daniel Bell YouTube
  2. Lec 32 : Themes and Factors of Information Technology YouTube
  3. Lec 33 : Information Technology and Reconceptualization of Class YouTube

Week 12 : Science and Technology in India

  1. Lec 34 : Reception of Modern Science in India YouTube
  2. Lec 35 : Science Policies in India YouTube
  3. Lec 36 : Summary of the Course YouTube

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Guwahati
Department
Humanities and Social Sciences
Teacher
Prof. Sambit Mallick
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Society and politics
Source
NPTEL
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
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