Translating the English academic article for a French readership in 1686

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Banks
Keyword(s):  
Science And Technology ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Thematic Structure ◽  
Selective Translation

Abstract Previous studies of translations from the Philosophical Transactions to the Journal des Sçavans in 1665 and 1675 showed that the translators adopted a strategy of selective translation. The present study looks at five examples published in 1686. Selective translation is again in evidence. Analyses of thematic structure and process types, however, show only slight differences, but with biases towards constant progression and material processes in the French versions. It is suggested that this can be explained by the translator adapting his texts to his readership. Whereas the Philosophical Transactions was restricted to questions of science and technology, the Journal des Sçavans dealt with all the academic disciplines of the time, and thus had a wider readership than its English counterpart.

Using iREAD in Understanding Online Reading Strategies Applied by Science and Technology Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 18-32
Author(s):  
Ruhil Amal Azmuddin ◽  
Nor Fariza Mohd Nor ◽  
Afendi Hamat
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Reading Strategies ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Online Reading ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Technology Students

This article describes how with the growth of online learning, reading hypertext materials requires both online reading and navigational strategies. This article was conducted as part of a pilot study on qualitative data collection into reading of Science and Technology hypertexts that focuses on reading and navigational strategies of five university students enrolled in undergraduate Engineering programs. It presents the application of iREAD; Interactive Reading for Academic Disciplines that integrates various e-literacy tools to facilitate reading of academic hypertexts. Student's participation was within iREAD through the use of annotation tool and discussion forum. The two-phased data collection was conducted qualitatively through semi-structured interviews, screen records, and retrospective interviews. The results show that the participants mainly used a global reading strategy, serial, and mixed overview navigational strategies in the online reading environment. In addition, the article concluded that iREAD assists students to understand and organize hypertexts materials better with the use of e-tools.

scholarly journals Care and Solidarity Are Conditions for Interventionist Research

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Liboiron
Keyword(s):  
Science And Technology Studies ◽  
Direct Action ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Power Struggles ◽  
Technology Studies

Calls for interventionist research in academic disciplines, including science and technology studies (STS), are increasingly common. Yet none offer insights for what to do or whom to turn to after a researcher has intervened and the result is slander, defaming, or disenfranchisement—even though these are possible, and even likely, results of intervening in controversies and power struggles. Drawing from the ethics and methods used in direct action activism, I argue that intentional networks of care and solidarity are necessary supports that need to be in place before we call for interventionist research. 

A longitudinal study of information needs and search behaviors in science and technology

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minsoo Park ◽  
Tae-Seok Lee
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Web Search ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Technical Information ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
User Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Search Behaviors

Purpose This study aims at a longitudinal understanding of the user–system interactions from the context of science and technology at a query level. Design/methodology/approach The authors quantitatively analyzed log data sets culled from more than 24,820,416 queries submitted by users of a national scientific and technical information system, collected in 2008-2011. Findings In the fields of science and technology, the user search behaviors and patterns have remained stable. User queries are short and simple. In all, 80 per cent of the queries are made up of one-three terms. The length of query on a scholarly information system in the fields of science and technology is different from that of Web search. The former is longer than the latter. Search topics have shifted fast. “FUEL BATTERY”, “NANO”, “OLED”, “CAR”, “ROBOT” and “SMARTPHONE” were high-ranked queries from 2008 to 2011. It was found that the time to determine whether the users will stay on the site took about 10 seconds on average from the time of visit. If the users viewed the results of a list generated by the search query and took any action, such as detailed view, export or full-text download, most of them stayed more than 10 minutes on average. Originality/value Longitudinal user research using a query analysis helps to understand the information needs and behavioral patterns of users on information systems related to a specific field and those based on the Web. It also brings insights into the past, present and future events of a field. In other words, it plays a role as a mirror that reflects the flow of time. In the long run, it will be an historic asset. In the future, user studies using a query analysis need to be carried out from various (e.g. social, cultural or other academic disciplines) long-term perspectives on a continuous basis.

scholarly journals STS as a Lens to Study Disciplines and Interdisciplinarity

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 88-96
Author(s):  
Knut Sørensen
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Social Studies Of Science ◽  
The Social ◽  
Critical Understanding ◽  
Virtual Conference

In the 2020 Prague Virtual Conference of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Sharon Traweek was awarded the society’s John D. Bernal Prize jointly with Langdon Winner. The Bernal Prize is awarded annually to individuals who have made distinguished contributions to the field of STS. Prize recipients include founders of the field of STS, along with outstanding scholars who have devoted their careers to the understanding of the social dimensions of science and technology. In this essay responding to Traweek's Bernal lecture, Sørensen draws on her critical understanding of academic disciplines to discuss how STS may develop the field’s understanding of disciplines, interdisciplinarity, and itself.

scholarly journals Problematizing Disciplinarity, Transdisciplinary Problematics

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 3-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Osborne
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Science And Technology Studies ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Conceptual Structure ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Technology Studies ◽  
History Of ◽  
19Th And 20Th Century

This article situates current debates about transdisciplinarity within the deeper history of academic disciplinarity, in its difference from the notions of inter- and multi-disciplinarity. It offers a brief typology and history of established conceptions of transdisciplinarity within science and technology studies. It then goes on to raise the question of the conceptual structure of transdisciplinary generality in the humanities, with respect to the incorporation of the 19th- and 20th-century German and French philosophical traditions into the anglophone humanities, under the name of ‘theory’. It identifies two distinct – dialectical and anti-dialectical, or dialectical and transversal – transdisciplinary trajectories. It locates the various contributions to the special issue of which it is the introduction within this conceptual field, drawing attention to the distinct contribution of the French debates about structuralism and its aftermath – those by Serres, Foucault, Derrida, Guattari and Latour, in particular. It concludes with an appendix on Foucault’s place within current debates about disciplinarity and academic disciplines.

Laboratory Simulation of Lunar Luminescence

1962 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 441-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. Geake ◽  
H. Lipson ◽  
M. D. Lumb
Keyword(s):  
Science And Technology ◽  
Laboratory Simulation ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Physics Department ◽  
Luminescent Spectrum

Work has recently begun in the Physics Department of the Manchester College of Science and Technology on an attempt to simulate lunar luminescence in the laboratory. This programme is running parallel with that of our colleagues in the Manchester University Astronomy Department, who are making observations of the luminescent spectrum of the Moon itself. Our instruments are as yet only partly completed, but we will describe briefly what they are to consist of, in the hope that we may benefit from the comments of others in the same field, and arrange to co-ordinate our work with theirs.

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