scholarly journals “Chinese Elm 1030595 . . . (or can I call you Dale??)”: Communication and representation in mediated encounters with nonhuman others

2021 ◽  
pp. 146144482199547
Author(s):  
Soledad Altrudi ◽  
Christina Dunbar-Hester ◽  
Kate Miltner
Keyword(s):  
Media Studies ◽  
Science And Technology Studies ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Environmental Humanities ◽  
Communicative Acts ◽  
Technology Studies ◽  
Chinese Elm

The last couple of years have seen an uptick of different technological forms presented as mediators of human/nonhuman interaction, and these developments have been accompanied by an increase in scholarly interest. Here, we engage with the human urge to enter into communicative exchanges that implicate “other” entities, but we also wonder what is at stake, analytically and ethically, in these mediated communicative acts. Following an approach informed by work in the environmental humanities as well as science and technology studies and media studies, we explore three sites of (ostensible) encounters between humans and nonhuman others—plants and animals—and argue that while certain technological mediations can facilitate human “noticing” by rendering nonhuman others sense-able, it does not follow that such interventions open up a space where participants can meaningfully respond to each other.

scholarly journals Making up Political People: How Social Media Create the Ideals, Definitions, and Probabilities of Political Speech

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Ananny
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Media Studies ◽  
Science And Technology Studies ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Communication Media ◽  
Political Speech ◽  
Technology Studies ◽  
Social Media Platforms

An examination of the principles and techniques that social media platforms use to define and regulate political speech. Uses concepts from Communication, Media Studies, and Science and Technology Studies to investigate how platforms define ideals of citizenship, the politics of the categories they use to define speech, and the role that algorithms and probability play in governing platform speech.

scholarly journals Reflecting on the Science in Science Communication

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly Bronson
Keyword(s):  
Science And Technology Studies ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Case Analysis ◽  
Communicative Acts ◽  
Technology Studies ◽  
Etude De Cas ◽  
Scientific Fact ◽  
Étude De Cas

Science communication is often understood as the transmission of facts to ignorant audiences. Science and Technology Studies allows a different perspective on science—as open to negotiation with other knowledges and institutions—and therefore a different perspective on its communication. Within an STS perspective, what counts as scientific fact or legitimate expertise takes shape within communicative acts. This article demonstrates the analytical purchase given by taking such an approach to science communication by applying it to a case analysis of biotechnology resistance on the Canadian Prairie.La communication scientifique est souvent comprise comme la transmission de faits à un public ignorant. Etudes des science et technologies (STS) nous proposent une perspective différente sur la science—comme un ensemble de contenus ouverts à la négociation avec d’autres savoirs et institutions—et donc une perspective décalée en termes de communication. Dans une perspective STS, ce qui est considéré comme un fait scientifique ou une expertise légitime prend forme dans des actes de communication. Cet article démontre la pertinence de ce type d’analyse pour appréhender la communication scientifique en l’appliquant à une étude de cas portant sur la résistance face aux biotechnologies dans la Prairie canadienne.

The disengaged in science communication: How not to count audiences and publics

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maureen Burns ◽  
Fabien Medvecky
Keyword(s):  
Media Studies ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
Science And Technology Studies ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Technology Studies ◽  
The Common

In this article, we suggest that three concepts from cultural and media studies might be useful for analysing the ways audiences are constructed in science communication: that media are immanent to society, media are multiple and various, and audiences are active. This article uses those concepts, along with insights from Science and Technology Studies (STS), to examine the category of ‘the disengaged’ within science communication. This article deals with the contrast between ‘common sense’ and scholarly ideas of media and audiences in the field of cultural and media studies. It compares the ‘common sense’ with scholarly ideas of science publics from STS. We conclude that it may be time to reconsider the ontology of publics and the disengaged for science communication.

scholarly journals Trois regards sur la notion de « culture chinoise »

2018 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-116
Author(s):  
Basile Zimmermann
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Science And Technology Studies ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Historical Overview ◽  
Asian Studies ◽  
Interactional Expertise ◽  
General Argument ◽  
Technology Studies ◽  
Chinese Studies

Abstract Chinese studies are going through a period of reforms. This article appraises what could constitute the theoretical and methodological foundations of contemporary sinology today. The author suggests an approach of “Chinese culture” by drawing from recent frameworks of Science and Technology Studies (STS). The paper starts with current debates in Asian studies, followed by a historical overview of the concept of culture in anthropology. Then, two short case studies are presented with regard to two different STS approaches: studies of expertise and experience and the notion of interactional expertise, and the framework of waves and forms. A general argument is thereby sketched which suggests how “Chinese culture” can be understood from the perspective of materiality.

Queere Praktiken der Reproduktion

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Charlotte Dionisius
Keyword(s):  
Science And Technology Studies ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Feminist Science ◽  
Technology Studies

Ein, zwei, drei oder vier Elternteile, »Sponkel«, »Mapas« und lesbische Zeugungsakte - wer oder was Familie ist und wie sie gegründet wird, hat sich vervielfältigt. Sarah Charlotte Dionisius rekonstruiert aus einer von den Feminist Science and Technology Studies inspirierten, queertheoretischen Perspektive, wie lesbische und queere Frauen*paare, die mittels Samenspende Eltern geworden sind, Familie, Verwandtschaft und Geschlecht imaginieren und praktizieren. Damit wirft sie einen heteronormativitätskritischen Blick auf die sozialwissenschaftliche Familienforschung sowie auf gesellschaftliche und rechtliche Entwicklungen, die neue Ein- und Ausschlüsse queerer familialer Lebensweisen mit sich bringen.

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