This new approach to the study of multiculturalism focuses on its applications to science and technology. It explores new studies that describe the role of culture and power in the making of theories, facts and machines.
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This ambitious and far-reaching book transforms the way we think about the production, distribution, and consumption of the benefits and burdens of science and technology. David Hess uses anthropological perspectives and studies to retell the story of the multiple and contested histories, social relations, and forms of knowledge embedded in scientific practices. His book synthesizes many valuable resources for those of us who practice, learn, or teach science as part of contemporary life. -- Rayna Rapp New School for Social Research
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This review is from: Science and Technology in a Multicultural World (Paperback)
This was a required text for an engineering course entitled "International Dimensions of Technology and Culture" at my University that I took as an "international perspectives" core requirement. As the previous reviewer stated, the author's writing style is self-indulgent and he tends to use three or four words (instead of merely two) where just one word will do. Many redundancies are also noted and I found myself thinking that I was going nuts with reading about a matter, then three paragraphs later hearing it again. The author did not just stick with the facts and this text is largely the author's opinion and ramblings about several researcher's findings. I hope a college-level professor can locate a more relevant and well written text to teach from for this topic.
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save your money,
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This review is from: Science and Technology in a Multicultural World: The Cultural Politics of Facts and Artifacts (Hardcover)
This is possibly the worst piece of self indulgent nonsense I have ever had the misfortune of reading. This book is good for one thing; recycling.
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Almost every day a news report tells of another innovation in science and technology. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, African American, Green Revolution, Yir Yiront, Latin American, Native American, New York, Western Europe, World War, New Mexico, Sao Paulo, Emily Martin, Old World, Social Darwinism, Donna Haraway, Karl Marx, King Cotton, Max Weber, Sharon Traweek, Ford Probe, North Americans, Robert Boyle, Talcott Parsons, Franz Boas, Langdon Winner New!
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Almost every day a news report tells of another innovation in science and technology. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, African American, Green Revolution, Yir Yiront, Latin American, Native American, New York, Western Europe, World War, New Mexico, Sao Paulo, Emily Martin, Old World, Social Darwinism, Donna Haraway, Karl Marx, King Cotton, Max Weber, Sharon Traweek, Ford Probe, North Americans, Robert Boyle, Talcott Parsons, Franz Boas, Langdon Winner New!
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- The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences by Michel Foucault on 6 pages
- Feminism and Science (Race, Gender, and Science) by Nancy Tuana on 5 pages
- Reappraisals of the Scientific Revolution by David C. Lindberg on 4 pages
- Technology and Social Change by H. Russell Bernard on 4 pages
- The Cultural Meaning of The Scientific Revolution by Margaret C. Jacob on page 75, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Science and Social Inequality: Feminist and Postcolonial Issues (Race and Gender in Science) by Sandra Harding on 5 pages
- Is Science Multicultural?: Postcolonialisms, Feminisms, and Epistemologies (Race, Gender, and Science) by Sandra Harding in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Science and Other Cultures: Issues in Philosophies of Science and Technology by Sandra Harding in Front Matter, and page 67
- Masons, Tricksters and Cartographers: Comparative Studies in the Sociology of Scientific and Indigenous Knowledge (Studies in the History of Scie) by David Turnbull on page 46, and Back Matter
- Evaluating Alternative Cancer Therapies: A Guide to the Science and Politics of an Emerging Medical Field by David J. Hess in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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