Yearbook 2011 of the Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society
Edited by Thomas Berger Edited by Arno Bammé Edited by Günter Getzinger
Der Band erhält – in englischer Sprache – die Ergebnisse der jährlich am Interdisziplinären Kolleg für Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung der Universität Klagenfurt, einem internationalen Wissenschaftskolleg, durchgeführten Vorträge internationaler Nachwuchswissenschaftler aus unterschiedlichen Bereichen der Technik- und Wissenschaftsforschung. Bisher erschienene Bände der Schriftenreihe (in gleicher Ausstattung): YEARBOOK 2010; 2009; 2008; 2007; 2006; 2005; 2004; 2003; 2002; 2001 of the Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology & Society (Arno Bammé, Günter Getzinger & Bernhard Wieser, eds.) – alle: München/Wien: Profil-Verlag.
– The Yearbook 2011 contains contributions by the Research Fellows, Visiting Scholars and Guest Lecturers of the Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society (IAS-STS) in Graz, Austria. It also constitutes the annual report of IAS-STS for the academic year 2009/2010. The main issues of this Yearbook are: Agricultural Biotechnology – Cultural Studies of Technology – Democratization of Science & Tech¬no¬lo¬gy – Energy & Climate Change – Epigenetics – Gender, Science & Technology – Genetic Testing – History of Science & Technology – Philosophy of Science & Technology – Photovoltaics – Renewable Energy – Science & Technology Studies – Sociology of Science & Technology – Synthetic Biology– Technology Assessment – Technology & Sustainability – Technology Policy – Wind Energy
Contents:
Arno Bammé: Science, Technology, Society: Prologue Gender and Technology
Monica Obreja: Things Could or Should be Otherwise? Reflections on How Not to Black-Box an IdentityGenetics and Biotechnology
Gloria Adduci: Economic Considerations on Agricultural Biotechnology in Developing Countries
Ute Kalender: Epigenetic Concepts of Environment
David Mercer: Human Practices and the Challenges of Upstream Engagement in Synthetic Biology?
Gülsevim Evsel: Neither an ‘Enhancement’ nor ‘Elimination’: A Further Eugenic Route Towards PGD Energy, Climate, and Sustainability
Anne Maassen: Photovoltaics on Existing Buildings in Barcelona and Paris: Emerging Forms of Socio-Technical Organisation in Urban Energy Provision
Sarolta Németh: Wood Energy and a ‘Networked Periphery’ in Eastern Finland
Fotini Tsaglioti: Wind Power Automation Technology in Historical Perspective: From Pre-Industrial European Windmills to Inter-War Automatic American Wind Generators
Lech W. Zacher: Toward Democratization of Science and Technology Spheres. Some Opportunities and Problems Science Studies
Anne-Sophie Godfroy-Genin: International Comparisons in Science Studies: What and Why Do We Compare?
Review 2009/2010—A Report on Fellowships and Events.About the Authors
- Edited by Thomas Berger
- Edited by Arno Bammé
- Edited by Günter Getzinger
