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Appendix A:
Possible Topics in Primary Programs of Each Division that Could be Anchored in the Secondary Program in STS

(Topics in Quotes are Pre-Existing Initiatives)

Division of Social Studies

  • "History and Philosophy of Science" Courses
  • Economics of Technology and Science
  • Science Studies (Anthropology and Sociology of Science)
  • Comparative Development and Modernization Theory (Political Science)
  • Actor/Network Theory (Psychology/Sociology)
  • Military/Peace Studies
  • Local History, Traditional Trades, and the 'Do It Yourself' (DIY) movement

Division of the Arts

  • Documentary and Educational Media on Science and Technology
  • Architecture and Urban Planning
  • New Arts Media (Web-based Art, Holograms, Artistic Gaming Design, etc.)
  • Scientific Imaging and Art
  • Alternative Materials and Technology in Sculpture, Music, Theater, Dance etc.
  • "History and Philosophy of Science" Courses
  • Religion and Science

Division of Science, Mathematics, and Computing

  • "Science, History and Philosophy" Courses
  • Economics and Politics of Science Funding
  • Social and Political Adaptation of Science and Technology
  • Historical Problems in Science and Contemporary Research
  • Public Health
  • Planning and Large-Scale Systems in Engineering
  • Alternative Organizational and Methodological Paradigms in Scientific Investigation (Distributed Computing, Ethnobotany, Archaeoastronomy, Historical Epidemiology, etc.)

Division of Languages and Literature

  • Non-Fiction Science Writing
  • Science Fiction
  • New Historicism (Relation of History of S/T to the Production, Distribution, and Reception of Literature)
  • Post-Colonial Studies and Modernization Theory
  • Human Rights Networking and Documentation
  • Alternative Literary Forms (Hypertext, Sound Recording, Digital Editions of Texts, etc.)

 

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