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==Background and Context== |
==Background and Context== |
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====Early 1980's-Late 1990's==== |
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Feminist STS emerged as a [[social theory]] in the early 1980's prompted by an introduction of [[feminist theory]] into science and technology studies credited to [[Donna Haraway]]'s "[[A Cyborg Manifesto]]"<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Law |first=John |date=November 2008 |title=On Sociology and STS |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-954x.2008.00808.x |journal=The Sociological Review |volume=56 |issue=4 |pages=623–649 |doi=10.1111/j.1467-954x.2008.00808.x |issn=0038-0261}}</ref>. Early feminist STS literature focused on [[gender]] differences in technology use, such as [[Claude S. Fischer]]'s study of the residential telephone<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Fischer |first=Claude S. |date=1988 |title=Gender and the residential telephone, 1890?1940: Technologies of sociability |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf01115291 |journal=Sociological Forum |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=211–233 |doi=10.1007/bf01115291 |issn=0884-8971}}</ref> and [[Cynthia Cockburn]] and [[Susan Ormrod]]'s study of the microvave oven<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Wajcman |first=Judy |date=June 2000 |title=Reflections on Gender and Technology Studies: |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030631200030003005 |journal=Social Studies of Science |volume=30 |issue=3 |pages=447–464 |doi=10.1177/030631200030003005 |issn=0306-3127}}</ref>. In addition to Adele Clarke and Theresa Montini's arena analysis study of [[abortifacient]] technology RU486<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Clarke |first=Adele |last2=Montini |first2=Theresa |date=January 1993 |title=The Many Faces of RU486: Tales of Situated Knowledges and Technological Contestations |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/016224399301800104 |journal=Science, Technology, & Human Values |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=42–78 |doi=10.1177/016224399301800104 |issn=0162-2439}}</ref>, researchers used the [[case study]] method to show that men and women interact with technology in different ways<ref name=":0" />. |
Feminist STS emerged as a [[social theory]] in the early 1980's prompted by an introduction of [[feminist theory]] into science and technology studies credited to [[Donna Haraway]]'s "[[A Cyborg Manifesto]]"<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Law |first=John |date=November 2008 |title=On Sociology and STS |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-954x.2008.00808.x |journal=The Sociological Review |volume=56 |issue=4 |pages=623–649 |doi=10.1111/j.1467-954x.2008.00808.x |issn=0038-0261}}</ref>. The discipline emerged alongside [[Social construction of technology]] ('''SCOT''') and [[Actor-network theory]] ('''ANT''') as a response to criticisms of [[objectivity (science)]] and [[technological determinism]]<ref name=":1" />. Early feminist STS literature focused on [[gender]] differences in technology use, such as [[Claude S. Fischer]]'s study of the residential telephone<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Fischer |first=Claude S. |date=1988 |title=Gender and the residential telephone, 1890?1940: Technologies of sociability |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf01115291 |journal=Sociological Forum |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=211–233 |doi=10.1007/bf01115291 |issn=0884-8971}}</ref> and [[Cynthia Cockburn]] and [[Susan Ormrod]]'s study of the microvave oven<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Wajcman |first=Judy |date=June 2000 |title=Reflections on Gender and Technology Studies: |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030631200030003005 |journal=Social Studies of Science |volume=30 |issue=3 |pages=447–464 |doi=10.1177/030631200030003005 |issn=0306-3127}}</ref>. In addition to Adele Clarke and Theresa Montini's arena analysis study of [[abortifacient]] technology RU486<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Clarke |first=Adele |last2=Montini |first2=Theresa |date=January 1993 |title=The Many Faces of RU486: Tales of Situated Knowledges and Technological Contestations |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/016224399301800104 |journal=Science, Technology, & Human Values |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=42–78 |doi=10.1177/016224399301800104 |issn=0162-2439}}</ref>, researchers used the [[case study]] method to show that men and women interact with technology in different ways<ref name=":0" />. |
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====2000's-Present==== |
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==Key Concepts== |
==Key Concepts== |
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Revision as of 23:36, 19 April 2022
Feminist science and technology studies (feminist STS) is a theoretical subfield of science and technology studies
Background and Context
Early 1980's-Late 1990's
Feminist STS emerged as a social theory in the early 1980's prompted by an introduction of feminist theory into science and technology studies credited to Donna Haraway's "A Cyborg Manifesto"[1]. The discipline emerged alongside Social construction of technology (SCOT) and Actor-network theory (ANT) as a response to criticisms of objectivity (science) and technological determinism[1]. Early feminist STS literature focused on gender differences in technology use, such as Claude S. Fischer's study of the residential telephone[2] and Cynthia Cockburn and Susan Ormrod's study of the microvave oven[3]. In addition to Adele Clarke and Theresa Montini's arena analysis study of abortifacient technology RU486[4], researchers used the case study method to show that men and women interact with technology in different ways[3].
2000's-Present
Key Concepts
Material-semiotic theory
Material-semiotic theory is a relativist theory in which the social does not exist separately from the material, used in feminist STS to describe the co-constructive relationship between humans and technology[1].
Impact
Contributions
Criticisms
References
- ^ a b c Law, John (November 2008). "On Sociology and STS". The Sociological Review. 56 (4): 623–649. doi:10.1111/j.1467-954x.2008.00808.x. ISSN 0038-0261.
- ^ Fischer, Claude S. (1988). "Gender and the residential telephone, 1890?1940: Technologies of sociability". Sociological Forum. 3 (2): 211–233. doi:10.1007/bf01115291. ISSN 0884-8971.
- ^ a b Wajcman, Judy (June 2000). "Reflections on Gender and Technology Studies:". Social Studies of Science. 30 (3): 447–464. doi:10.1177/030631200030003005. ISSN 0306-3127.
- ^ Clarke, Adele; Montini, Theresa (January 1993). "The Many Faces of RU486: Tales of Situated Knowledges and Technological Contestations". Science, Technology, & Human Values. 18 (1): 42–78. doi:10.1177/016224399301800104. ISSN 0162-2439.