STS Speaker. Working Things Out: Design-STS Transitions from Technical Formalization to Critical Imagination.
Daniel Cardosa Llach, Carnegie Mellon University
This talk will explore the notion that the fields of design and science and technology studies (STS) offer distinct but mutually enriching...
Copying and Creativity in Human and Machine Learning
Panel Discussion
What is the connection between copying and invention? How does the practice of copying an artist’s work increase a drawing student’s own...
STS Speaker. We Are All Well - A Partial History of Public Information Infrastructures after Disasters
Megan Finn, University of Washington
When an earthquake happens in California today, residents may look to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) for online maps that show...
STS Speaker. African Chemistry: Science with an African Totem
Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In his current book project, entitled African Chemistry: Science with an African Totem, Chakanetsa asks the question: What does it mean to...
Between Life and Death: The Cultural Politics of Modern Spanish Medicine, 1770-1808
Nicolás Fernández Medina, Pennsylvania State University
In 1770, Charles III of Spain issued a royal decree to overhaul the university system throughout his kingdom. As part of this overhaul, a...
STS Speaker. Civil Rights as Patient Experience: How Healthcare Organizations Handle Complaints
Anna Kirkland, Director, Institute for Research on Women and Gender
The non-discrimination clause of the Affordable Care Act, known as Section 1557, formally expanded patients’ civil rights in nearly every...
