Making Visible A Collage Of Radical Scientists And Critics

• In Event: Lives in STS “as a Series of Failed Political Experiments”

Abstract

Asked to give “a presentation on the intertwined histories of Science and Technology Studies and Science for the People,” I soon found myself exploring questions about how to make sense of radical scientists and critics of science in relation to their changing contexts. Themes that guided inquiry include: Transitions, Transversal, Tensions. Vignettes include: Werskey, Young, and Haraway. What emerged is resonant with Werskey “encouraging looser attachments, greater irony and a sense of humour when undertaking… engagements” in criticism of science and liberatory social change.

Author

• Peter J. Taylor, UMass Boston