East Asian Science, Technology, and Society: an International Journal

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Abstract

Founded in 2007, East Asian Science, Technology and Society: an International Journal (EASTS) is the first and only one of its kind devoted to science, technology, and society (STS) studies in and for East Asia. EASTS originated from an idea by Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology to create an international journal to highlight the increasing importance of technoscience in East Asia and to showcase its impact on the rest of the world. EASTS has inherited intellectual resources from the history and philosophy of science, which has enjoyed a long presence in this region since the first half of the 20th century, and quickly built its reputation in the fields of science and colonialism, medical history, and deliberative democracy/science controversies.
After partnering with Duke University Press, EASTS experienced more visibility among scholars worldwide via 4S meetings, and it has expanded its territories of scholarship to South and Southeast Asia. Meanwhile, with a firm commitment to making East Asia a subject and method of doing STS, EASTS continues to discover new approaches and connections that provide a better understanding of how science and society are evolving and transforming this region and beyond.
EASTS is published quarterly (March, June, September, and December). Each issue contains research articles and research notes (both peer-reviewed), book reviews, and occasionally forums, essays, and news and events. Half of the issues are thematic, aiming to capture emerging STS topics, to encourage engagement between East Asia and the rest of the world, or to refine methods and fields not yet studied from an STS perspective. Recent themes have included STS in Indonesia, psy-sciences (psychiatry, psychology, psychotherapy)in East Asia, postcolonial studies through subimperial formations of medicine, and research misconduct in East Asia. We welcome individual submissions and encourage scholars to discuss their thematic issue proposals with EASTS’s editors.

After partnering with Duke University Press, EASTS experienced more visibility among scholars worldwide via 4S meetings, and it has expanded its territories of scholarship to South and Southeast Asia. Meanwhile, with a firm commitment to making East Asia a subject and method of doing STS, EASTS continues to discover new approaches and connections that provide a better understanding of how science and society are evolving and transforming this region and beyond.

EASTS is published quarterly (March, June, September, and December). Each issue contains research articles and research notes (both peer-reviewed), book reviews, and occasionally forums, essays, and news and events. Half of the issues are thematic, aiming to capture emerging STS topics, to encourage engagement between East Asia and the rest of the world, or to refine methods and fields not yet studied from an STS perspective. Recent themes have included STS in Indonesia, psy-sciences (psychiatry, psychology, psychotherapy)in East Asia, postcolonial studies through subimperial formations of medicine, and research misconduct in East Asia. We welcome individual submissions and encouragescholars to discuss their thematic issue proposals with EASTS’s editors.

Author

• Wen-Hua Kuo, National Yang-Ming University