Global STS in Deglobalization of the World

Session Submission Type: Open Panel

Abstract

The proliferation of STS as a scholarship outside Euro-American spheres has gradually changed not only the structure of STS institutions and networks, but also brought implications on the epistemology of STS as an transdisciplinary field. As more contributions are made by non-EuroAmerican STS scholars to the field, the contents and concepts of STS are becoming more diverse, both empirically and theoretically. Thus, a Global STS is now emerging as a result of this dynamics. It is a notion that is getting more acknowledged by both outside and inside of Euro-American centers of STS. Ironically, the formation of Global STS as a new direction is facing a counter-movement from the trend in which the world is retreating from globalization. The rise of racially-based nationalist sentiments around the world, especially in the United States and the United Kingdom where STS was born, has serious implications on how science and technology are produced within compartmentalized geographies and ever restricted borders. This panel brings up the challenges raised by deglobalization on Global STS. It asks (1) how Global STS will manage to produce new insights on transnational production of scientific knowledge and technological systems, (2) what strategies should be pursued to strengthen networks of individuals and institutions across the borders, and (3) what theoretical resources should be mobilized to transform the meanings of STS for a global society.

Sub Unit

• Papers for Open Panels / Global STS in Deglobalization of the World

Chairs

• Sulfikar Amir, Nanyang Technological University

• Lyle Fearnley, Singapore University of Technology and Design

Individual Presentations

• Conceptualizing Global STS - Sulfikar Amir, Nanyang Technological University

• The Teaching and Learning of STS in an International Context - Bregham Dalgliesh, University of Tokyo; Isabelle Juliette Giraudou, The University of Tokyo

• Transnational and local: Reflections on doing collaborative STS in Turkey - Maral Erol, Isik University; Duygu Kasdogan, İzmir Katip Çelebi Üniversitesi

Session Organizers

• Sulfikar Amir, Nanyang Technological University

• Lyle Fearnley, Singapore University of Technology and Design