TY - JOUR
T1 - Langdon Winner’s theory of technological politics
T2 - Rethinking science and technology for future society
AU - Schraube, Ernst
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - In the 2020 Prague Virtual Conference of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Langdon Winner was awarded the society’s John D. Bernal Prize jointly with Sharon Traweek. The Bernal Prize is awarded annually to individuals who have made distinguished contributions to the field of STS. Prize recipients include founders of the field of STS, along with outstanding scholars who have devoted their careers to the understanding of the social dimensions of science and technology. This response to Winner’s Bernal lecture reflects on his theory of technological politics, its implications for the psychology of technology as well as its relevance for rethinking science and technology for future society.
AB - In the 2020 Prague Virtual Conference of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Langdon Winner was awarded the society’s John D. Bernal Prize jointly with Sharon Traweek. The Bernal Prize is awarded annually to individuals who have made distinguished contributions to the field of STS. Prize recipients include founders of the field of STS, along with outstanding scholars who have devoted their careers to the understanding of the social dimensions of science and technology. This response to Winner’s Bernal lecture reflects on his theory of technological politics, its implications for the psychology of technology as well as its relevance for rethinking science and technology for future society.
KW - Technology and Politics
KW - Psychology of Technology
KW - Democratic Shaping of Technological Change
U2 - 10.17351/ests2021.811
DO - 10.17351/ests2021.811
M3 - Journal article
SN - 2413-8053
VL - 7
SP - 113
EP - 117
JO - Engaging Science, Technology, and Society
JF - Engaging Science, Technology, and Society
IS - 1
ER -