AWss 241 - Science,Technology,and Social Justice

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SUNY at Albany

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What does inequality look like in the 21st century? Through critical reading of science and technology reporting, popular media (including film, video, and the web), scholarly articles, and speculative fiction, Science, Technology, and Social Justice will explore how science and technology can serve to perpetuate-or challenge!-oppression in the information age. Feminist science and technology scholarship will be used as the framework for exploring topics such as new reproductive technologies, environmental racism, "mythological" measurements (from IQ tests to DNA samples), organ harvesting, the "digital divide", electronic surveillance, bio- and nanotechnol

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.albany.edu

Phone Number:

(518) 442-3300

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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