Selling the sociotechnical sublime
Critical reflections on introducing STS to managers of a Chilean mining corporation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4447915 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sebastián Ureta (0000-0003-3169-4992, Alberto Hurtado University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 138-152 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Tapuya Latin American Science Technology and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2572-9861 • E-ISSN: 2572-9861 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/25729861.2018.1485246 |
| OpenAlex | W2889092396 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 29 |
Since its very beginning, science and technology studies (STS) has focused on the complex dynamics involved in the transnational mobilization of scientific knowledge. Beyond their merits, until recently, such analyses have been devoid of reflexivity about the global travels of STS as such, and the differences its practitioners and concepts make at their point of destination. To begin filling this void, this paper uses the method of autoethnography to critically analyze one tiny episode on the movement of STS to Chile: two presentations made by the author to managers of a Chilean mining corporation. Focused on trying to obtain access to carry out fieldwork on the mine’s premises, in such presentations, STS was introduced in the form of a sociotechnical sublime, an enactment looking to generate in the audience a mixture of awe about the possibilities involved in STS-based analyses to increase the mine’s sustainability, and fear about the imminent risks of not adopting an STS-lens rapidly. Such a move ended up greatly instrumentalizing and depolitizing STS, opening urgent questions about the political ontology of researchers when making STS travel
Aesthetics · Autoethnography · Corporation · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Knowledge management · Ontology · Political science · Politics · Posthuman · Public relations · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Sociotechnical system · Sublime · Sustainability · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Computer Science · Engineering · Law · Polar Research and Ecology · Science Education and Perceptions
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Reflexivity
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |