Epilogue
Work and Practice in Social Studies of Science, Medicine, and Technology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5337960 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Leigh Star (University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana Institute for Research on Learning, Palo Alto, California, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 501-507 |
| Publication date | 1995-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science Technology & Human Values (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-2439 • E-ISSN: 1552-8251 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/016224399502000406 |
| OpenAlex | W2052253861 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 15 |
As the introduction to this special issue points out, the bridges between science, technology, and medicine are understudied. The reasons are partly historical and partly conceptual. There are a number of institutional gaps, some within our own science and technology studies (STS) field. I first encountered one in graduate school when I submitted a historical, partly theoretical piece on sociology of medical work to a journal in the history of medicine. The piece examined links between practice and knowledge in clinical and basic research. I received a short, swift, negative reply; one reviewer said, &dquo;Words like robust are indicative of the jargon of sociology and have no place in the history of medicine audience.&dquo; There are also gaps in institutional support for the STS approach to medicine; in the United States and Britain, the national social science research organizations categorically cannot support medical research, but resources from the traditional medical funding sources are slim. Medical anthropology and sociology are often categorized as &dquo;ethics&dquo; or &dquo;policy&dquo; (important in their own rights, but only partially overlapping with basic STS research). People have found niches and workarounds to do this research, but the structures are not well fleshed out. This issue of Science, Technology, & Human Values marks a major bridge-building effort between social studies of science, medicine, and technology, and it is hoped that structural changes may follow
Engineering ethics · Humanities · Sociology · Computer Science · Design Education and Practice · Engineering · Information Systems Theories and Implementation · Philosophy
Credulous Modellers and Suspicious Experimentalists? Comparison of Model Output and Data in Meteorological Simulation Modelling
Die Technik operiert mit. Zur Mikroanalyse medizinischer Arbeit / What Tools Do. Towards a Micro-Analysis of Medical Work
The anxious production of beauty
Nature’s Experiments and Natural Experiments in the Social Sciences
Introduction
Making civil society work
Investigating Emerging Biomedical Practices
Comparability work and the management of difference in research synthesis studies
Making sure. A comparative micro-analysis of diagnostic instruments in medical practice
Dire la mort et faire mourir
Mutual Tuning of Multiple Trajectories
New Bottles, Old Wine
How dead dead the dead are
Unending work and care
Language, gender, and society
Regions of the mind
Analyzing due process in the workplace
Constructing `Do-able' Problems in Cancer Research
Scientific Work and Uncertainty
Language, Gender and Society
The Many Faces of RU486
Continual Permutations of Action
Controversy and the Development of Reproductive Sciences
Invisible Work
Good People and Dirty Work
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2015 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |