The issue of Human, Medicine and Society encompasses a broad and interdisciplinary spectrum of topics. Ongoing innovations in medicine, science and technology have led to various possibilities and restructuring orders. These innovations are concerned with social and cultural aspects of illness and health, medicine, health care organizations and health policies. Hence, new practices of self-care combined […]
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“Where do we go? Turkey and Germany and the Digital Revolution” 5th Turkish-German Frontiers of Social Science Symposium 2019 @AvHStiftung @kocuniversity 24.-27. October 2019 in Leipzig
The 5th Turkish-German Frontiers of Social Science Symposium 2019 of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation in Germany, the Mercator Foundation and Koç University will focus on “Where do we go? Turkey and Germany and the Digital Revolution“, and will take place from 24.-27. October 2019 in Leipzig. Alexandra Scheele (University of Bielefeld) and Cengiz Acartürk (Middle […]
“Siborg Eylemi: Tekno-serebral Öznenin Oluşumu” adlı sunumumu Sosyoloji Kongresinde 21 Eylül 2019, Cumartesi saat 10:45 de sunacağım #teknolojisosyolojisi #sts #siborgeylemi
Bildiri özeti: Beyin ve bilgisayar arasındaki bağlantı, Beyin Bilgisayar/Beyin Makine Arayüzleri (BCI/BMI) kullanılarak gerçekleşiyor (Kübler/ Neuper 2012; Birbaumer et al. 2010). Beyin aktivitesini kullanarak, BCI aracılığıyla sadece yazılım programları değil (BCI) aynı zamanda robotlar (BMI) gibi donanımlar da (Osuagwu et al. 2016) kontrol edebilinir. Bu kapasite, BCI’yı örneğin felçli hastaları tedavi etme sürecinde cazip bir […]
Crippling the Transition to the Extraordinary? Enabling Technologies and Extra_Ordinarity #4S2019 #STS #DisAbility #CripTechnoscience
I am speaking on the panel Beyond the Prosthetic Imaginary: New Intersections between STS and Disability Studies II at 4S Conference in New Orleans Thu, September 5, 4:30 to 6:00pm, Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, Floor: Eight, Bacchus Crippling the Transition to the Extraordinary? Enabling Technologies and Extra_OrdinarityAbstractEnabling technologies should, as the name implies, make something […]
STS TURKEY 2019 Toplum için Bilim ve Teknoloji Çalışmaları Konferansında “İnsan, Tıp ve Toplum” Buluşması – 2019 #ststurkey2019 #İnsanTıpToplum
“İnsan, Tıp ve Toplum” Buluşması – 2019, gün ve saat belli oldu: 12 Eylül 2019, Perşembe, Saat: 14:00-15:00, Yer: Seminer Odası
Safe the date: 10-12 September 2019, STS TURKEY 2019 Conference (Keynote: Prof. Dr. Wiebe Bijker) at Istanbul Technical University
STS TURKEY 2019 will take place at the Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, on 10-12 September 2019; jointly organized by Istanbul Technical University, Program on “Science, Technology and Society” and Istanbul Technical University, Humanities and Social Sciences, supported by STS TURKEY. STS TURKEY is delighted to announce that our keynote speaker is Prof. Dr. Wiebe Bijker […]
First “Science, Technology and Society” STS TURKEY winter school
As one of the coordinators of STS TURKEY, I am very proud to announce that we have successfully completed our first “Science, Technology and Society” STS TURKEY winter school. A description for our STS TURKEY “Science, Technology and Society” winter school with the seminar topics can be found below. Here are some impressions: 24-26 […]
WorldCafé: Quo vadis Human, Transhuman, Posthuman? Farklı boyutlara, farklı bakışlar
The STS TURKEY coordination team is co-organizing the WorldCafé which deals with the leading question Quo vadis Human, Transhuman, Posthuman? with Middle East Technical University, Department of Philosophy and Applied Ethics (Ankara, Turkey). The table hosts will cover following topics: Human Enhancement, Mass Surveillance, self-driving vehicles, human-robot conflicts in workplaces, AI Ethics, morality of machines and […]
Panel: Science and Technology on the Silk Road: Past and Present Practices, Future Perspectives in Turkey
This Panel was organized for the Turkologentag 2018: Turkologentag 2018: 3rd European Convention on Turkic, Ottoman & Turkish Studies (Bamberg, Germany), September 19-21, 2018 (organizers: Melike Şahinol, Orient-Institut Istanbul, together with Arsev Aydınoğlu and Harun Kaygan, Middle East Technical University, Ankara and Cansu Guner-Birdal, Technical University of Munich) Science and Technology on the Silk Road: […]
Impressions from #stsdiaspora panel @easst2018
Slightly late, but better late than never here are some impressions from our panel “Colliding theories, cultures, and futures. STS view(s) beyond the horizon. Or: STS diaspora” at the EASST 2018 conference “Meetings – Making Science, Technology and Society together”: Panel description We invite contributions that focus on practices of Science and Technology in Society […]