This course critically examines the roles of scientific knowledge in contemporary societies, with particular emphasis on the politics of difference. Students will learn key theories of scientific knowledge production and familiarize themselves with debates how biomedical understandings of human difference are socially shaped; for example, but not limited to, race, sex and gender, sexuality, and ability.
This course critically examines the roles of scientific knowledge in contemporary societies, with particular emphasis on the politics of difference. Students will learn key theories of scientific knowledge production and familiarize themselves with debates how biomedical understandings of human difference are socially shaped; for example, but not limited to, race, sex and gender, sexuality, and ability.
