New paper published in @Soc_Stud_Sci today! It argues that we need to think more cohesively about the emotions involved in sociotechnical imaginaries (the shared ideas & feelings we have about science & technology). Here's a thread of the main arguments 1/.

Instantly stop reading at this line: "Without being a specialist in Islam – let alone in Arab studies – I am interested in religions, their pathological mutations"

I think that Roy Bhaskar is largely ignored in STS because everyone's annoyed that he's already answered all the questions.

The lack of sociological training or experience really shows at times in the science communication literature. Mainly when discussing power. There can be a lack of awareness of longstanding debates around key concepts like democracy, representation, identity, meaning, inclusion. .

Wow no way! Never knew about this sequel!!

Here's "power" - the ordering of dilemmas like national competitiveness Vs intellectual property. "Google warned last month that Britain risks being left behind unless it builds more datacentres and lets tech firms use copyrighted work in their AI models".

Depressing that people in 2024 are still debating about whether human scientists with human bodies have human emotions.

RT @itsmybike: In 1924, Westinghouse marketed its electrical relay switches like this. #Control

RT @stsucl: "Everything I was touching was an absolute breakthrough. Everything we saw was changing history". Yesterday our students were t….

RT @stsucl: New STS banger dropped featuring four of us! @stephenhues and @Jackstilgoe write about responsibility 🐣, Melanie Smallman discu….

When you know you're getting through to your students 😂

RT @stsucl: Find out what our students think of the MSc degree in Science Communication.

Mark Fisher absolutely hit the nail on the head with this one - "Teachers are caught between being facilitator-entertainers and disciplinarian-authoritarians".

Presenting a WIP tomorrow about AI psychotherapy. I'll attempt to set up a conversation between STS, Derrida, & Melanie Klein to critically examine claims that psychotherapy needs to be modernised through AI by deconstructing the conceptual structures that support them.

What are the Freudians saying about "sausages"?.

Short promo video for my new module - The Politics of Feeling in Science-Society Relationships.

Not that I agree with the policy but it's good to see how strong regulation elicits immediate tech innovation.

Teaching a new module for MSc students this term - The Politics of Feeling in Science-Society Relationships. V excited.

RT @itsmybike: TIL that the International Space Station has been connected to the Internet since 2010. That is, actually connected - not ju….

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