Episode notes
Students come into university with strong visions of activism and improvement. They know the planet needs their help. But how? What can STS (in the form of degrees like “Sociology and Politics of Science BSc” and “History and Philosophy of Science BSc”) add that isn’t already available and easy to reach?
In this episode, we talk with two STS first-year students about their experiences in the degree thus far. How has it helped to sharpen their ideas of where to where to act and why. We asked them to discuss one of the first-year projects that made them approach activism better. Both chose work from our “Big Problems in Science and Technology Studies” module, which is designed for just this purpose. Our focus this year was on Oceans.
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Keywords
philosophySociologySTSUCLoceanWeAreSTSClimate Changeclimate crisisclimate activismsociologyofsciencephilosophyofscienceenvironmentalismclimate actioncarbonclimatesolarpunk