Postgraduate Course: Science Technology and Development: Roots and Legacies (PGSP11279)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Social and Political Science |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Postgrad (School of Social and Political Studies) |
Other subject area |
Science Studies Unit |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
The course will cover the development and exchange of scientific knowledge between the 'West' and the rest of the world from the Enlightenment until the third quarter of the twentieth century. The course includes material from roughly 1750 until the 1960s and will use examples from around the globe, although with emphasis on Indian and African contexts. The latter half of the course will look closely at the growth of policies of 'scientific development' in the twentieth century. Our concerns in this course will include:the role of scientific knowledge as a justifier of colonial intervention; the appropriation of local knowledge and its incorporation into western science; mechanisms for technology transfer; how western science influenced, and was influenced by, the wider world; the influence of place on scientific knowledge;the history of development schemes and the necessity of understanding this history for current development policy and analysis. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? |
No |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will:
&·be able to offer their own analyses of the historical practices of science in the developing world using theoretical tools from within the history and sociology of scientific knowledge and technology;
&·possess an advanced knowledge of the historiographical and sociological literature which addresses the themes of the course;
&·gain experience in dealing with primary historical source materials and learn to assess these materials critically;
&·develop their skills in essay-writing and oral presentation. |
Assessment Information
30% of assessment as short responses to seminar topics
70% final essay of 2500-3000 words |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords |
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Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Lawrence Dritsas
Tel:
Email: L.Dritsas@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Madina Howard
Tel:
Email: Madina.Howard@ed.ac.uk |
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