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Teaching

Members of Technology Studies regularly teach in the area of concentration ‘Technologies’ in the Contextual Studies programme at the University of St. Gallen.

Contextual Studies

The goal of teaching in this area is to to analyse, interpret and contextualize the wide world of human artifacts. We understand technology to be more than just devices and infrastructures. Their social impact, cultural significance and political relevance only becomes apparent to us when we consider them to be dynamic forces with their own power and even their own morality. Technologies save and destroy lives, give and take control, include certain people and exclude others, solve and create ethical problems. Their functions vary according to time and place, class and culture, gender and generation. In order to grasp the many dimensions of technology, we examine the processes and contexts in which technologies are conceived, produced and researched, and the expectations and values with which they are introduced, used, promoted or opposed. Students learn to critically evaluate current technology trends and the expectations, fears, interests, standards and consequences that go along with them.

Prof. Tanja Schneider co-cordinates the area of concentration ‘Technologies’ in Contextual Studies (together with Prof. Paula Bialski).

In the  course directory you will find relevant information on the individual courses for the respective semester.

 

Selected courses spring 2023:

  • Danesi, Giada: Transformations of Healthcare and Expertise in the Digital Age
  • Schneider, Tanja: Technologies: Workshop

Contact

Prof. Ph.D. Tanja Schneider
Associate Professor for Technology Studies
University of St.Gallen
Office 51-6004
Unterer Graben 21
9000 St.Gallen
tanja.schneiderunisg.ch
+41 71 224 29 29

 

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