Describe the social construction of such concepts as “environment,” “science,” and “technology”
Identify cultural assumptions underlying notions of scientific progress, environment, green, sustainability Explain how concepts of gender, race, sexuality, disability and class form and are formed by environment, science and technology.
Outline the roles of environment, science and technology in the creation of political and economic policies.
Course Description This course examines how theoretical concepts of environment, science, and technology are bound up with everyday practices and broader understandings of nature and society (i.e, bodies, natural resources, race, gender, and sexuality). This course is interdisciplinary in its approach. Credits: 3