On a first reading, I couldn't find much in common with our own text, but the emphasis on sound and how it is produced with and through places (and then again it produces new...Read more
CTS Ecuador is an academic institution whose founding and development the author has been actively participated in, just like we, the authors of the essay...Read more
Historian Gregory Clancey reflects on the institutionalization of the discipline of the history of technology in Japan and East Asia, in relation to the history of science, STS, and developments in the West. Read more
Low provides a brief overview of the state of the field of history of science in Japan, and of the history of Japan abroad. Focusing on key figures and institutional resources, Low concludes that though there are promising developments in the history of science, there "less positive signs" for...Read more
Natasha Myers is an associate professor of anthropology at York University.In 2016 she coined the term "...Read more
Hansen describes his process of encountering more-than-human becomings through Star Trek, and through the study of Eastern religions and their conceptualizations of the world. He offers examples from his fieldwork and lived experience in one of Hokkaido's dairy farming regions to emphasize the...Read more
In this 1989 "Country Report," Low argues that "despite some exceptions, much of the stimulating work on Japanese science has come from outside the country." (313) Low explains that literature in Japan on Japanese science serves to mystify science and perpetuate stereotypical banaries such as "...Read more
Life of the Metabolism: An Experimental Inquiry into Mobility (<Special Theme>Hybrid Bodies)
Auther: Gergely Mohacsi
Keywords: diabetes, embodiment, epidemiology, genetic research, mobility, Japan
In the past decade and a half, anthropology, along with other human...Read more