Introduction (1): Japanese STS in Global, East Asian, and Local Contexts
Introduction (1): Japanese STS in Global, East Asian, and Local Contexts
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简介 (1):全球、东亚和本土背景下的日本 STS
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10.1007/s12280-009-9112-7
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2009
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T. Tsukahara
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T. Tsukahara
T. Tsukahara (*) Kobe University, Kobe, Japan e-mail: byz06433@ nifty. com e-mail: leiden93@ gmail. com fully achieved by some, and there have been strong calls for more techno-scientific progress to be made. We also recognize the tragic aspect of the fact that while some are eager to adapt and adjust to it, some suffer from it and have to deal with problems such as environmental destruction, the side-effects of medicine, and the alienation of humanity by technology. We need to understand how to deal with science and technology in our social settings, and not only seek to advance technoscience but also to control and regulate it through social/epistemological insights and democratic consensus. It was an exciting experience to discuss with other Asian colleagues how Asian STS should respond to techno-science in different Asian contexts, and to ask questions and discuss the topic from a wider perspective. In the Singapore Workshop, we reconfirmed that there were early Indian initiatives to deal systematically with STS in Asia, as can be seen in the emergence of Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal Devoted to the