Cosmopolitics I-1
Stengers, I. (2010). Cosmopolitics I. R. Bononno, (Trans.). Minneapolis: U of Minnesota Press. *Note: I write about books for a number of reasons. Most often, it’s to share my thoughts …
Recent Readings in STS
I’ve been reading pretty voraciously over the past two months and as such, I’ve not had time to keep up with my book reviews. So this is a catch up …
RSA Recap
I’ve just returned a few days ago from the Rhetoric Society of American conference in beautiful Minneapolis, Mn (May28-31). I also attended the Association for the Rhetoric of Science and …
Pickering (2010) The Cybernetic Brain
Andrew Pickering’s (2010) The Cybernetic Brain: Sketches of Another Future offers readers a thorough and detailed view into this history of cybernetic science. This history focuses on and is presented …
Dissertation Defense
Just for fun I thought I’d post my dissertation defense notes. —————————————————————————— Rhetorics of pain: Agency and regulation in the medical-industrial complex Disciplinary Project Rhetoric of science → Rhetoric of …
Part II: Field atomization
This post continues the previous post. Though it’s not strictly necessary to read both to catch the tenor of my argument, it might help. As I mentioned in my last …
Workspace revitalization program
I thought you all might like to see the results of my recently established workplace revitalization program. I assure you there is, if fact, a desk under that giant mess …
Summer reading
The following is an abbreviated version of my summer reading list. But More importantly, I’m playing with Zotero (recently installed and much enjoyed). Cambrosio, A., Keating, P., Schlich, T., & …
Waddell, C. (1990). The role of pathos in the decision-making process: A study in the rhetoric of science policy. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 76, 381-400.
In “The Role of Pathos,” (reprinted in Harris’ Landmark Essays on Rhetoric of Science Case Studies, 1997), Craig Waddell explores the 1976 debate surrounding whether or not recombinant DNA (rDNA) …