[bioundgrd] FW: New subject: STS.036 Science in American Life: 1920-2020

[Joshua Stone]

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From: Karen L Gardner <kgardner at mit.edu<mailto:kgardner at mit.edu>>
Subject: New subject: STS.036 Science in American Life: 1920-2020
Date: September 3, 2021 at 10:54:23 AM EDT

Dear School of Science undergrads and advisors -

The Program in Science, Technology, and Society (STS) is offering a new HASS-H class this fall which may be of interest to you!  It is being taught by Prof. John Durant, Director of the MIT Museum.  The course description is below and more details about the class are posted on the class Stellar site (https://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/STS/fa21/STS.036/).

STS.036 Science in American Life: 1920-2020
HASS-H
Prereq: None
Units: 3-0-9
Lecture: MW1-2.30
Assesses the place of science in American public life from the 1920s to the present. Takes a historically inflected approach to examine the social relations of science in the modern United States. Examines science and (in turn) religion, warfare, health, education, the environment, and human rights to explore how an international leader in science is also home to some of the developed world's most persistent forms of "science denialism." Examples include the denial of evolution, human-induced climate change, and particular medical-scientific aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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This "We believe" poster/yard sign went viral in the early years of the Trump administration.
Today, you can buy lots of swag (posters, facemasks, apparel) etc. to this same design.
What does the appearance of this sign tell us about the place of science in American culture in recent years?


A full list of STS fall undergrad subject offerings can be found here<https://sts-program.mit.edu/academics/subjects/undergrad-sched-fa21/>.

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Karen Gardner (she|her)
Academic Administrator
MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society
77 Massachusetts Ave., E51-163f
Cambridge, MA  02139
617-253-9759 (phone)
sts-program.mit.edu<http://sts-program.mit.edu/>
http://web.mit.edu/hasts
to schedule a time to meet: https://calendly.com/sts-kgardner



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