SOCb2503 Social Responsibility: business, research and innovation

Fakulta sociálních studií
podzim 2022
Rozsah
1/1/0. 6 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
doc. Róbert Braun (přednášející)
doc. PhDr. Csaba Szaló, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
doc. PhDr. Csaba Szaló, Ph.D.
Katedra sociologie – Fakulta sociálních studií
Kontaktní osoba: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra sociologie – Fakulta sociálních studií
Rozvrh
Pá 21. 10. 10:00–17:40 U34, Pá 11. 11. 10:00–17:40 U34, Pá 25. 11. 10:00–17:40 U34
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 25 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 2/25, pouze zareg.: 0/25, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 0/25
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
This course will focus on what technology means in our current socie$es from a social construc$vist perspec$ve. Its main focus is on the socio-poli$cal nature of technology. It will take as its star$ng point Mar$n Heidegger’s famous text on ‘The ques$on concerning technology’ and show how a new understanding of technology and its embeddedness in social affairs in the second half of the 20th century emerged. The course will offer an introduc$on to by now classic texts and authors of STS, including Winner, Bijker, Latour and Jasanoff. From this theore$cal grounding the course will look at ‘automobility’ as a specific sociotechnical setup and present how this sociotechnical frame is understood by a variety of scholars – as ‘system’, ‘regime’, ‘disposi$f’ or ‘imaginary’. This will lead us to the introduc$on of yet another concept – the ‘nomos of automobility’ which offers a different explanatory tool to understand automobility and sociotechnical setups in general. The course will conclude with an analysis and discussion of what this means for the current $me of technology transi$ons, including autonomous mobility, ar$ficial intelligence and biotechnology.
Výstupy z učení
Students after completing this course will: - Having a general awareness of what the relationship of technology and society is - Understand the concept of o STS (Science and Technology Studies) o SCOT (The social construction of technology), o Sociotechnical imaginaries o RRI (Responsible Research and Innova@on) - The relationship of these concepts to the philosophy of science and sociology - Understand the concept and methodology of social phenomenology - Have sufficient knowledge of different conceptualiza@ons of technology, of automobility, of research and innova@on - Have prac@ce in theore@cal argumenta@on, understanding complex sociotechnical problems and conceptualiza@ons.
Osnova
  • The course will be presented in 3 blocks, each with four (4) 90 minutes sessions. Each day will start at 10:00 am and finish at 17:30. The dates of the classes are: - 21 October, 2022 (10:00-17:30) - 11 November, 2022 (10:00-17:30) - 25 November, 2022 (10:00-17:30) Session 1: Society, responsibility & technology 10:00-11:30 Introduc$on, general concept, theme, administra$ve issues 11:45:13:15 Business, Responsibility & Innova$on Reading: 13:45-15:15 What is CSR/pCSR? Reading: Braun R.: Corporate Stakeholder Democracy (Introduc$on) 15:15:17:00 What is STS (Society and Technology Studies)? Reading: Latour, B.: Technology is society made durable 17:00-17:30 Q&A ************************************ Jarmai K. et al (2020) Responsible Innovation in Business. In: Jarmai K. (eds) Responsible Innovation. Springer, Dordrecht. Session 2: The concept of automobility 10:00-11:30 What are sociotechnical systems? Reading: Bijker: Of bycicles, bakelites and bulbs (an introduc$on) 11:45:13:15 What is the concept of the car? Reading: Sheller: The city and the car 13:45-15:15 Automobility as ‘system’ & ‘regime’ and its social consequences Reading: Urry: The system of automobility 15:15:17:00 Automobility as ‘nomos’ Reading: Braun-Randell: The nomos of automobility 17:00-17:30 Q&A ******************************** Session 3: The future of technology and society 10:00-11:30 What is responsible research and innova$on? Reading: Owen et al: responsible research and innova$on 11:45:13:15 What would a post-car world look like? Reading: Braun: The future of road transport (democracy, privacy and social inclusion) 13:45-15:15 The trouble of ar$ficial intelligence Reading: Deleuze, G.: Postscript on the Socie$es of Control 15:15:17:00 Biotech and biopoli$cs Reading: Agamben: Homo Sacer (What is a camp?) 17:00-17:30 Closing & summary
Literatura
    povinná literatura
  • Bijker, Wiebe E. Of bicycles, bakelites, and bulbs: Toward a theory of sociotechnical change. MIT press, 1997.
  • Urry, John. "The ‘system’of automobility." Theory, culture & society 21.4-5 (2004): 25-39.
  • Heidegger, Martin. "The question concerning technology." Technology and values: Essential readings 99 (1954): 113. APA
  • Latour, Bruno. "Technology is society made durable." The Sociological Review 38.1_suppl (1990): 103-131.
  • Sheller, Mimi, and John Urry. "The city and the car." International journal of urban and regional research 24.4 (2000): 737-757.
  • Jasanoff, Sheila, and Sang-Hyun Kim, eds. Dreamscapes of modernity: Sociotechnical imaginaries and the fabrication of power. University of Chicago Press, 2015.
  • Owen, Richard, and Mario Pansera. "Responsible innovation and responsible research and innovation." Handbook on Science and Public Policy. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019.
Výukové metody
intensive whole day seminar format
Metody hodnocení
Mode of instruc@on will be: online seminar format. Students will have to write one academic blog post and a final course paper. The academic blog should reflect some current sociotechnical challenge, addressed via learnings acquired in the course (250-500 words); the final paper will address a specific ques@on within the realm of STS and analyze it according to general academic prac@ce, based on literature review and secondary research (but not independent primary research) (2500-3000 words).
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89753590042?pwd=cndDamoyenVpVDFVeEdMaFppMXpZUT09
Evaluation transformed from IHS to MU scale: A+: Excellent -> A A: Very good - > A A-: Good -> B B+: OK -> C B-: Satisfactory -> D C: Acceptable –> E F: Unacceptable/Fail -> F
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