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A Five-Year Engagement 五年合约

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Engaging Science Technology and Society Pub Date : 2020-10-24 DOI: 10.17351/ests2020.749

Abby Kinchy, S. Parthasarathy, J. Delborne

引用次数: 1

What I Learnt About How I Learnt About Behavioral Economists 我是如何了解行为经济学家的

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Engaging Science Technology and Society Pub Date : 2020-10-10 DOI: 10.17351/ests2020.343

Zara Thokozani Kamwendo

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引用次数: 1

STS, Post-truth, and the Rediscovery of Bullshit STS、后真相与废话的再发现

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Engaging Science Technology and Society Pub Date : 2020-10-10 DOI: 10.17351/ests2020.265

B. Holman

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引用次数: 8

Producing the “Highway to Nowhere”: Social Understandings of Space in Baltimore, 1944-1974 制造“无处可去的高速公路”:1944-1974年巴尔的摩对空间的社会理解

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Engaging Science Technology and Society Pub Date : 2020-10-01 DOI: 10.17351/ESTS2020.327

Amanda K. Phillips de Lucas

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引用次数: 3

Anachronistic Progress? User Notions of Lie Detection in the Juridical Field 时效性进展？法律领域测谎的用户概念

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Engaging Science Technology and Society Pub Date : 2020-08-16 DOI: 10.17351/ests2020.433

Bettina Paul, Larissa Fischer, Torsten H. Voigt

引用次数: 1

Unintended by Design: On the Political Uses of “Unintended Consequences” 无意的设计：论“无意的后果”的政治用途

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Engaging Science Technology and Society Pub Date : 2020-08-01 DOI: 10.17351/ests2020.497

Nassim Parvin, A. Pollock

引用次数: 35

Lessons from Theranos: Changing Narratives of Individual Ethics in Science and Engineering Theranos的教训:科学与工程中个人伦理叙事的变化

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Engaging Science Technology and Society Pub Date : 2020-06-26 DOI: 10.17351/ests2020.411

M. Jeske

引用次数: 2

The Conjoined Spectacles of the “Smart Super Bowl” “智能超级碗”的连环赛

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Engaging Science Technology and Society Pub Date : 2020-06-26 DOI: 10.17351/ests2020.295

R. Shelby, Sarah Barnes, Nassim Parvin, M. Mcdonald

引用次数: 2

Engaging Theatre, Activating Publics: Theory and Practice of a Performance on Darwin 参与戏剧，激活公众：达尔文表演的理论与实践

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Engaging Science Technology and Society Pub Date : 2020-06-20 DOI: 10.17351/ests2020.403

Saul Halfon, Cora Olson, Ann Kilkelly, Jane Lehr

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引用次数: 5

On Half-Built Assemblages: Waiting for a Data Center in Prineville, Oregon 关于半成品组装：等待俄勒冈州普里尼维尔的数据中心

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Engaging Science Technology and Society Pub Date : 2020-06-20 DOI: 10.17351/ests2020.447

J. Burrell

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引用次数: 14