Science and technology in a multicultural world : the cultural politics of facts and artifacts

This new approach to the study of multiculturalism focuses on its applications to science and technology. It explores new studies that describe the role of culture and power in the making of theories, facts and machines.

This ambitious and far-reaching book transforms the way we think about the production, distribution, and consumption of the benefits and burdens of science and technology. David Hess uses anthropological perspectives and studies to retell the story of the multiple and contested histories, social relations, and forms of knowledge embedded in scientific practices. His book synthesizes many valuable resources for those of us who practice, learn, or teach science as part of contemporary life. (Rayna Rapp, New School for Social Research)

Rayna Rapp

This ambitious and far-reaching book transforms the way we think about the production, distribution, and consumption of the benefits and burdens of science and technology. David Hess uses anthropological perspectives and studies to retell the story of the multiple and contested histories, social relations, and forms of knowledge embedded in scientific practices. His book synthesizes many valuable resources for those of us who practice, learn, or teach science as part of contemporary life.

The cultural construction of science and technology -- The origins of Western Science -- Temporal cultures and technoscience -- The social relations and structures of scientific and technical communities -- Science and technology at large -- Other ways of knowing and doing -- Cosmopolitan technologies, native peoples, and resistance struggles -- Science, technology, and the multicultural education.