Science and Technology

#1 Reading
Read and answer the questions

In light of the importance of science and technology (S&T) in the world today, there is a need for scholarly work on its social dimensions. The Department of Science & Technology Studies is dedicated to research and teaching about scientific knowledge and technology in its social context. In their research, faculty members examine S&T both in contemporary societies and through historical investigations. The goal is to build a body of theory and empirical findings about:

• The social processes through which scientific and technical knowledge—whether packaged into texts, people, machines, images, or other forms—is created, evaluated, challenged, spread, transformed, and fitted into social relations.

• The ways people use, reconfigure, and contest scientific knowledge and technology.

• The normative issues entangled in scientific and technological developments.

• The place of science and technology in the modern world. 

1) What is the department of science & technology dedicated to?

2) What is the main goal?

#2 Vocabulary

From the text find at least 3 words you don´t know and define them.

#3 Listening and Speaking

Watch the next video and discuss with a friend. Anwer the question in the end.

#4 Writing

Write a paragraph related to the next image.