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LAUSANNE SUMMER SCHOOL<br />
CACS <strong>EPFL</strong><br />
Tuesday 9 July<br />
Science, Technology and Medicines 1<br />
09:00 >12:30 The cultural context of knowledge production<br />
Kapil Raj<br />
Introduction to the different theories of knowledge production (scientism, positivism,<br />
Popper, Kuhn etc); relativism (sociology of knowledge, feminist studies);<br />
knowledge and culture (diffusionism, post colonial studies etc).<br />
12:30 >14:00 Lunch<br />
14:00 >15:00 Asia as a scientific landscape<br />
Hans Peter Hertig<br />
Discussion on the concept of local knowledge; presentation of the CACS research<br />
project.<br />
15:00 >16:30 Local science and expertise:<br />
The Cancer Detectives of Lin Xian<br />
(documentary, UK, 1981, 57 min.)<br />
Kapil Raj and Hans Peter Hertig<br />
Viewing and discussing<br />
17:30 >19:00 Optional movie: The Missing Star / La stella que non c’è<br />
(movie by Gianni Amelio, Italy, 2006, 102 min.)<br />
Compulsory reading<br />
Finlay, R. (2000). “China, the West, and World History in Joseph Needham’s Science and Civilisation in<br />
China”. Journal of World History, vol. 11, n° 2, pp. 265–303.<br />
Sillitoe, P. (2007). “Counting on Local Knowledge”. In Sillitoe P. (ed). Local Science vs Global Science,<br />
Chapter 13, Oxford: Berghahn Books, pp. 257-278.<br />
Optional reading<br />
Raina, D. (2007). “Science since Independence”. In India 60 Towards a New Paradigm, New Delhi: India<br />
International Centre, HarperCollins India and The India Today Group, pp. 182–195.<br />
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