ANT 261 - Science, Policy, and Society

Instructor
Lozada

Inquiry into the production and cultural meanings of scientific knowledge and technological change. Comparison of the function and rhetoric of scientific “truths” to other modes of truth-production, such as religion, and its application in policy. Topics include the conflict and dialogue between science and religion, rationality, the practice of science, environmental issues, and social change.

Satisfies a major requirement in Anthropology
Satisfies the Social-Scientific Thought distribution requirement.
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Prerequisites & Notes
(Not offered 2015-2016; offered in alternating years.)

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