TechnoViews
Sci-Tech Asia International Research Network
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About This Podcast
TechnoViews features interviews with humanities and social science scholars on a wide range of topics at the intersection between science, technology, and society in the 21st century. Our podcast episodes provide a more in-depth understanding of the major challenges of living in a world that is increasingly dominated by global articulations of technoscience. Available in all major podcast platforms, including Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Apple Podcasts, among others. TechnoViews is produced by the Sci-Tech Asia International Research Network and is supported by the Research Cluster “Technoscience, Society, and Environment” of the Research Center for Anthropology and Health at the University of Coimbra.
Podcast Team: Joseph BOSCO, Loretta LOU, Gonçalo D. SANTOS, Nicolas STERNSDORFF-CISTERNA, and Jun ZHANG
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S1E19 TechnoViews #19 ‘Soda Science. Making the World Safe for Coca-Cola’ | Susan Greenhalgh (Harvard University)
Susan GREENHALGH, interviewed by Gonçalo SANTOS and Jun ZHANG on 28/February/2025ABOUT THIS EPISODEIn this episode, anthropologist and science studies specialist Susan Greenhalgh talks about her most…
S1E18 TechnoViews #18 'Moving Crops and the Scales of History’ | Francesca Bray, Barbara Hahn, John B. Lourdusamy, and Tiago Saraiva
John B. LOURDUSAMY and Tiago SARAIVA, interviewed by Gonçalo SANTOS and Jun ZHANG on 13/August/2024 ABOUT THIS EPISODEDr. Lourdusamy and Dr. Saraiva present their recently published book, Moving…
S1E17 TechnoViews #17 ‘The Labor of Reinvention’ | Lin ZHANG (U. of New Hampshire)
Lin ZHANG, interviewed by Joseph BOSCO on 13 December 2023ABOUT THIS EPISODEIn this episode, Dr. Zhang discusses the definition of the “entrepreneur” and why it is important. She also discusses why…
S1E16 TechnoViews #16. 'An Ecological History of Modern China' | Stevan Harrell (U. of Washington)
Stevan HARRELL, interviewed by Loretta Ieng-tak LOU on 9/December/2023ABOUT THIS EPISODEThis episode features a conversation with Stevan Harrell about his recent masterful overview of China's…
S1E15 TechnoViews #15. 'Prototype Nation' | Silvia M. Lindtner (U. of Michigan)
Silvia LINDTNER, interviewed by Joseph BOSCO on 25 October 2022ABOUT THIS EPISODEIn this episode, Dr. Lindtner explains what is the “maker” movement, and why she focused on this phenomenon. She…
S1E14 TechnoViews #14. ‘Chinese Village Life Today’ | Gonçalo Santos (University of Coimbra)
Gonçalo SANTOS, interviewed by Jun ZHANG on May 26, 2022ABOUT THIS EPISODEThis podcast episode discusses village life in China today after more than four decades of radical programs of urbanization…
S1E13 TechnoViews #13. ‘Life, Death, and Ghosts in Urbanizing China' | Andrew Kipnis (Chinese U. of Hong Kong)
Andrew KIPNIS, interviewed by Jun ZHANG and Gonçalo SANTOS on October 28, 2021ABOUT THIS EPISODEThis podcast episode features a conversation with Andrew Kipnis on his recent work on China's changing…
S1E12 TechnoViews #12 'Rural-Urban Migration and Agro-Technological Change in Post-Reform China' | Lena Kaufmann (U. of Zurich)
Lena KAUFMANN, interviewed by Joseph BOSCO on 9 Sept 2021ABOUT THIS EPISODEIn this podcast episode, Dr. Kaufmann discusses what she means by the term “sociotechnical,” and “paddy field predicament,”…
S1E11 TechnoViews #11 Animal Disease and Global Health at China's Pandemic Epicenter | Lyle Fearnley (SUTD)
Lyle FEARNLEY, interviewed by Jun ZHANG on 11 August 2021.ABOUT THIS EPISODEIn this podcast episode, we discuss how virus surveillance systems identified China as an "epicenter" or source of…
S1E10 TechnoViews #10 'Food Safety After Fukushima' | Nicolas Sternsdorff-Cisterna (Southern Methodist University)
Nicolas STERNSDORFF-CISTERNA, interviewed by Jun ZHANG on 28 July 2021.ABOUT THIS EPISODEThis podcast episode discusses the aftermath of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and…
S1E9 TechnoViews #9 'Can Science and Technology Save China?' | Susan Greenhalgh (Harvard University)
Susan GREENHALGH, interviewed by Joseph BOSCO on 19 February 2021.FEATURED AUTHORSusan Greenhalgh is the John King and Wilma Cannon Fairbank Research Professor of Chinese Society in the Department of…
S1E8 TechnoViews #8 'Anxious China: Inner Revolution and Politics of Psychotherapy' | Li ZHANG (University of California—Davis)
Li ZHANG, interviewed by Joseph BOSCO on February 5, 2021.FEATURED AUTHORLi ZHANG is a professor in the Dept. of Anthropology at the University of California—Davis, and the author of the new book…
S1E7 TechnoViews #7 'Driving Toward Modernity in China' | Jun ZHANG (City University of Hong Kong)
Jun Zhang (City University of Hong Kong), Interviewed by Cornell University Press in March 2020.FEATURED AUTHORJun Zhang is Assistant Professor of Asian and International Studies at City University…
S1E6 TechnoViews #6 'Solar Energy in China' | Edwin A. SCHMITT (Oslo University)
Edwin A. Schmitt (Olso University), Interviewed by Joseph Bosco in April 2019.FEATURED AUTHOREdwin A. Schmitt is a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Cultural Studies and Oriental Languages at…
S1E5 TechnoViews #5 'Genocide/Feminicide, Memory, and Technologies of Violence' | Fazil Moradi (LOST)
Fazil Moradi (LOST), Interviewed by Gonçalo Santos in December 2018 at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin.FEATURED AUTHORFazil Moradi is a postdoctoral researcher, member…
S1E4 TechnoViews #4 'Doing Anthropological Research on GMOs' | Glenn Stone (Washington University)
Glenn Davis Stone (Washington University), Interviewed by Joseph Bosco in December 2018, St. Louis, Missouri.FEATURED AUTHORGlenn Davis Stone is a Professor of Anthropology and Environmental Studies…
S1E3 TechnoViews #3 'Environmental Crisis in China' | Stevan Harrell (University of Washington)
Stevan Harrell (University of Washington), Interviewed by Gonçalo Santos in June 2018, Whatcom County, WA.FEATURED AUTHORStevan Harrell is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of…
S1E2 TechnoViews #2 'The Crafting of the 10.000 Things. Shifting Frameworks of Knowledge and Technology in Imperial China' | Dagmar Schäfer (MPI for the History of Science)
Dagmar Schäfer (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science), Interviewed by Gonçalo D. Santos on March 22, 2018, Hong Kong.FEATURED AUTHORDagmar Schäfer is the Director of Department III,…
S1E1 TechnoViews #1 'The Craft of Anthropology. Doing Fieldwork with Artisans in Thailand and Greece in Times of Change' | Michael Herzfeld (Harvard)
Michael HERZFELD, interviewed by Gonçalo SANTOS on March 6, 2018, Hong Kong.FEATURED AUTHORMichael Herzfeld is Ernest E. Monrad Research Professor of the Social Sciences in the Department of…
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TechnoViews has published 19 episodes since January 2021, covering topics in Science, Social Sciences.
TechnoViews is currently moderate with new episodes semi-annually. Average episode length is 31m.
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