MAPPING CONTROVERSIES is a website dedicated to students and researchers working on scientific and technological controversies. It is designed as part of the project MACOSPOL (Mapping controversies in science and technology for politics) a EU project. This collaborative platform is tested for teaching purposes by the DEMOSCIENCE consortium for students.

This class was first created by Bruno Latour at ENSMP, then later developed at Sciences-Po and at MIT. All three institutions collaborate in this project under the Demoscience Consortium. The resources on this website were collected by Verena Paravel with the support of Macospol and Demoscience. Macospol is funded by the European Commission under the seventh Framework Programme. Demoscience is supported by the MIT Alumni Class Funds.

Announcement:

In Spring 2008, a new STS course "Mapping Controversies" will be taught by Vincent-Antonin Lepinay in collaboration with Bruno Latour at Sciences-Politique in Paris and Dominique Linhardt at Ecole des Mines. Students will learn how to map a current techno-scientific controversy and will create a public website to present it. As part of a competition, the best MIT website will be rewarded with a study trip to Paris. The best French teams will come to collaborate and share ideas with MIT students.
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