Francesca Bray

Introduction
November 18, 2021

Constructing Intimacy: Technology, Family and Gender in East Asia

How do expectations of intimacy with family, peers or friends relate to the technologies available to express them...
Research Article
November 18, 2021

Connecting with the Past? A Commentary

Over its relatively brief history, science and technology studies (STS) has developed into an interdisciplinary...
Research Article
November 17, 2021

A Response to “The STS Challenge to Philosophy of Science in Taiwan”

Lamenting the absence of fruitful dialogue between philosophers of science and STS scholars in Taiwan, Ruey-Lin Chen...
Engaging Asia: A Forum on The History of Science and Technology
November 17, 2021

Only Connect: Comparative, National, and Global History as Frameworks for the History of Science and Technology in Asia

We might think that scholars in the fields of national, comparative, world, or global history of science and...
Forum
November 16, 2021

Science, Language, and the Purity of Bottled Water

We need to renew our scientific lexicon, argues Evelyn Fox Keller, if we are to meet the challenges set by emerging...
essay
November 15, 2021

From Needham to EASTS, or Why History Matters

In spring 2006 I received an intriguing invitation. With support from the National Science Council of Taiwan...
Research Article
November 15, 2021

Thinking with Diagrams: The Chaîne Opératoire and the Transmission of Technical Knowledge in Chinese Agricultural Texts

Diagrams make wonderful templates for technical action. It follows that for scholars of science and technology they...