Name | PD Dr. Nils Guettler |
Field | History of science and environmental history |
Address | Professur für Wissenschaftsforsch. ETH Zürich, RZ G 9.1 Clausiusstrasse 59 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
nils.guettler@wiss.gess.ethz.ch | |
Department | Humanities, Social and Political Sciences |
Relationship | Privatdozent |
Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
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851-0157-81L | Zurich Airport (Kloten) - Anatomy of a Complicated Site (Research and Writing Workshop) ![]() Number of participants limited to 30 | 3 credits | 2S | N. Guettler, M. Stadler | |
Abstract | In working collectively toward a publication, the seminar deals with a significant site of technoscience: the Zurich airport (Kloten). Students will learn to integrate skills in research, writing and science communication. | ||||
Learning objective | The seminar will function as a workshop for research and writing. It deals with a largely unexplored, complex assemblage of scientific, technological, political, social, and environmental phenomena: Zurich airport. It's eminently suitable therefore to develop and think through some of the key questions that are currently being debated in Science and Technology Studies (STS), cultural theory and contemporary history. The airport, located in close proximity to the ETH, thus lends itself for a collective exploration in terms of individual student projects. In contrast to the usual humanities seminar, students will assume responsibility for a given sub-project - in close coordination with the teachers and the group. Regular group-meetings and feedback-sessions will serve to integrate the processes of research, writing, and science communication closely and make sure we collectively arrive at a 'product': a publication on Zurich airport. Special emphasis will be put on the creative use of media, a task in which we will be supported by students from Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK / Visual Communication). Participants expected to work independently, engage with the topic, and bring with them an interest in writing and the design of scientific publications. Note that the seminar follows up on the course "On the Future of Scientific Publishing" in the spring semester 2017. Enrolment in this prior course is not a requirement to participate in the fall semester, however. Students from various disciplinary backgrounds are strongly encouraged to take part. Possible topics for sub-projects include: the various "sciences of control" on which the airport depends (e.g. meteorology, logistics, airspace-management, etc.); environmental issues; biomonitoring; ecosystem-management; the architecture of terminals; regional planning; practices of border-control; etc. | ||||
862-0050-00L | History and Philosophy of Knowledge: Goals, Methods and Work Technics ![]() Only for History and Philosophy of Knowledge MSc. This lecture is important as an Introduction to the Master Programme | 2 credits | 2G | N. El Kassar, L. Froelicher, N. Guettler, M. Hampe, C. Jany, B. Schär, M. Wulz | |
Abstract | The lecture series are held by all scientific disciplines involved in the HPK-Master programme and are meant to acquaint the students with the different ambitions, methods and techniques of each discipline. Furthermore, the lectures should serve as a "helpdesk" and "workshop" for all theses written within the M.A. programme. | ||||
Learning objective | The interdisciplinary lecture series are exclusively addressed to the students of the HPK-M.A. programme. They provide an insight into all the disciplines which participate in the M.A. programme and their specific demands, approaches, problems and techniques. Subsequent to the lectures, there will be an opportunity to discuss difficulties occurring within the procedures of thesis-writing. The series should provide and secure a substantial, methodological and formal orientation within the disciplines taught in the M.A.-program. | ||||
Prerequisites / Notice | Dates: Thursday, 10-12 |