科技指的是知識（know-how）。這知識是關於使用、設計、維修物體和硬體，它的傳播可能是視覺形象的，可能是觀察、練習、操作的，也可能是口傳教授與書寫閱讀的
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麻省理工學院的教授Michael Fischer 曾寫出一個STS導論的課程模組，可見STS在近幾年社會科學學科之重要性。近幾年來，科學、技術與社會（（Science, Technology and Society，簡稱STS）研究與科技與醫療（STM）在歐洲與美國已經成為相當重要的次學門，在社會學新興學門中佔有一定的份量。科技與社會的領域出現，受到知識社會學、科學史、科學哲學、醫療社會學與女性主義理論、後結構主義、後現代主義的影響，具有跨學科研究的性質，且強調社會參與及實作。STS的科技與社會研究，強調分析科學技術與社會文化的交錯共構關係，以及並探討科技如何與社會生活相互影響，要求貼近社會脈動並且理解科技的政治性。STS研究強調必須回應實際遭遇的問題，以及在地性與全球性。
本課程以科技與社會（STS）為主要理論依據，以科學爭議、科學不確定性、技術物的政治性、流行病學的爭議等問題切入各類台灣社會問題，讓同學從多元的角度，思考台灣社會的科技問題。以三個主題為台灣社會問題案例：1. 科技物的政治性：科博館參訪與適當科技等案例2. 課程與RCA、疫苗、動物生態等在地議題連結，帶領同學思索如何實際發展研究調查方法，課程鼓勵學習從生態女性主義、環境運動、動物與人的關係等進行思索與考察。

Technology refers to knowledge (know-how). This knowledge is about using, designing, and repairing objects and hardware. Its transmission may be through visual images, observation, practice, and operation, or it may be taught orally and written and read (Mackenzie and Wajcman, 1985)

Michael Fischer, a professor at MIT, once wrote an introductory course module to STS, which shows the importance of STS in social science disciplines in recent years. In recent years, Science, Technology and Society (Science, Technology and Society (STS) research and technology and medicine (STM) have become very important sub-disciplines in Europe and the United States, occupying a certain weight in the emerging disciplines of sociology. The emergence of the field of science and technology and society is influenced by the sociology of knowledge, history of science, philosophy of science, medical sociology, feminist theory, poststructuralism, and postmodernism. It has the nature of interdisciplinary research and emphasizes social participation and implementation. STS's science and technology and society research emphasizes analyzing the intertwined and co-constructed relationship between science and technology and social culture, and exploring how science and technology interact with social life. It requires being close to the pulse of society and understanding the politics of science and technology. STS research emphasizes the need to respond to actual problems encountered, both local and global.
This course is based on Science, Technology and Society (STS) as its main theoretical basis. It cuts into various social issues in Taiwan through issues such as scientific controversy, scientific uncertainty, the politics of technological objects, and epidemiological controversies, allowing students to think about science and technology issues in Taiwanese society from multiple perspectives. Three themes are used as cases of social issues in Taiwan: 1. The politics of technological objects: visits to science museums and cases of appropriate technology. 2. The course is connected with local issues such as RCA, vaccines, and animal ecology, leading students to think about how to actually develop research and investigation methods. The course encourages students to think and examine from the perspectives of ecofeminism, environmental movements, and the relationship between animals and humans.

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4. 王舜薇、崔愫欣著（2023）《海島核事：反核運動、能源選擇，與一場尚未結束的告別》。春山出版。（第六部，「福島核災後的契機與轉型： 二○一一至二○二三」。）
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5. Written by Peter Singer, translated by Meng Xiangsen and Qian Yongxiang. "Animal Liberation". Caring for Life. Chapter 123.