Identify some place where science, technology, and/or medicine interacts in important or interesting ways
with the social world. Try to identify something specific: a specific building, the way a technology works in
a given place or culture, a scientific fact in a specific context, a specific event, or your own field of study.
● Explain what you’re interested in, what is going on with it, and why it’s important/interesting. This
explanation should be 1-2 sentences.
● Pick three concepts from below and use them to examine this issue. You may only pick one
concept from each list. With each concept, explain what the concept means (in your own words)
and how it can help you understand what’s going on with this issue. Each of these explanations
should be 2-3 sentences.
● Conclude by explaining how these concepts, or STS more broadly, can offer new ways to
approach this issue, for better or worse. This explanation should be 2-3 sentences.
