FergusonComments-Kevin

Three Journals Memo: I put STHV on my list also, but taking Kim's warnings into account I tried to survey some of the articles that I had read as well as some that were outside of my interests. Here's what I described my experience as, I don't know if you feel the same way about the journal...

-I keep skimming through articles that might be relevant to what I'm interested in and many of them seem to recapitulate some sort of argument made by one of the big dogs in STS with supporting empirical research. -The difference to the above is when the articles are more theoretically aligned and work through technoscience and democracy and the role of expertise. In these moments the article tend to develop some new alternative to both existing policies through melding different concepts and theories. I'm including one reprentative article in the group of 5 below.

Memo Annotations: Will all your books (I assume you will write more than one?) resemble The Golem or will they diverge? I ask because the Golem seems to be both a convenient introduction for undergrads to get a taste of STS as well as something of a popular take on science. Will subsequent books range back to shaping or critiquing your own discipline if you find it lacking or do you plan on moving away from academia after the initial foray into the system after grad school?