Duration
15h Th, 10h Pr
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course is organised through the following issues :
- Scientists in the wild : the scientific expertise in society;
- The relation between technical choices and social choices;
- Presentation of different models of collaboration between scientists and laypersons;
- Public deliberation of scientifical and technological knowledges and their co-construction in partnership with non-scientists (local residents, patients,...).
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
This course is dedicated to assess the role of scientific and technological activities involved in complex environnemental issues. The aim is to help students to take advantage of differences and tensions between different modes of knowledge during new and original research's partnerships.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is based on presentations by the teacher, but also on the discussion of articles or videos using the principle of the flipped classroom: students are expected to prepare for this discussion by sending questions to the teacher beforehand, which will be used to lead the sessions.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
This cours is given through a seminar with discussions about case studies (scientific literatures) and videos.
According to the sanitary conditions, a part of the course may be given through distance learning.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Beck, U. (2001). La société du risque. Sur la voie d'une autre modernité. Paris, Editions Alto Aubier.
Beck, U. (2001). La politique dans la société du risque. Chassez le naturel... Ecologisme, naturalisme et constructivisme. Paris, La découverte/M.A.U.S.S.: 376-392.
Brown, P. (1987). "Popular Epidemiology : Community Response to Toxic Waste-Induced Disease in Woburn, Massachusetts." Science, Technology & Human Values 12(3-4): 78-85.
Callon, M. (1998). "Des formes de démocratie technique." Annales des mines: 63-73.
Callon, M., P. Lascoumes and Y. Barthe (2001). Agir dans un monde incertain. Essai sur la démocratie technique. Paris, Ed. du Seuil.
Callon, M. and V. Rabeharisoa (1998). "L'implication des malades dans les activités de recherche soutenues par l'Association française contre les myopathies." Sciences Sociales et Santé 16(3): 41-65.
Epstein, S. (2001). La grande révolte des malades. Histoire du SIDA 2. Paris, Les empêcheurs de penser en rond.
Fiorino, D. J. (1990). "Citizen Participation and Environmental Risk: A Survey of Institutional Mechanisms." Science, Technology & Human Values 15(2): 226-243.
Latour, B. (1992). Aramis ou l'amour des techniques. Paris, La Découverte.
Marris, C., B. Wynne, P. Simmons and S. Weldon (2002). Perceptions publiques des biotechnologies agricoles en Europe (Résumé). Bruxelles, CEE. Accessible à : http://www.inra.fr/sed/science-gouvernance/PABE/
Mélard, F. (2006). Le travail de modélisation aux prises avec l'exigence démocratique : le projet PEPAM et les conditions d'un apprentissage croisé entre experts et citoyens. Les Savoirs au défi de la Paix et de la Citoyenneté : Sciences et expertises en sociétés, Bruxelles, Pôle Bernheim d'Études sur la Paix et la Citoyenneté.
Mormont, M. and F. Mélard (2003). Conférence citoyenne sur les tests génétiques "Lire dans mes gènes" - Rapport d'évaluation. Bruxelles, Fondation Roi Baudouin. Accessible à : http://www.kbs-frb.be/uploadedFiles/KBS-FRB/Files/FR/PUB_1450_Genes_evaluation.pdf
Piñeros Garcet, J., M. Deblonde, F. Mélard, M. Louviaux, L. Goorden and M. Mormont (2006). PEPAM. Feasibility of a participatory modelling process for pesticides risk assessment, Antwerp University - Belgian Science Policy: 83. Accessible à : http://www.belspo.be/belspo/fedra/proj.asp?l=fr&COD=OA/27
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Further information:
The exam is closed-book.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
François Mélard - f.melard@uliege.ac.be
Phone : +32 4 3663152