Weekly reading assignments from previous years:

Week X: Read the following documents on Community Research, Science Shops, and Democracy and Science: Nature article, Loka article 1, Loka article 2.
You do NOT have to read Loka article1 after the point where it says "(2) HOW TO ORDER OR DOWNLOAD A COPY..."

Week X: Read the following documents: Liberties with Genes and Third World.

Week X: Read the following series of articles: Sustainable Development

Week X: Read these articles and documents: Follow the Money, Conflict of Interest,  Formaldehyde Story, and Faked Discoveries. Optional reading: Elektromanyetik Alanlar ve Insan Sagligi.

Week X: Read the following pages from the book A. Fausto-Sterling. "Myths of Gender", Basic Books, New York, 1985: The Biological Connection, pages 3-12; A Question of Genius, pages 13-60. Also strongly recommended is the following short article: Iron and Math.
You may also wish to optionally read Sex and Science. pages 205-222

Week X: Read the following document: Why the future doesn't need us. The following is optional reading: I Love You.

Week X: Read the following article on Artificial Intelligence. If you know Turkish, you may also wish to read the article Yapay Zeka which overlaps with the English article. Also read Love Online and Matrix.

Week X: Read the following pages from the book J Zerzan and A Carnes, eds. "Questioning Technology", New Society Publishers, Philadelphia, 1991:pages 1-3, 9-12, 22-25, 32, 36-40, 46-60, 67-70, 91-92, 108, 128, 153-158, 163-170, 176, 198.

Week X: Read the following article: Control and Creativity. You may also optionally read The Price of Silence.

Week X :"Sinan Utku: Dilemmas in Modern Patenting System."  Optional links:  Reforming U.S. patent policy,  The Danger of Software Patents. Optional reading: Boldrin and Levine, Case Against Intellectual Monopoly.
  -Not included in the exam, attendance required

Week X: "Ahmet Ucer: Knowledge Society and Human Wellbeing"
 -Included in the exam

Lectures or presentations from previous years:

Week X: Haldun Ozaktas: Perils of Reductionism and Quantification: FromArtificial Intelligence to Economic Theory.

Week X: Rafet Gurkaynak, "Why is economics not a branch of engineering?".

Week X: Geoff Bowe, "Ancient Greek 'technology' and Ivan Illich's Tools for Conviviality" (ppt, doc).

Issues.

Week X: Haldun Ozaktas: History of Technology.

Week X: Haldun Ozaktas: "Issues in Public Choice of Technologies: Turkish
Keyboard Layouts, Computer Operating Systems, Emissions Certification of
Computer Monitors, Genetically Engineered Seeds and Foods, Consumer
Electronics versus Healthcare Research". If you know Turkish, you may
optionally read the article Acik Kaynak Kodlu Yazilimlar.

Week X: Haldun Ozaktas: Copyrights, Patents, and Trade Secrets.

Week X: Haldun Ozaktas: Philosophy of Science.

Week X: The Story of Stuff (www.storyofstuff.com)

Term paper related documents from previous years:

Writing guidelines booklet

Example term paper
(Note: This is a generic example only; information provided in handouts and announcements made in class take precedence over this example in matters of style and content.)

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