The Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies Reader

"Sandra Harding's The Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies Reader succeeds in mapping a new field of inquiry for those of us working in science and technology studies. This brilliant collection of articles successfully bridges post-colonialist and feminist approaches to science and technology studies, and provides the foundation for essential transformations of curriculum and research in this area. The essays in this collection provoke examination about how different knowledge systems function and call into question who benefits and is disadvantaged by those systems. For those committed to the tenet that just societies require just practices of science, this collection is indispensable. No science/technology studies or STS curriculum is complete without it." Nancy Tuana, Penn State University "This magisterial, compelling, and important collection pushes the boundaries of postcolonial studies in urgent ways. It charts the richness and depth of knowledge systems across the non-western world, delineating their differences from, contributions to, and marginalization by, what is thought of as western science. This book makes it impossible to ignore the interconnections between long histories of imperialism, the dynamics of the Cold War and the asymmetries of globalization, or to isolate science from social relations. It also maps the ground on which we can imagine a different future." Ania Loomba, University of Pennsylvania "The anthology lives up to its aspirations of providing an accessible compass to issues and questions that have been approached with a "postcolonial sensibility"... By highlighting cross-connections between contributions of different sections, Harding succeeds in bringing the texts of diverse disciplinary backgrounds into conversation with each other and thus underscores the postcolonialist need for a trans-disciplinary cooperation." - Anna Mohr, Science and Education