What it is about
You engage with historical and societal negotiating processes of risk, safety and reliability of technological artifacts, processes and systems. In the end you will be able to critically discuss theoretical approaches, contextualize historical debates on risk, and develop and empirically analyze your own research question on a case study from the history of risk and safety.
What you will be able to do
- Critically discuss theoretical approaches to risk and safety
- Analyze fields of historical research and societal debates
- Contextualize changing attitudes to risk across space and time
- Examine the importance of evidence in societal negotiations
- Find empirical sources for a case study
- Develop and pursue a concrete research question
What the module consists of
- SeminarStudy group for reading and analyzing scholarly literature, discussions and presentations
- EigenarbeitDevelopment of an annotated bibliography and preparation of a term paper
Teaching method
- Literaturarbeit und Textanalyseto learn and deepen core concepts
- Fallstudienarbeitto practically examine theoretical, epistemic, social and political dimensions
- Klassendiskussionento foster critical engagement and presentation skills
- Vorlesungs-/Sitzungseinheiten zu Forschungsmethodento convey suitable methods and reference management for one's own research