LEE- Bilim, Teknoloji ve Toplum Lisansüstü Programı
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Sustainable Development Goal "Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure" ile LEE- Bilim, Teknoloji ve Toplum Lisansüstü Programı'a göz atma
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ÖgeBuilding logistical space for the anthropocene: A study on logistics and green logistics(Graduate School, 2023-06-01) Çetiner, Buğra Han ; Çalkıvik, Emine Aslı ; 422201009 ; Science, Technology and SocietyLogistics refers to the coordination of various actors, including people, technologies, and infrastructures, to move goods and information across space and time. However, this definition oversimplifies the complex social, economic, and environmental interactions involved in the logistics process. By redefining logistics as a socio-technical assemblage, we can better understand its impacts on workers, the environment, and society at large, and develop more sustainable and equitable approaches to transportation and supply chain management. This study aims to comprehensively examine the evolution of logistics within its historical context, scrutinizing its multifaceted interconnections in economic, technological, sociological, and political realms. By analyzing the historical development of logistics, we can gain insights into the economic, technological, sociological, and political forces that have shaped logistics as we know it today. More importantly, this historical analysis will help us to better understand the current state of logistics and the challenges and opportunities associated with green logistics. Furthermore, it seeks to re-conceptualize green logistics within the framework of Science, Technology, and Society (STS) and map its conceptual level using Deleuze & Guattari's assemblage theory. Following the perspective of STS studies, the study aims to highlight the elements that are systematically neglected by considering the stakeholders who have a say in the logistics processes. When examining the logistics processes that have become complex and intricate with the use of 3PL, 4PL, and 5PL (Fifth Party Logistics) today, it is important to note that the classical system approach proposed by understanding "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts" is insufficient, particularly in carbon emission calculations. Therefore, it is believed that using Deleuze & Guattari's assemblage theory could be beneficial in creating sustainable solutions. In order to understand logistics, it is essential to consider the various actors involved, including workers, consumers, and other stakeholders, as well as the technologies and infrastructures that support the movement of goods. By taking a holistic approach to logistics, we can identify the ways in which it intersects with other areas of society, such as politics, economics, and culture, and develop more effective and sustainable solutions. With the aforementioned approach, this study aims to analyze the current situation of logistics inclusively and to problematize the concept of green logistics with critical approaches in the literature.
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ÖgeThe fear of AI in horror movies: A comparative film analysis through the lens of publics' perceptions of technology(Graduate School, 2024-06-12) Erdem, Hüseyin Cenk ; Doğrusöz Yetişkin, Ebru Belgin ; 422211017 ; Science, Technology and SocietyScience, Technology and Society (STS) studies investigate the interactions and reciprocal shaping processes among science, technology, and society. This research examines the representation of AI technology in horror movies, focusing on the publics' perception of technology and analyzing how these representations reflect fears, societal anxieties and possible risks associated with AI. This research has a descriptive research design because it aims to identify the socially constructed fear of AI technology in contemporary societies. The qualitative research includes a discourse analysis of the purposefully sampled movies, a focus group study at the Technical University of Munich consisting of seven graduate students attending the Science, Technology and Society (STS) Department's Science and Technology Studies Master of Arts Program, and responses from a generative AI, ChatGPT 3.5, to validate the findings of the focus group study. This research purposefully chose these films based on their popularity over the past five years: Upgrade (2018), Child's Play (2019), and M3gan (2022).The research focuses on these movies because the advancements in AI technology and humanoid robots over the past five years have heightened fears and anxieties about AI.This research encourages critical thought on the effects of technological opacity that influence our interactions with developing technology by investigating the representation of AI technology in movies. Findings show that the representation of AI in the movies are related to current social concerns about unpredictability of emerging technologies and loss of control. The findings of the research may also help to enhance our understanding of the complex relationship between how fear is embedded within publics' perception of technology, and accordingly the social construction of AI. To foster meaningful discussions about the ethical, societal, and cultural impacts of technological advancements, increased transparency and critical engagement with technological processes are required.
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ÖgeTo the bodies themselves: E-Nabız at the intersection of bodies, politics and technologies(Graduate School, 2022-07-17) Çobanoğlu, Cansu ; Çalkıvik, Emine Aslı ; 422201010 ; Science, Technology and SocietyThe body and technologies point to two important material sides of politics. This research is about the political meanings of the body constructed in the mediation of technology, e-Nabız in Turkey. It investigates the forms of embodiment and political subjectification through the e-Nabız case, which is an example of data technologies in Turkey. Using Foucault's relational power description, Braidotti's embodied and relational subjectivity, and the reflection fields opened by new materialism and mediation theory on technology as a conceptual tool and emphasizing materialities, sociotechnical entanglements and the constitutive role of technology, this study examines the ways in which the body, technology, and politics are interrelated. Following the perspective of Science and Technology Studies (STS), it aims to enact the meanings of the body and technologies in different sites as a research method in itself, and in this context, the sites to be explored within the scope of the research were determined as the relationship of the subject with his/her own body (1), the relationship of the patient with the physician (2) and the relationship of the citizen with the state (3). The research has investigated the processes of embodiment and political subjectification on different sites through e-Nabız, by deeply engaging with the experiences of the subjects who are experiencing these processes themselves. Accordingly, the field study was conducted with a semi-structured in-depth interview method. During the field study, a total of 30 people, 20 of whom were patients/users and 10 of whom were physicians, were interviewed and the interviews were conducted online. The main question of the research is how the meanings of the body and the relationship of the subject with power are reconstructed in different sites through e-Nabız. Based on the findings of the field, it was argued that in Turkey, through the mediation of e-Nabız, a new, rather digital, encounter area was opened up between the citizen and the state, that new subject positions corresponding to this new form of engagement are constructed in this new encounter area, therefore, this new encounter field both points to a new version for power and also points to new embodiment and subjectification processes for subjects.