Science, Technology and (New) Forms of Social Inequalities

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Science, Technology and (New) Forms of Social Inequalities

Wednesday, July 16, 2014: 10:30 AM-12:20 PM

Room: Booth 44

RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology (host committee)

Language: English

Session Organizer:

Siddharamesh HIREMATH, Dept. of Sociology, Gulbarga University, India

Chair:

Shindhe Jagannath RAMANNA, Department of Sociology Gulbarga University, India

409.1

Who Will Do Science? Implications for Science, Technology and (New) Forms of Social Inequalities (Oral Presentation)
Cheryl LEGGON, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA; Willie PEARSON, JR., Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

409.2

Scientific Communities and Social Inequalities in Latin America: The Chilean Case (Oral Presentation)
Jorge GIBERT-GALASSI, Universidad de Valparaiso, Chile

409.3

Limitations of ICT in Inducing Inclusive Growth (Oral Presentation)
J SOMASEKARA REDDY, V V Puram Evening College, India

409.4

Changing Technology and Its Implications for Workforce (Oral Presentation)
Prof. K.M BASAVARAJAPPA, Navodaya Medical College, India

409.5

The Ambivalence of Modern Technology and the ‘Digital Divide': Gathering and Scattering of Sociality and Sociability in the Global Network Society (Oral Presentation)
Lingham Lionel THAVER, University of Western Cape South Africa, South Africa

409.6

Technology Induced Inequalities at Workplace – an Indian Experience (Oral Presentation)
Jayashree V KULKARNI, JSW Steel Ltd., India

409.7

Role of Reference Groups in Little Science and Big Science: An Exploratory Study* (Oral Presentation)
Duru ARUN KUMAR, Delhi University, India