Technical and environmental democracy

Duration

15h Th, 10h Pr

Number of credits

Lecturer

François Melard

Substitute(s)

Marlène Feyereisen

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course is organised through the following issues :

• Scientists in the wild : the scientific expertise in society;
  
• The relation between technical choices and social choices;
  
• Presentation of different models of collaboration between scientists and laypersons;
  
• Public deliberation of scientifical and technological knowledges and their co-construction in partnership with non-scientists (local residents, patients,...).

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

This course is dedicated to assess the role of scientific and technological activities involved in complex environnemental issues. The aim is to help students to take advantage of differences and tensions between different modes of knowledge during new and original research's partnerships.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

This cours is given through a seminar with discussions about case studies (scientific literatures) and videos.

Recommended or required readings

Beck, U. (2001). La société du risque. Sur la voie d'une autre modernité. Paris, Editions Alto Aubier.
Beck, U. (2001). La politique dans la société du risque. Chassez le naturel... Ecologisme, naturalisme et constructivisme. Paris, La découverte/M.A.U.S.S.: 376-392.
Brown, P. (1987). "Popular Epidemiology : Community Response to Toxic Waste-Induced Disease in Woburn, Massachusetts." Science, Technology & Human Values 12(3-4): 78-85.
Callon, M. (1998). "Des formes de démocratie technique." Annales des mines: 63-73.
Callon, M., P. Lascoumes and Y. Barthe (2001). Agir dans un monde incertain. Essai sur la démocratie technique. Paris, Ed. du Seuil.
Callon, M. and V. Rabeharisoa (1998). "L'implication des malades dans les activités de recherche soutenues par l'Association française contre les myopathies." Sciences Sociales et Santé 16(3): 41-65.
Epstein, S. (2001). La grande révolte des malades. Histoire du SIDA 2. Paris, Les empêcheurs de penser en rond.
Fiorino, D. J. (1990). "Citizen Participation and Environmental Risk: A Survey of Institutional Mechanisms." Science, Technology & Human Values 15(2): 226-243.


Latour, B. (1992). Aramis ou l'amour des techniques. Paris, La Découverte.
Marris, C., B. Wynne, P. Simmons and S. Weldon (2002). Perceptions publiques des biotechnologies agricoles en Europe (Résumé). Bruxelles, CEE. Accessible à : http://www.inra.fr/sed/science-gouvernance/PABE/
Mélard, F. (2006). Le travail de modélisation aux prises avec l'exigence démocratique : le projet PEPAM et les conditions d'un apprentissage croisé entre experts et citoyens. Les Savoirs au défi de la Paix et de la Citoyenneté : Sciences et expertises en sociétés, Bruxelles, Pôle Bernheim d'Études sur la Paix et la Citoyenneté.
Mormont, M. and F. Mélard (2003). Conférence citoyenne sur les tests génétiques "Lire dans mes gènes" - Rapport d'évaluation. Bruxelles, Fondation Roi Baudouin. Accessible à : http://www.kbs-frb.be/uploadedFiles/KBS-FRB/Files/FR/PUB_1450_Genes_evaluation.pdf
Piñeros Garcet, J., M. Deblonde, F. Mélard, M. Louviaux, L. Goorden and M. Mormont (2006). PEPAM. Feasibility of a participatory modelling process for pesticides risk assessment, Antwerp University - Belgian Science Policy: 83. Accessible à : http://www.belspo.be/belspo/fedra/proj.asp?l=fr&COD=OA/27

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral examination.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

François Mélard - f.melard@uliege.ac.be Phone: 063/230 901

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

The course is organised as a seminar where case studies are analysed (scientific articles). The courses are given on eCampus, and Q-A sessions are organised on Lifesize.

Assessment subjects

The evaluation is based on the articles read during the course.

Assessment methods

The evaluation is based on written works that close each lesson.

Contacts

Marlène Feyereisen - marlene.feyereisen@uliege.be

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session

Assessment subjects

Everything that has been learned within the course.

Assessment methods

Assessment consists in a personal written work.

Contacts

François Mélard
Marlène Feyereisen (marlene.feyereisen@gmail.com)