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Introducing Sts Scholarship To The Gun Policy Debate In United States Society, Caroline Skinner
Introducing Sts Scholarship To The Gun Policy Debate In United States Society, Caroline Skinner
Scripps Senior Theses
The following thesis will merge the field of legal studies with the field
of Science, Technology, and Society, and will focus on issues surrounding the
gun control debate. The goal is to ultimately bring new light to this hot-
button legal topic through the use of STS scholarship. STS tools and theories,
which have previously been absent from most gun control discussions, have
much to contribute to the discourse in terms of motivating the need for gun
control, fully understanding the user-gun relationship, breaking down
misconceptions about the technology and its role in society, and further
understanding the complex societal …
Governing Certain Things: The Regulation Of Street Trees In Four North American Cities, Irus Braverman
Governing Certain Things: The Regulation Of Street Trees In Four North American Cities, Irus Braverman
Journal Articles
Most sociolegal studies of the urban street focus on the human element. By focusing on the tree, my Article offers a unique perspective on the interrelations between various actors within the public spaces of modern North American cities. Situated at the intersection of legal geography, anthropology, and Science and Technology Studies, this Article demonstrates how natural artifacts function as technologies of governance, thereby masking crucial political interventions behind a natural facade. The tensions between nature and the city, as embedded in both the construction and the regulation of street trees, provide an unusual perspective on the management of urban populations …