什麽是後殖民科技研究中的後殖民: 淺論其主張與啟發

In recent years, postcolonial technoscience has often been addressed in STS research in Taiwan, but there have been few critical reviews and assessments. This article focuses on the ways in which postcolonial science and technology studies has been developed. It does not define postcolonial in advance, but examines closely the claims of those STS researchers who are usually considered postcolonial, such as Sandra Harding's idea of strong objectivity and Warwick Anderson's concept of colonial as ＂under erasure.＂ Next, common themes of postcolonial science and technology studies are summarized, which include indigenous knowledge and technology, development and modernity, and the re-examination of the notion of colonial. This article then extends into relevant issues in local and even East Asian settings, such as East Asian distinction, the latecomer concept, and the symmetry principle. It concludes by discussing how postcolonial science and technology studies has inspired the exploration of contrasts between tradition and modernity, suggesting that postcolonial science and technology be seen as a sensitizing concept and a heuristic.