Introduction to the Technikstudien — Science & Technology Studies (STS) Research Initiative on JapanSusanne Brucksch und and Cosima Wagner

ASIEN – Nr. 140 (2016) pp. 5–21

We compiled this special issue of ASIEN on “Technikstudien and STS: Launching a Research Initiative Regarding Intersections between Technology and Society in Japan” in order to (re)open a discussion on “technical things Japanese” with a wider academic audience. All of the articles included address the question of in which ways technical devices are shaping everyday life in a modern society like Japan, and of how, conversely, the social and cultural contexts influence
technological developments…