ENVS 5110
Science and Society: An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies

Week 4 - September 17

Part 1 – Science, Technology and the Human Experience

In class workshop on group projects for second assignment

Initial group project readings:

Pistorius Group initial readings

Brendan Burkett, Mike McNamee & Wolfgang Potthast (2011): Shifting boundaries in sports technology and disability: equal rights or unfair advantage in the case of Oscar Pistorius?, Disability & Society, 26:5, 643-654.

Carwyn Jones & Cassie Wilson (2009): Defining advantage and athletic performance: The case of Oscar Pistorius, European Journal of Sport Science, 9:2, 125-131.

Tribunal Arbitral du Sport. Court of Arbitration for Sport. Arbitration CAS 2008/A/1480 Pistorius v/ IAAF, award of 16 May 2008.

Gregor Wolbring (2012)  Paralympians Outperforming Olympians: An Increasing Challenge for Olympism and the Paralympic and Olympic Movement Sport, Ethics and Philosophy 6: 2. 251-266.

Gregor Wolbring (2008) Oscar Pistorius and the Future Nature of Olympic, Paralympic and Other Sports. SCRIPTed - A Journal of Law, Technology & Society 5: 1. 139-160.

Semenya Group initial readings

Tucker R, Collins M. The science of sex verification and athletic performance. Int J Sports Physiol Perform. 2010 Jun;5(2):127-39.

Ariel Levy, Either/Or: Sports, sex, and the case of Caster Semenya. The New Yorker, November 30, 2009.

Katrina Karkazis, Rebecca Jordan-Young, Georgiann Davis & Silvia Camporesi (2012): Out of Bounds? A Critique of the New Policies on Hyperandrogenism in Elite Female Athletes, The American Journal of Bioethics, 12:7, 3-16.

IOC Regulations on Female Hyperandrogenism Games of the XXX Olympiad in London, 2012.

Kaye N Ballantyne, Manfred Kayser, J Anton Grootegoed, 2011. Sex and gender issues in competitive sports: investigation of a historical case leads to a new viewpoint, Br J Sports Med 2012;46:614-617.