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Short abstract:

In this presentation, I am interested in addressing and reflecting on the panel questions by focusing on the experience with a particular teaching method: "the site visit." Explore the interactions between science, technology, and society by visiting places where professional visions are trained.

Long abstract:

In this presentation, I am interested in addressing and reflecting on the panel questions by focusing on the experience with a particular teaching method: "the site visit." Explore the interactions between science, technology, and society by visiting places where professional visions are trained, inspired by current invitations to experiment with participant observation. What can we learn by paying attention to the places where knowledge-making and training occur? The advantage of this method is that it allows to cultivate reflexivity, offers a dynamic way of interacting with STS questions “in the field”, and uses training spaces located in urban or institutional contexts in which STS institutions are based. In addition, historical, obsolete sites or new projects offer an opportunity to explore institutional traces and reconfiguration in methodological commitments. The difficulty? How do we evaluate this pedagogical activity, and how do we transform it into something methodical? Or is it also important to acknowledge the intrinsic value of the pedagogical experience itself rather than reproducing an instrumental view towards this type of activities and STS interventions? How does evaluating site visits become a tool and opportunity for redesigning teaching methods?