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Technological Innovation as Social Innovation

Science, Technology, and the Rise of STS Studies in Cuba

University of Havana

José Antonio López Cerezo

University of Oviedo

This article describes and analyzes the process of institutionalizing studies on science, technology, and society (STS) in Cuba, and the social and academic circumstances in which these studies are implemented there. The authors give a brief account of how science and technology have evolved in Cuba over the last four decades. The authors argue that the promotion of science and technological innovation in Cuba has purposely taken the form of social innovation. The authors offer our view of how the changes and demands on science, technology, and education can take advantage of the approaches and proposals of STS studies. The authors consider the traditions of thought that have influenced Cuban culture and construct a specific conceptual framework through which contemporary developments in STS are assimilated. Finally, on the basis of the above analysis, the authors describe experiences of the institutionalization of STS and their underlying objectives.

Key Words: STS studies • science policy • R&D in Cuba • technological innovation

This version was published on November 1, 2008

Science, Technology & Human Values, Vol. 33, No. 6, 707-729 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0162243907306707


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