Nature, Humans, and Technological Artefacts

The image depicts an aerial view of a hybrid environment that combines nature, humans, and technological artefacts. It is interspersed with a network of roads that connect cities and forests, symbolizing that the dichotomy between Nature and Society is not as clear-cut as assumed. Rather, the world is an iterative construction and reconstruction of the above three elements, as Science and Technology Studies insists. It specifically reflects the collection of articles in this issue, which discusses topics including epidemic surveillance in the information age, small-scale hydropower installation, and ‘ornithology’ as a way of knowledge-culture production. The image is co-created by generative AI, Midjourney, and human illustrator(s), precisely reflecting the iterative interaction mentioned above.