It is a special moment in the history of STS. With the young discipline transitioning into a not so-young-field-anymore, there is plenty of reason for celebrations: defining groups are celebrating remarkable anniversaries and individual careers are celebrated when founding figures retire. These celebrations are also excellent moments for reflections on pasts, presents and futures of STS and the place of STS in the wider world. In this conversation, Wiebe Bijker, recently subject of his own retirement celebration in Maastricht (Bijker 2017), shares his views on STS. We travel with him from the Netherlands to India, and briefly stop in Edinburgh at SSU where we find the origin of the SCOT abbreviation. On the way, we discuss Dutch activism, teaching, the institutionalization of STS, the emergence of international networks, and different roads STS can take. We end with an optimistic view towards a global future, while emphasizing the importance of the inclusion of history and the classics.

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了解和进行STS的方式：Niki Vermeulen与Wiebe Bijker进行了会谈

这是STS历史上的一个特殊时刻。随着年轻学科逐渐过渡到年轻的领域，有很多值得庆祝的理由：定义团队正在庆祝卓越的周年纪念，而创立人退休后也会庆祝个人事业。这些庆祝活动也是反思STS的过去，现在和未来以及STS在更广阔世界中的地位的绝佳时刻。在这次对话中，维耶·比克（Wiebe Bijker）最近在马斯特里赫特（Maastricht）举行自己的退休庆祝活动（比克（Bijker）2017），分享了他对STS的看法。我们与他一起从荷兰前往印度，然后在SSU的爱丁堡短暂停留，在那里我们找到了SCOT缩写的起源。在路上，我们讨论了荷兰的行动主义，教学，STS的制度化，国际网络的出现，STS可以走的不同道路。我们以对全球未来的乐观态度结束，同时强调了融合历史和经典的重要性。