ISBN:
9781442604636
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1442604638
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource
Series Statement:
Teaching culture: UTP ethnographies for the classroom
Parallel Title:
Print versionKrautwurst, Udo R. (Udo Rainer), 1959- Culturing bioscience
DDC:
306.45
Keywords:
Life sciences Case studies
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Social aspects
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Life sciences Case studies
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Political aspects
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Life sciences Case studies
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Economic aspects
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Life sciences Case studies
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Government policy
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Life sciences Case studies Social aspects
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Life sciences Case studies Political aspects
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Life sciences Case studies Economic aspects
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Life sciences Case studies Government policy
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Life sciences Case studies Political aspects
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Life sciences Case studies Economic aspects
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Life sciences Case studies Government policy
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Life sciences Case studies Social aspects
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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Life sciences ; Political aspects
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Life sciences ; Social aspects
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Case studies
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Electronic books
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Electronic books Case studies
Abstract:
"Charting the rise and fall of an experimental biomedical facility at a North American university, Culturing Bioscience offers a fascinating glimpse into scientific culture and the social and political context in which that culture operates. Krautwurst nests the discussion of scientific culture within a series of levels from the lab to the global political economy. In the process he explores a number of topics, including: the social impact of technology; researchers' relationships with sophisticated equipment; what scientists actually do in a laboratory; what role science plays in the contemporary university; and the way bioscience interacts with local, regional, and global governments. The result is a rich case study that illustrates a host of contemporary issues in the social study of science."--Publisher's description
Abstract:
Intralude -- A theoretical and methodological intralude -- Intra-action and doing science : experiments, people, and technology -- Re-visioning scientific practice through the ACCBR -- What can you do in, to, and with a university? -- Science and/as development -- Globalizing bioscience and/as biocapital -- Concluding: Lessons from an open concept lab -- Appendix 1: A parable on changing assumptions, or, How to approximate agential realism -- Appendix 2: Fieldwork in the academy, and the ethics of ethics
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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