ISBN:
9789819971886
,
9789819971879
Language:
Undetermined
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (306 p.)
Keywords:
Science contestation
;
Anti-science
;
Symmetry Principle
;
Expertise
;
Epistemic Democracy
;
Post-truth
;
Science-denialism
;
Refused Knowledge
;
Actor–network Theory
;
Situated Knowledge
;
Feminist Epistemology
;
Social Network Analysis
;
Social Imaginaries
;
Media Analysis
;
Fringe Science
;
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology
;
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences
;
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies
;
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology
;
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies
Abstract:
This open access book explores contemporary practices that challenge science, arguing that this matter cannot be simply disregarded as a new manifestation of “anti-scientism”. It scrutinizes the processes through which knowledge claims, refused by established institutions and the scientific community, seek legitimacy. Assuming an agnostic analytical stance, it explores the actors involved in such processes and their social worlds, their interactions with epistemic institutions, and the ways in which they enact such refused knowledge in their daily lives. Drawing on a three-year mixed-method research project, this collection demonstrates how refused knowledge can be seen as a distinct mode of knowing, employed in response to the uncertainties of everyday life. Thus, it offers a deeper understanding not only of how refused knowledge garners credibility, but also of how knowledge at large – including scientific knowledge – emerges from specific sociotechnical assemblages
Note:
English
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