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Knowledge and Society

The Anthropology of Science and Technology

Inbunden, Engelska, 1992

Av Arie Rip, David J. Hess

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Part of a series examining different aspects of knowledge and society, this volume focuses on the anthropology of science and technology. Divided into three parts, it covers: the reconstruction of medical science and technology; science and technology at large; and discipline, culture and power.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1992-12-01
Mått156 x 234 x 15 mm
Vikt559 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieKnowledge and Society
Antal sidor272
FörlagEmerald Publishing Limited
ISBN9780892329731

Tillhör följande kategorier

Sociologi inom Samhalle och politik
Matematik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Sociologi och antropologi inom Samhalle och politik
Teknik: allmänt inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Kulturvetenskap inom Samhalle och politik

Preface, David J. Hess and Linda L. Layne; introduction - the new ethnography and the anthropology of science and technology, David J. Hess. Part 1 Reconstructing medical science and technology: of fetuses and angels - fragmentation and integration in narratives of pregnancy loss, Linda L. Layne; the technocratic body and the organic body - cultural models for women's birth choices, Robbie E. David-Floyd; blaming the user in medical informatics - the cultural nature of scientific practice, Diana E. Forsythe. Part 2 Science and technology at large: multiple contexts, multiple meanings - scientists in the European space agency, Stacia E. Zabusky; CAD/CAM saves the nation? toward an anthropology of technology, Gary L. Downey; severing the ties - fragmentation and dignity in late modernity, Paul Rabinow. Part 3 Discipline, culture and power: the anthropology of the academy - when we are the indians, Roberto Kant de Lima; disciplining heterodoxy, circumventing discipline - parapsychology, anthropologically, David J. Hess.