Science by the People : Participation, Power, and the Politics of Environmental Knowledge

Kimura, Aya H.; Kinchy, Abby

ISBN 10: 081359507X / ISBN 13: 9780813595078

Editore: Rutgers University Press, 2019

Codice articolo 35461089-n

Riassunto:

Citizen science&;research involving nonprofessionals in the research process&;has attracted both strong enthusiasts and detractors. Many environmental professionals, activists, and scholars consider citizen science part of their toolkit for addressing environmental challenges. Critics, however, contend that it represents a corporate takeover of scientific priorities. In this timely book, two sociologists move beyond this binary debate by analyzing the tensions and dilemmas that citizen science projects commonly face. Key lessons are drawn from case studies where citizen scientists have investigated the impact of shale oil and gas, nuclear power, and genetically engineered crops. These studies show that diverse citizen science projects face shared dilemmas relating to austerity pressures, presumed boundaries between science and activism, and difficulties moving between scales of environmental problems. By unpacking the politics of citizen science, this book aims to help people negotiate a complex political landscape and choose paths moving toward social change and environmental sustainability.
 

Informazioni sull'autore: AYA H. KIMURA is a professor of sociology at University of Hawai`i-Manoa. She is the author of Radiation Brain Moms and Citizen Scientists: The Gender Politics of Food Contamination after Fukushima (Duke University Press, 2016).

ABBY KINCHY is an associate professor of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the author of Seeds, Science, and Struggle: The Global Politics of Transgenic Crops (MIT Press, 2012).
 

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Titolo: Science by the People : Participation, Power...
Casa editrice: Rutgers University Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2019
Legatura: Brossura
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