Journal article
Undone Science: Charting Social Movement and Civil Society Challenges to Research Agenda Setting
Science, technology, & human values, v 35(4), pp 444-473
Jul 2010
PMID: 32099268
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Abstract
‘‘Undone science’’ refers to areas of research that are left unfunded, incomplete, or generally ignored but that social movements or civil society organizations often identify as worthy of more research. This study mobilizes four recent studies to further elaborate the concept of undone science as it relates to the political construction of research agendas. Using these cases, we develop the argument that undone science is part of a broader politics of knowledge, wherein multiple and competing groups struggle over the construction and implementation of alternative research agendas. Overall, the study demonstrates the analytic potential of the concept of undone science to deepen understanding of the systematic nonproduction of knowledge in the institutional matrix of state, industry, and social movements that is characteristic of recent calls for a ‘‘new political sociology of science.’’
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- Title
- Undone Science: Charting Social Movement and Civil Society Challenges to Research Agenda Setting
- Creators
- Scott Frickel - Department of Sociology, Washington State University, Pullman, WashingtonSahra Gibbon - Anthropology Department, University College London, LondonJeff Howard - University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TexasJoanna Kempner - Rutgers University, Princeton, New JerseyGwen Ottinger - Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaDavid J Hess - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
- Publication Details
- Science, technology, & human values, v 35(4), pp 444-473
- Publisher
- Sage
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Politics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000280098200001
- Other Identifier
- 991014877809304721
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