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The Politics of Science and Techology: Authority, Expertise and Democratic Participation

Wednesday, 13 July 2016: 10:45-12:15
Location: Hörsaal 6A P (Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG))
RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology (host committee)

Language: English

This session examines the relationship among:

  • the authority of science as an institution, 
  • the social bases of different forms of expertise (e.g. trained scientists and engineers, the local knowledge of fishermen or farmers, the traditional knowledges of aboriginal groups, etc), 
  • and the construction of boundaries which either hamper or facilitate the democratic involvement of individuals with diverse forms of expertise.

Empirical case studies examining the way these factors manifest themselves in particular situations will be given extra consideration.

Session Organizer:
Gary BOWDEN, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Posters:
285.1
When Public and Science Form a Community of Practice – Organizing Participation in Technology Development in a German Mining Region
Alena BLEICHER, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany; Magdalena WALLKAMM, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany; Martin DAVID, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany
285.2
Building Alternative Infrastructures for Digital Communications: Technoscientific Activism in the Italian Wireless Community Network
Stefano CRABU, University of Padova, Italy; Paolo MAGAUDDA, University of Padova, Italy
285.3
The Contours of Participatory Dynamics in Sustainability Research at Science-Society Interface
Livia FRITZ, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Department of Geography, Germany
285.5
Sior: A New Tool to Evidence Social Impact of Science
Teresa SORDE-MARTI, Department of Sociology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain; MAR FORASTER, University of Barcelona, Spain; Emilia AIELLO, Department of Sociology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain; Nataly BUSLON, University of Barcelona, Spain
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