scholarly journals "A world we don't know": the spatial configuration of sensory practices and production of knowledge in and around Mexican seismic monitoring

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Monitoring ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Spatial Configuration ◽  
Seismic Monitoring ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
Geographic Knowledge ◽  
Critical Attention ◽  
Territorial Politics

AbstractA single technoscientific knowledge project can entail many different kinds of knowledge production. Here, I show how a Mexican technoscientific knowledge project about seismicity requires diverse sensory practices and the production of knowledge about many kinds of environmental and social conditions. I argue that Mexican territorial politics frame this knowledge. Further, I demonstrate that these politics become evident in the very ways that knowledge about Mexico is configured spatially, that is, in topological and topographic ways that technicians and engineers come to understand and relate to Mexican territory. After situating this argument within contemporary critical attention to the production of geographic knowledge, I address it ethnographically. First, I describe how Mexican seismic monitoring is undertaken from the headquarters of the Centro de Instrumentación y Registro Sísmico (CIRES). Then, I deal with the arrangements of power that structure seismic monitoring and social conditions in what CIRES engineers and technicians call "the field." As I relate the sensory work and knowledge production that field teams do when they leave CIRES headquarters, I show how the things that field teams can know are shaped by territorial politics, and consequently reflect them.Key Words: Mexico, environmental monitoring, sense, knowledge, earthquakes

Muslim Women and the Politics of Representation

2002 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasmin Zine
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Production ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Muslim Woman ◽  
Literary Traditions ◽  
Feminist Literature ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
Feminist Writing ◽  
Textual Representation ◽  
Relations Of Power

This paper examines the politics of knowledge production as it relates to Muslim women in western literary traditions and con­temporary feminist writing, with a view to understanding the political, ideological, and economic mediations that have histor­ically framed these representations. The meta-narrative of the Muslim woman has shifted from the bold queens of medieval lit­erature to colonial images of the seraglio's veiled, secluded, and oppressed women. Contemporary feminist writing and popular culture have reproduced the colonial motifs of Muslim women, and these have regained currency in the aftermath of9/1 l. Drawing upon the work of Mohja Kahf, this paper begins by mapping the evolution of the Muslim woman archetype in western literary traditions. The paper then examines how some contemporary feminist literature has reproduced in new ways the discursive tropes that have had historical currency in Muslim women's textual representation. The analysis is atten­tive to the ways in which the cultural production of knowledge about Muslim women has been implicated historically by the relations of power between the Muslim world and the West ...

Mapping Senufo: Reframing Questions, Reevaluating Sources, and Reimagining a Digital Monograph

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-45
Author(s):  
Susan Elizabeth Gagliardi ◽  
Constantine Petridis
Keyword(s):  
Computational Methods ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Knowledge Construction ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
Digital Publication ◽  
Politics Of Knowledge ◽  
Research Questions

Abstract Mapping Senufo: Art, Evidence, and the Production of Knowledge – an in-progress, collaborative, born-digital publication – will offer a model for joining theories about the construction of identities and the politics of knowledge production with research and publication practice. In this article, we examine how computational methods have led us to reframe research questions, reevaluate sources, and reimagine the form of a digital monograph. We also demonstrate how our use of digital technologies, attention to iteration, and collaborative mode of working have generated fresh insights into a corpus of arts identified as Senufo, the nature of evidence for art-historical research, and digital publication. We posit that the form of a digital publication itself can bring processes of knowledge construction to the fore and unsettle expectations of a tidy, authoritative narrative.

scholarly journals Map the gap: alternative visualisations of geographic knowledge production

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. e00038 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margath Walker ◽  
Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Geographic Knowledge

scholarly journals The need to connect: on the cell biology of synapses, behaviors, and networks in science

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (21) ◽  
pp. 3203-3207
Author(s):  
Daniel A. Colón-Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Cell Biology ◽  
Cellular Communication ◽  
Biological Mechanisms ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
Love Story ◽  
Scientific Networks ◽  
Ramón Y Cajal

My laboratory is interested in the cell biology of the synapse. Synapses, which are points of cellular communication between neurons, were first described by Santiago Ramón y Cajal as “protoplasmic kisses that appear to constitute the final ecstasy of an epic love story.” Who would not want to work on that?! My lab examines the biological mechanisms neurons use to find and connect to each other. How are synapses formed during development, maintained during growth, and modified during learning? In this essay, I reflect about my scientific journey to the synapse, the cell biological one, but also a metaphorical synapse—my role as a point of contact between the production of knowledge and its dissemination. In particular, I discuss how the architecture of scientific networks propels knowledge production but can also exclude certain groups in science.

scholarly journals Transnational Co-production of Knowledge: The Standardisation of Typhoon Warning Codes in the Far East, 1900–1939

Minerva ◽  
2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aitor Anduaga
Keyword(s):  
Force Field ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Far East ◽  
Power Struggles ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
The Far East ◽  
The Social ◽  
Transnational Cooperation ◽  
Far Eastern

AbstractThe why and the how of knowledge production are examined in the case of the transnational cooperation between the directors of observatories in the Far East who drew up unified typhoon-warning codes in the period 1900–1939. The why is prompted by the socioeconomic interests of the local chambers of commerce and international telegraphic companies, although this urge has the favourable wind of Far Eastern meteorologists’ ideology of voluntarist internationalism. The how entails the persistent pursuit of consensus (on ends rather than means) in international meetings where non-binding resolutions on codes and procedures are adopted. The outcome is the co-production of standardised knowledge, that is, the development of a series of processes and practices that co-produce both knowledge and ideas about the social order in a force field characterised by negotiations and power struggles.

scholarly journals A CONSTRUÇÃO DE IDENTIDADE(S) PROFISSIONAL(IS) EM EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA: UMA REVISÃO DE LITERATURA

Roteiro ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 649
Author(s):  
Alexandre Vanzuita ◽  
Tânia Regina Raitz
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Professional Integration ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
Gray Literature ◽  
Construction Methods ◽  
Palabras Clave

<p><strong>Resumo</strong>:<strong> </strong>Neste estudo analisamos como as experiências no contexto de formação e inserção profissional em Educação Física constroem identidade(s) profissional(is). Trata-se de um ensaio teórico-reflexivo por meio da produção do conhecimento (2009 a 2015) das variáveis relacionadas à identidade e inserção profissional em Educação Física. Identificamos na literatura cinzenta problemática reduzida, portanto, há necessidade de intensificar os estudos em razão das transformações no mundo do trabalho e das dificuldades de inserção desses profissionais. Concluímos que as experiências no contexto da formação e inserção profissional não estão articuladas integralmente aos processos de pesquisa e construção de métodos e metodologias.<strong></strong></p><p><strong>Palavras-chave</strong>: Produção de conhecimento. Identidade profissional. Inserção profissional.</p><p align="center">CONSTRUCTION OF PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION: A LITERATURE REVIEW </p><p><strong>Abstract</strong>:<strong> </strong>In this study we examines how experiences in the context of training and employability in Physical Education build professional(ies) identity(ies). It is a reflective theoretical essay through the production of knowledge (2009-2015) related to identity and employability in Physical Education. We identified in reduced problematic gray literature, therefore, there is need to intensify their studies due to changes in the workplace and integration difficulties of these professionals. We concluded that the experiences in the training and professional integration are not fully articulated to the research processes and construction methods and methodologies.</p><p><strong>Keywords</strong>: Knowledge production. Professional identity. Employability.</p><p align="center"><strong><br /></strong></p><p align="center">CONSTRUCCIÓN DE LA IDENTIDAD PROFESIONAL EN LA EDUCACIÓN FÍSICA: UNA REVISIÓN DE LA LITERATURA</p><p align="center"><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Resumen: </strong>Este estudio examina cómo las experiencias en el contexto de la formación y la empleabilidad en Educación Física construyen la identidad(s) profesional(s). Se trata de un ensayo teórico reflexivo de la producción de conocimiento (2009 a 2015) relacionadas con la identidad y la empleabilidad en Educación Física. Fue identificado reducida literatura, por lo que existe la necesidad de intensificar sus estudios debido a cambios en mundo del trabajo e dificultades de integración de estos profesionales. Se concluye que las experiencias en la formación e inserción profesional no se articulan totalmente los procesos de investigación y construcción de métodos y metodologías.</p><p><strong>Palabras-clave</strong>: Producción de conocimiento. Identidad profesional. Empleabilidad.</p>

Knowledge Production in International Law: Forces and Processes

2021 ◽  
pp. 155-179
Author(s):  
Andrea Bianchi
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
International Law ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Epistemic Communities ◽  
Final Part ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
The Invisible

How knowledge of international law is produced, by what forces and processes it is shaped, how one can determine what issues are deemed relevant to the field, what questions can be competently raised by the members of the profession and the discipline, and who has the authority to provide them with an answer, are all issues that lie at the heart of this chapter. Particular attention will be paid to the concepts of both epistemic communities and discursive policies. In light of the interaction of the different forces and actors at play in the production of knowledge, an attempt will be made to sketch out the main trends of the contemporary episteme of international law. The final part of the chapter tackles the issue of how to bring to light and make visible the invisible frames of knowledge production in international law, by using critical theory and the power of legal imagination.

scholarly journals Capitalizing Asian Studies: Critical Scholarship and the Production of Knowledge in a Globalizing World

2004 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Oakes
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Economic Globalization ◽  
The United States ◽  
Asian Studies ◽  
Area Studies ◽  
Global Political Economy ◽  
Critical Scholarship ◽  
Globalizing World ◽  
Geographic Knowledge

This paper explores the implications of the related trends of economic globalization and the corporatization of higher education in the United States for Asian area studies scholarship. It argues that the scales at which geographical knowledge is produced are increasingly in flux due to the shift in global political economy. Area studies scholarship is subsequently left scrambling to both understand this shift and make its knowledge production somehow relevant and valuable in an arena in which knowledge about Asia is being produced and diffused from an increasingly diverse array of sources. In response, the paper suggests that more attention to the production of scale is needed if area studies scholars are to comprehend the changing relationship between our categories of geographic knowledge and global political economy.

The World-Revealing Goblet: Reading Farhād Mīrzā’s Geographical Treatise Jām-i Jam as a Lithograph

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 409-449
Author(s):  
Zeinab Azarbadegan
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Columbia University ◽  
Persian Literature ◽  
The Past ◽  
University Library ◽  
Political Networks ◽  
Historical Processes ◽  
Geographic Knowledge ◽  
The World

Abstract This article examines a copy of Farhād Mīrzā’s Jām-i Jam (the World-Revealing Goblet) published in 1856 in Tehran and kept at Columbia University Library offsite storage. It demonstrates the dual importance of this book in geographic knowledge production and as part of the library of Saʿīd Nafīsī, one of the most prominent Iranian scholars of Persian literature. Methodologically, the paper offers various ways to study a single lithograph to decipher larger historical processes in histories of education, translation, and print. First, it analyzes the paratext to expose scholarly and political networks in order to examine the genealogy of geographic knowledge production in mid-nineteenth century Qajar Iran. Second, it studies the content and translation practices employed by Farhād Mīrzā to offer novel strategies for analyzing dissemination and reception of new ways of production and categorization of geographic knowledge as well as methods utilized in composition of pedagogical geography books. Finally, it discusses how cataloging practices affect current scholarship and lead to rendering certain texts “hidden.” It therefore illustrates how the study of Farhād Mīrzā’s Jām-i Jam, a book aspiring to reveal the world, can expose much about scholarly practices not only in the past but also the present.

scholarly journals A Photograph of Four Orientalists (Bombay, 1885): Knowledge Production, Religious Identities, and the Negotiation of Invisible Conflicts

2012 ◽  
Vol 55 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 603-636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filipa Lowndes Vicente
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
British India ◽  
Religious Identities ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
Religious Ceremony ◽  
Before And After ◽  
History Of ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
The Many

Abstract By analyzing the history of a photograph taken in a Bombay photo studio in 1885, this article explores notions of the production of knowledge on India and cultural dialogues, encounters, appropriations, and conflicts in colonial British India in the late nineteenth century. The photograph was taken after a Hindu religious ceremony in honour of the Italian Sanskritist Angelo de Gubernatis. Dressed as a Hindu Brahman, he is the only European photographed next to three Indian scholars, but what the image suggests of encounter and hybridity was challenged by the many written texts that reveal the conflicting dialogues that took place before and after the portrait was taken. Several factors were examined in order to decide who should and who should not be in the photograph: religion, cast, and even gender were successively discussed, before the category of “knowledge” became the bond that unified the four men who studied, taught, and wrote on India.

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