Imagining E-Science beyond Computation

2006 ◽  
pp. 48-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Wouters ◽  
Anne Beaulieu
Keyword(s):  
Computer Science ◽  
Women's Studies ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Research Practices ◽  
Women’S Studies ◽  
Epistemic Culture ◽  
Epistemic Cultures

This chapter problematizes the relation between the varied modes of knowledge production in the sciences and humanities, and the assumptions underlying the design of current e-science initiatives. Using the notion of “epistemic culture” to analyze various areas of scientific research practices, we show that current conceptions of e-science are firmly rooted in, and shaped by, computer science. This specificity limits the circulation of e-science approaches in other fields. We illustrate this using the case of women’s studies, a contrasting epistemic culture. A view of e-science through the analytic lens of epistemic cultures therefore illustrates the limitations of e-science and its potential to be reinvented.

Exploring the roots of participatory action research: An interview with Dr Marja-Liisa Swantz

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 319-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florence Nyemba ◽  
Minna Mayer
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Production Process ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Women's Studies ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Development Studies ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Women’S Studies ◽  
Significant Research ◽  
Insight Into

This article is based on a dialog with Professor Marja-Liisa Swantz, a distinguished participatory action research expert whose work has contributed immensely in the fields of development studies, women's studies, health, and technology internationally. Drawing from her experiences, the conversation provides an insight into how one can grow from a novice researcher to a very distinguished intellectual by staying focused and with a clear grasp of one's aspirations. We also learn from this dialog how participatory action research emerged as the most significant research style that argues in favor of involving participants as research partners in the knowledge production process.

Interdisciplinarity in Religious and Women's Studies

2006 ◽  
Vol 35 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 391-401
Author(s):  
Darlene M. Juschka
Keyword(s):  
Women's Studies ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Interdisciplinary Work ◽  
Women’S Studies ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

This paper examines how interdisciplinarity has been adopted by, and deployed in, the production of knowledge in the university as institution. I begin by outlining three subcategories of interdisciplinarity that determine its semantic boundaries, and then shift to examine interdisciplinary work in Women's and Religious Studies. Thereafter I speak to the impact interdisciplinarity has had on knowledge and knowledge production in the university.

scholarly journals Tracing Technoscientific Collectives in Synthetic Biology: Interdisciplines and Communities of Knowledge Application

2021 ◽  
pp. 163-181
Author(s):  
Alexander Degelsegger-Márquez
Keyword(s):  
Synthetic Biology ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Research Governance ◽  
Field Observations ◽  
Research Practices ◽  
Scientific Communities ◽  
Knowledge Application ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Sociological Literature

AbstractThe relevance of collectives for scientific research has long been a matter of debate among sociologists of science and STS scholars. In this article, I revisit the notion of scientific communities from the perspective of practices in technoscientific fields of research. The case I focus on is synthetic biology, a field of research characterised by introducing engineering principles to biology. Drawing from field observations, a discussion of community concepts in sociological literature and interview data, I argue that concepts of community in the technosciences oversimplify the aspects and types of collectives that come to matter in research practices. The case of synthetic biology suggests that, when thinking about technoscientific communities, we have to consider aspects of research practices that point beyond knowledge production. To address this issue, I propose the notion of communities of knowledge application, which helps to reflect current trends in technoscientific research and research governance. Both contexts of knowledge production and contexts of knowledge application should be taken into account in an analysis of technoscientific communities.

Women's Studies: Coming of Age in Psychology

1976 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 345-346
Author(s):  
ANNETTE M. BRODSKY
Keyword(s):  
Women's Studies ◽  
Coming Of Age ◽  
Women’S Studies

An Introduction to Women's Studies

1977 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. 933-934
Author(s):  
LETITIA ANNE PEPLAU
Keyword(s):  
Women's Studies ◽  
Women’S Studies

Review of Thinking Feminist: Key Concepts in Women's Studies.

1994 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-329
Author(s):  
Mary Crawford ◽  
Melissa Biber
Keyword(s):  
Women's Studies ◽  
Women’S Studies ◽  
Key Concepts
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