Some elements of the regime of management of irrelevance in science

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ID4792187
AutoresFabrício Monteiro Neves (0000-0002-2886-0577, Universidade de Brasília, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Volumen5
Número1
Fecha de publicación2022-12-31
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTapuya Latin American Science Technology and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2572-9861 • E-ISSN: 2572-9861
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/25729861.2022.2035951
OpenAlexW4220843287
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas16

In contexts of scientific production deemed peripheral, knowledge produced is depicted in a condition of inferiority relative to that produced in other contexts; the daily practice of science is then guided by values ⁣⁣and procedures, be they conscious or not, of peripheralization. This research note discusses the constitution, reproduction and generalization of peripheralization into what I call a regime of management of irrelevance in science: a scientific process with its own pragmatic and value content, whose elements will be presented in this work. These elements were identified during field research in laboratories and interviews with key interlocutors (research leaders) of biotechnology research teams in Brazil. What matters here is instead of taking the center/periphery dichotomy as an objective structure of the scientific system – a common approach in science and technology studies – it is shown as expectations with practical repercussions

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