Claudia Schwarz-Plaschg
Biographic Data
| ID | 3472158 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Claudia Schwarz-Plaschg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Claudia |
| FAMILY NAME | Schwarz-Plaschg |
| SIGNATURE | SCHWARZ-PLASCHG C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vienna |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9004-9550 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Acid Revival
Critical Doses
In this introduction to the thematic issue Critical Psychedelic Studies we argue that many and diverse critical analyses of psychedelic cultures and practices are needed to counter the current hype around the biomedicalization of psychedelic substances. The social sciences and humanities offer insights and methods to resist appropriation and to establish community based ethical practices. The assembled articles and book reviews indicate an urgenc…
Socio-psychedelic imaginaries
After decades of criminalization, psychedelic substances such as psilocybin and LSD are experiencing their comeback in science and Western culture more broadly. While psychedelic plants and fungi have a long history of use in Indigenous cultures, the Western prohibitionist reality instantiated around 1970 has stigmatized psychedelics as medically useless and a threat to society. Yet studies are increasingly demonstrating their potential to treat …
Nanotechnology is like … The rhetorical roles of analogies in public engagement
Lay people are increasingly invited to deliberate on emerging technologies in public engagement settings. Analogies appear frequently in these contexts and are commonly understood as means of making sense of and forming an opinion on emerging technologies. This article provides an alternative perspective, which conceptualizes analogies as rhetorical devices employed to achieve specific functions. A repertoire of rhetorical roles is traced in four…
The Power of Analogies for Imagining and Governing Emerging Technologies
The emergence of new technologies regularly involves comparisons with previous innovations. For instance, analogies with asbestos and genetically modified organisms have played a crucial role in the early societal debate about nanotechnology. This article explores the power of analogies in such debates and how they could be effectively and responsibly employed for imagining and governing emerging technologies in general and nanotechnology in part…
Making Nanomaterials Safer by Design
Re)assembling Natures, Cultures, and (Nano)technologies in Public Engagement
Practices of ordering are powerful means of giving structure to people's lives and providing a sense of control. The analysis of three episodes from discussion groups on nanotechnology in Austria shows that citizens evaluate new technologies with regard to how they intersect with, support, or disturb existing orders. The concept of discursive assemblages serves as a lens for recognising the non-fixed character of the discursive process, while sti…
Technology of imagination
This article introduces and reflects on a group discussion method for public engagement exercises and for qualitative research into citizens' practices of developing and negotiating positions on emerging technologies. The method consists of card sets and a specific choreography in order to facilitate the development of citizens' imaginations on nanotechnology and society in the Austrian context. Drawing on concepts from Science and Technology Stu…
The Scientists Behind the Movie Scenes
Studies investigating the relations of science, technology, and cinema tend to share a focus on the media text, for instance by analysing how scientists are portrayed in movies. In his book Lab Coa
Socio-psychedelic imaginaries
After decades of criminalization, psychedelic substances such as psilocybin and LSD are experiencing their comeback in science and Western culture more broadly. While psychedelic plants and fungi have a long history of use in Indigenous cultures, the Western prohibitionist reality instantiated around 1970 has stigmatized psychedelics as medically useless and a threat to society. Yet studies are increasingly demonstrating their potential to treat …
Technology of imagination
This article introduces and reflects on a group discussion method for public engagement exercises and for qualitative research into citizens' practices of developing and negotiating positions on emerging technologies. The method consists of card sets and a specific choreography in order to facilitate the development of citizens' imaginations on nanotechnology and society in the Austrian context. Drawing on concepts from Science and Technology Stu…
Re)assembling Natures, Cultures, and (Nano)technologies in Public Engagement
Practices of ordering are powerful means of giving structure to people's lives and providing a sense of control. The analysis of three episodes from discussion groups on nanotechnology in Austria shows that citizens evaluate new technologies with regard to how they intersect with, support, or disturb existing orders. The concept of discursive assemblages serves as a lens for recognising the non-fixed character of the discursive process, while sti…
Critical Doses
In this introduction to the thematic issue Critical Psychedelic Studies we argue that many and diverse critical analyses of psychedelic cultures and practices are needed to counter the current hype around the biomedicalization of psychedelic substances. The social sciences and humanities offer insights and methods to resist appropriation and to establish community based ethical practices. The assembled articles and book reviews indicate an urgenc…
The Power of Analogies for Imagining and Governing Emerging Technologies
The emergence of new technologies regularly involves comparisons with previous innovations. For instance, analogies with asbestos and genetically modified organisms have played a crucial role in the early societal debate about nanotechnology. This article explores the power of analogies in such debates and how they could be effectively and responsibly employed for imagining and governing emerging technologies in general and nanotechnology in part…
The Scientists Behind the Movie Scenes
Studies investigating the relations of science, technology, and cinema tend to share a focus on the media text, for instance by analysing how scientists are portrayed in movies. In his book Lab Coa
Technology of imagination
This article introduces and reflects on a group discussion method for public engagement exercises and for qualitative research into citizens' practices of developing and negotiating positions on emerging technologies. The method consists of card sets and a specific choreography in order to facilitate the development of citizens' imaginations on nanotechnology and society in the Austrian context. Drawing on concepts from Science and Technology Stu…
Re)assembling Natures, Cultures, and (Nano)technologies in Public Engagement
Practices of ordering are powerful means of giving structure to people's lives and providing a sense of control. The analysis of three episodes from discussion groups on nanotechnology in Austria shows that citizens evaluate new technologies with regard to how they intersect with, support, or disturb existing orders. The concept of discursive assemblages serves as a lens for recognising the non-fixed character of the discursive process, while sti…
Making Nanomaterials Safer by Design
Nanotechnology is like … The rhetorical roles of analogies in public engagement
Lay people are increasingly invited to deliberate on emerging technologies in public engagement settings. Analogies appear frequently in these contexts and are commonly understood as means of making sense of and forming an opinion on emerging technologies. This article provides an alternative perspective, which conceptualizes analogies as rhetorical devices employed to achieve specific functions. A repertoire of rhetorical roles is traced in four…
The Power of Analogies for Imagining and Governing Emerging Technologies
The emergence of new technologies regularly involves comparisons with previous innovations. For instance, analogies with asbestos and genetically modified organisms have played a crucial role in the early societal debate about nanotechnology. This article explores the power of analogies in such debates and how they could be effectively and responsibly employed for imagining and governing emerging technologies in general and nanotechnology in part…
Socio-psychedelic imaginaries
After decades of criminalization, psychedelic substances such as psilocybin and LSD are experiencing their comeback in science and Western culture more broadly. While psychedelic plants and fungi have a long history of use in Indigenous cultures, the Western prohibitionist reality instantiated around 1970 has stigmatized psychedelics as medically useless and a threat to society. Yet studies are increasingly demonstrating their potential to treat …
Critical Doses
In this introduction to the thematic issue Critical Psychedelic Studies we argue that many and diverse critical analyses of psychedelic cultures and practices are needed to counter the current hype around the biomedicalization of psychedelic substances. The social sciences and humanities offer insights and methods to resist appropriation and to establish community based ethical practices. The assembled articles and book reviews indicate an urgenc…
Acid Revival
Epistemology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Engineering ethics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychedelics and Drug Studies (3 works)