Scientists can’t do science alone, they need publics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20402799 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jean-Baptiste Gouyon (0000-0003-2379-0853, University College London (UCL), UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 754-757 |
| Publication date | 2016-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Understanding of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0963-6625 • E-ISSN: 1361-6609 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0963662516650361 |
| PMID | 27225274 |
| OpenAlex | W2405974714 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 11 |
In the spirit of Massimiano Bucchi's inaugural editorial in this journal (Bucchi, 2016), this short piece is intended as a glance to past PUS scholarship, in order to feed in current debates taking place in the field.For this first 'historical moment in PUS', I have chosen to focus on the year 1985, and what some of the literature published that year can tell us about the phrase 'science in public'.It has become customary, at least in the UK, to have historical accounts of the PUS movement begin in 1985, mostly down to the fact that 1985 saw the publication of the Royal Society's report on the public understanding of science, a.k.aBodmer Report, which many consider to have provided the PUS movement with its initial impetus, at least an institutional one (The Royal Society, 1985). 1 The report prompted a few healthy scholarly reactions in the years following its publication, but if it were for this report alone, 1985 should not be that memorable.However, at least two volumes appeared this very same year, Shinn & Whitley's Expository Science (Shinn & Whitley, 1985) and Shapin & Schaffer's Leviathan and the air pump (Shapin & Schaffer, 1985), both highlighting the communicative facet of science-making to argue that audiences for science play an active role in knowledge production.Finally, looking at some post-1985 scholarship shows that the 1 For a comprehensive discussion of the production, contents and consequences of the report, see Simon Jay Lock, 2008
Biology · Citizen science · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Public awareness of science · Public relations · Publics · Science communication · Science education · Sociology · Climate Change Communication and Perception · International Science and Diplomacy · Law · scientometrics and bibliometrics research
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| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2024 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |