Possibilities of Enacting and Researching Epistemic Communities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2642575 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dagmar Lorenz-Meyer (0000-0002-3582-6430, Charles University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 161-173 |
| Publication date | 2010-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Research Online (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1360-7804 • E-ISSN: 1360-7804 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5153/sro.2151 |
| OpenAlex | W2122655162 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 37 |
This article explores what the concept of epistemic community can contribute to studies of science and technology and to existing analytical frames of epistemic cultures, technosocial network and community of practice. Reviewing conceptions of epistemic community in political science, organisational studies and feminist epistemologies I suggest that heuristic dimensions include a focus on historical contingencies and timings; on particular epistemic projects and technologies that work as boundary objects; and on epistemic responsibilities and stratifications. These dimensions are further explored in two research vignettes. The first vignette follows the mobilisation and expectations of the Czech synchrotron user community at a funding event as a focal point for examining epistemic responsibilities and the genderings of community. The second vignette follows a biographical narrative about being and becoming a member of an epistemic community and amplifies the importance of different configurations of community. I argue that the contours, distributions and textures of an epistemic community cannot be studied at a single analytical site such as the laboratory and conclude by outlining what can be gained by using a refined concept of epistemic communities and sketching some strategies for further research
Boundary-work · Epistemic community · Epistemology · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Vignette · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Information Systems Theories and Implementation · Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
Reality construction in society.
Ethnography and the Development of Science and Technology Studies
The Manufacture of Knowledge
Architectures of Knowledge
Feminist Epistemologies
Ethnography through Thick and Thin
Tales of Emergence—Synthetic Biology as a Scientific Community in the Making
Responsibility and Rhetoric
Toward a Revaluation of Ignorance
Individuals-in-Communities
Institutional Ecology, `Translations' and Boundary Objects
The Disunity of Consensus
Feminist science and technology studies
The Fate of Knowledge
International responses to technology
Banning chlorofluorocarbons
Introduction
Conclusion
Hope Against Hype - Accountability in Biopasts, Presents and Futures
Geographies of responsibility
The Art of Knowing
Not Another Case Study
The Legitimation and Dissemination Processes of the Innovation System Approach
Multi-sited Ethnography as a Middle Range Methodology for Contemporary STS
Nodes and Queries
Environmental Risk, Uncertainty, and Participation
Types of science, organizational strategies and patterns of work in research laboratories in different scientific fields
Situated Learning
The Body Multiple
Simians, Cyborgs, and Women
Epistemic Cultures
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |