Gadgets, Gizmos, and Instruments
Science for the Tinkering
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5162973 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frank Nutch (Trent University, Ontario, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 214-228 |
| Publication date | 1996-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science Technology & Human Values (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-2439 • E-ISSN: 1552-8251 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/016224399602100205 |
| OpenAlex | W1976996290 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 31 |
Universal, scientific knowledge emerges from research practices. Scientists tinker with and align local conditions to produce scientific knowledge. Research equipment and scientific instruments are essential tools for knowledge production. Scientists differ, however, in their ability to handle these material resources of research. One type of scientist, who also represents a way of handling resources, is referred to by field scientists as a "gadget-man." Drawing upon a participant observation study of a marine labora tory in the Caribbean and a study in which the author traced the development of photographic identification of cetacean, this article characterizes "gadget-scientists" in their research quest for scientific knowledge
Citizen science · Cognitive science · Data science · Engineering ethics · Field (mathematics · Gadget · Identification (biology · Knowledge management · Scientific discovery · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of scientific knowledge · Tinker · Computer Science · Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies · Engineering · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Psychology
A Practice-Based Model of Access for Science
Technicians
Getting there … and back
Revisiting the notion of boundary object
Engaging Technology
The specificity of the scientific field and the social conditions of the progress of reason
Raymond Carver and the voices of everyday life
Unearthing the Infrastructure
On Cooling the Tourist Out Notes on the Management of Spoiled Expectations
The 35mm Solution
The old, the new, or the old made new? Everyday counter-narratives of the so-called fourth agricultural revolution
Devices and Educational Change
Easily Cracked
Retour sur la notion d'objet-frontière
Regreso sobre la noción de objeto frontera
Mobilizing Networks
Symbolic Interactionism in Social Studies of Science
Experience and nature.
The Right Tools for the Job
The structure of scientific revolutions
Normative Reflexions on Constructivist Approaches to Science and Technology
Technology as Practice
Institutional Ecology, `Translations' and Boundary Objects
Constructing `Do-able' Problems in Cancer Research
Towards a Feminized Technology? Gendered Values in the Construction of Technology
Sacrifice and the Transformation of the Animal Body into a Scientific Object
Scientific Work and Social Worlds
The social organisation of a university laboratory
Researching the Precambrian Biosphere
Lists, field guides, and the descriptive organization of seeing
Working knowledge
Art As Collective Action
The Ad Hoc Collective Work of Building Gothic Cathedrals with Templates, String, and Geometry
The mysterious morphology of immiscible liquids
Types of science, organizational strategies and patterns of work in research laboratories in different scientific fields
New Developments in Science Studies
The Manufacture of Knowledge
Modern Science as a Social Problem
The Nature of Social Pasts and Their Use as Foundations for Situated Action
The Social Dynamics of Technical Innovation in the Computing World
Reflections on Fieldwork in Morocco
Tinkering toward success
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 1975 - 2022 (48) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |