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Untangling Context

Understanding a University Laboratory in the Commercial World

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ID5218441
AuthorsDaniel Lee Kleinman (0000-0002-8747-0851, Georgia Institute of Technology, corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume23
Issue3
Pages285-314
Publication date1998-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScience Technology & Human Values (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0162-2439 • E-ISSN: 1552-8251
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/016224399802300302
OpenAlexW2143299618
LanguageEN
Citations received44
References cited68

The past twenty years have been an incredibly productive period in science studies. Still, because recent work in science studies puts a spotlight on agency and enabling situa tions, many practitioners in the field ignore, underplay, or dismiss the possibility that historically established, structurally stable attributes of the world may systemically shape practice at the laboratory level. This article questions this general position. Draw ing on data from a participant observation study of a university biology laboratory, it describes five features of the institutional landscape that shape this laboratory's practice

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Citations per year1,63
Citation span1999 - 2024 (26)
Citation velocityrecent
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