Dying Bees and the Social Production of Ignorance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5337221 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Lee Kleinman (0000-0002-8747-0851, Kyung Hee University, corresponding author), Sainath Suryanarayanan (0000-0003-4680-7224, Department of Community & Environmental Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 492-517 |
| Publication date | 2013-07-01 |
| 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 | 10.1177/0162243912442575 |
| OpenAlex | W2157933272 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 113 |
| References cited | 26 |
This article utilizes the ongoing debates over the role of certain agricultural insecticides in causing Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD)-the phenomenon of accelerated bee die-offs in the United States and elsewhere-as an opportunity to contribute to the emerging literature on the social production of ignorance. In our effort to understand the social contexts that shape knowledge/nonknowledge production in this case, we develop the concept of epistemic form. Epistemic form is the suite of concepts, methods, measures, and interpretations that shapes the ways in which actors produce knowledge and ignorance in their professional/intellectual fields of practice. In the CCD controversy, we examine how the (historically influenced) privileging of certain epistemic forms intersects with the social dynamics of academic, regulatory, and corporate organizations to lead to the institutionalization of three interrelated and overlapping types of ignorance. We consider the effects of these types of ignorance on US regulatory policy and on the lives of different stakeholders
Economics · Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Ignorance · Institutionalisation · Knowledge management · Knowledge production · Phenomenon · Political science · Sociology · Computer Science · Engineering · Genetically Modified Organisms Research · Insect and Pesticide Research · Law · Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity
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| Unique citing works | 113 |
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| Citations per year | 8,07 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 107 |