Materiality and Scientific Practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7078294 |
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| Authors | Andre L Müller (0000-0001-5702-7368, Osnabrück University, corresponding author), Anna‐lisa Müller |
| Year | 2020 |
| Pages | 1-3 |
| Publication date | 2020-04-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosm049.pub2 |
| OpenAlex | W4245644438 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
Materiality informs scientific practice in two different ways: as constitutive element in doing scientific research and in forming scientific knowledge, and as topic of (sociological) research practice. Laboratory studies highlighted the social processes behind the “manufacture of knowledge” and the constitutive role materiality plays in forming and performing scientific practices. As a topic of sociological scientific practice, materiality's symbolic dimension and its effects on individual and collective processes are the subject of research. In addition, materiality is increasingly analyzed with regard to its agentic character, ultimately striving at overcoming the human/nonhuman dichotomy. These two strands of sociological research highlight, in different ways, the role that materiality plays at the micro‐, meso‐, and macrolevel of societies
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Materiality (auditing · Social science · Sociological research · Sociology · Sociology of scientific knowledge · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Philosophy · Social and Cultural Dynamics
| Highly cited | No |
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