| Culturing Bioscience Contributor(s): Krautwurst, Udo (Author) |
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ISBN: 144260462X ISBN-13: 9781442604629 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 306.45 |
| LCCN: 2014451476 |
| Series: Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Charting the rise and fall of an experimental biomedical facility at a North American university, Culturing Bioscience offers a fascinating glimpse into scientific culture and the social and political context in which that culture operates. Krautwurst nests the discussion of scientific culture within a series of levels from the lab to the global political economy. In the process he explores a number of topics, including: the social impact of technology; researchers' relationships with sophisticated equipment; what scientists actually do in a laboratory; what role science plays in the contemporary university; and the way bioscience interacts with local, regional, and global governments. The result is a rich case study that illustrates a host of contemporary issues in the social study of science. |
Contributor Bio(s): Krautwurst, Udo: - Udo Krautwurst is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Prince Edward Island. He is a social theorist with a particular interest in the anthropology of representation, practice, and the historical confrontations between forms of knowledge production and technology. |
