Science is usually known by its most successful figures and
resource-rich institutions. In stark contrast, Creativity from the
Periphery draws our attention to unknown figures in science - those
who remain marginalized, even neglected, within its practices.
Researchers in early twentieth-century colonial India, for example,
have made significant contributions to the stock of scientific
knowledge and have provided science with new breakthroughs and
novel ideas, but to little acclaim. As Deepanwita Dasgupta argues,
sometimes the best ideas in science are born from difficult and
resource-poor conditions. In this study, she turns our attention to
these peripheral actors, shedding new light on how scientific
creativity operates in lesser-known, marginalized contexts, and how
the work of self-trained researchers, though largely ignored, has
contributed to important conceptual shifts. Her book presents a new
philosophical framework for understanding this peripheral
creativity in science through the lens of trading zones - where
knowledge is exchanged between two unequal communities - and
explores the implications for the future diversity of transnational
science.
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