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The Silences of Science - Gaps and Pauses in the Communication of Science (Paperback)
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The Silences of Science - Gaps and Pauses in the Communication of Science (Paperback)
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Over the last half century scholars from a range of disciplines
have attempted to theorise silence. Naively we tend to think of
silence negatively, as a lack, an emptiness. Yet silence studies
shows that silence is more than mere absence. All speech
incorporates silence, not only in the gaps between words or the
pauses that facilitate turn taking, but in the omissions that
result from the necessary selectivity of communicative acts. Thus
silence is significant in and of itself; it is a sign that has
socially-constructed (albeit context -dependent and ambiguous)
meanings. To date, studies of science communication have focussed
on what is said rather than what is not said. They have highlighted
the content of communication rather than its form, and have largely
ignored the gaps, pauses and lacunae that are an essential, and
meaningful, part of any communicative act. Both the sociology of
science and the history of science have also failed to highlight
the varied functions of silence in the practice of science, despite
interests in tacit knowledge and cultures of secrecy. Through a
range of case studies from historical and contemporary situations,
this volume draws attention to the significance of silence, its
different qualities and uses, and the nature, function and meaning
of silence for science and technology studies.
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