The first English-language collection to establish curiosity
studies as a unique field  From science and technology to
business and education, curiosity is often taken for granted as an
unquestioned good. And yet, few people can define curiosity.
Curiosity Studies marshals scholars from more than a dozen fields
not only to define curiosity but also to grapple with its ethics as
well as its role in technological advancement and global
citizenship. While intriguing research on curiosity has occurred in
numerous disciplines for decades, no rigorously cross-disciplinary
study has existed—until now. Curiosity Studies stages an
interdisciplinary conversation about what curiosity is and what
resources it holds for human and ecological flourishing. These
engaging essays are integrated into four clusters: scientific
inquiry, educational practice, social relations, and transformative
power. By exploring curiosity through the practice of scientific
inquiry, the contours of human learning, the stakes of social
difference, and the potential of radical imagination, these
clusters focus and reinvigorate the study of this universal but
slippery phenomenon: the desire to know. Against the
assumption that curiosity is neutral, this volume insists that
curiosity has a history and a political import and requires
precision to define and operationalize. As various fields deepen
its analysis, a new ecosystem for knowledge production can
flourish, driven by real-world problems and a commitment to solve
them in collaboration. By paying particular attention to pedagogy
throughout, Curiosity Studies equips us to live critically and
creatively in what might be called our new Age of Curiosity.
Contributors: Danielle S. Bassett, U of Pennsylvania; Barbara M.
Benedict, Trinity College; Susan Engel, Williams College; Ellen K.
Feder, American U; Kristina T. Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology; Narendra Keval; Christina León, Princeton U; Tyson
Lewis, U of North Texas; Amy Marvin, U of Oregon; Hilary M. Schor,
U of Southern California; Seeta Sistla, Hampshire College; Heather
Anne Swanson, Aarhus U.
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