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Respecifying Lab Ethnography delivers the first ethnomethodological
study of current experimental physics in action, describing the
disciplinary orientation of lab work and exploring the discipline
in its social order, formal stringency and skilful performance - in
situ and in vivo. Drawing upon extensive participant observation,
this book articulates and draws upon two major strands of
ethnomethodological inquiry: reflexive ethnography and video
analysis. In bringing together these two approaches, which have
hitherto existed in parallel, Respecifying Lab Ethnography
introduces a practice-based video analysis. In doing so, the book
recasts conventional distinctions to shed fresh light on
methodological issues surrounding the descriptive investigation of
social practices more broadly. An engaged and innovative study of
the encountered worksite, this book will appeal not only to
sociologists with interests in ethnomethodology and the sociology
of work, but also to scholars of science and technology studies and
those working in the fields of ethnography and social science
methodology.
This pioneering book homes in on repair as an everyday practice.
Bringing together exemplary ethnographies of repair work around the
world, it examines the politics of repair, its work settings and
intricate networks, in and across a wide range of situations, lay
and professional. The book evidences the topical relevance of
situated inquiry into breakdown, repair, and maintenance for
engaging with the contemporary world more broadly. Airplanes and
artworks, bicycles and buildings, cars and computers, medical
devices and mobile phones, as virtually any commodity,
infrastructure or technical artifact, have in common their
occasional breakdown, if not inbuilt obsolescence. Hence the point
and purpose of closely examining how and when they are fixed.
Over the last two decades, multiple initiatives of
transdisciplinary collaboration across art, science, and technology
have seen the light of day. Why, by whom, and under what
circumstances are such initiatives promoted? What does their
experimental character look like - and what can be learned,
epistemologically and institutionally, from probing the multiple
practices of "art/science" at work? In answer to the questions
raised, Practicing Art/Science contrasts topical positions and
insightful case studies, ranging from the detailed investigation of
"art at the nanoscale" to the material analysis of Leonardo's Mona
Lisa and its cracked smile. In so doing, this volume brings to bear
the "practice turn" in science and technology studies on the
empirical investigation of multifaceted experimentation across
contemporary art, science, and technology in situ. Against the
background of current discourse on "artistic research," the
introduction not only explains the particular relevance of the
"practice turn" in STS to tackle the interdisciplinary task at
hand, but offers also a timely survey of varying strands of
artistic experimentation. In bringing together ground-breaking
studies from internationally renowned scholars and upcoming
researchers in sociology, art theory and artistic practice, as well
as history and philosophy of science, Practicing Art/Science will
be essential reading for practitioners and professionals in said
fields, as well as postgraduate students and representatives of
higher education and research policy more broadly.
Respecifying Lab Ethnography delivers the first ethnomethodological
study of current experimental physics in action, describing the
disciplinary orientation of lab work and exploring the discipline
in its social order, formal stringency and skilful performance - in
situ and in vivo. Drawing upon extensive participant observation,
this book articulates and draws upon two major strands of
ethnomethodological inquiry: reflexive ethnography and video
analysis. In bringing together these two approaches, which have
hitherto existed in parallel, Respecifying Lab Ethnography
introduces a practice-based video analysis. In doing so, the book
recasts conventional distinctions to shed fresh light on
methodological issues surrounding the descriptive investigation of
social practices more broadly. An engaged and innovative study of
the encountered worksite, this book will appeal not only to
sociologists with interests in ethnomethodology and the sociology
of work, but also to scholars of science and technology studies and
those working in the fields of ethnography and social science
methodology.
This new Yearbook addresses the question of how policy, place, and
organization are made to matter for a new research field to emerge.
Bringing together leading historians, sociologists, and
organizational researchers on science and technology, the volume
answers this question by offering in-depth case studies and
comparative perspectives on multiple research fields in their
nascent stage, including molecular biology and materials science,
nanotechnology, and synthetic biology. The Yearbook brings to bear
the lessons of constructivist ethnography and the "practice turn"
in Science and Technology Studies (STS) more broadly on the
qualitative, comparative, and critical inquiry of new research
fields. In doing so, it offers unprecedented insights into the
complex interplay of national research policies, regional clusters,
particular research institutions, and novel research practices in
and for any emerging field of (techno-)science. It systematically
investigates national and regional differences, including the
variable mobilization of such differences, and probes them for
organizational topicality and policy relevance.
Over the last two decades, multiple initiatives of
transdisciplinary collaboration across art, science, and technology
have seen the light of day. Why, by whom, and under what
circumstances are such initiatives promoted? What does their
experimental character look like - and what can be learned,
epistemologically and institutionally, from probing the multiple
practices of "art/science" at work? In answer to the questions
raised, Practicing Art/Science contrasts topical positions and
insightful case studies, ranging from the detailed investigation of
"art at the nanoscale" to the material analysis of Leonardo's Mona
Lisa and its cracked smile. In so doing, this volume brings to bear
the "practice turn" in science and technology studies on the
empirical investigation of multifaceted experimentation across
contemporary art, science, and technology in situ. Against the
background of current discourse on "artistic research," the
introduction not only explains the particular relevance of the
"practice turn" in STS to tackle the interdisciplinary task at
hand, but offers also a timely survey of varying strands of
artistic experimentation. In bringing together ground-breaking
studies from internationally renowned scholars and upcoming
researchers in sociology, art theory and artistic practice, as well
as history and philosophy of science, Practicing Art/Science will
be essential reading for practitioners and professionals in said
fields, as well as postgraduate students and representatives of
higher education and research policy more broadly.
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