Message posted on 13/01/2020
Yet another session in Prague
Dear colleagues, <br> <br>At the EASST/4S conference in Prague, we would like to discuss the <br>inclusion of researchers in their scientific communities. We think that <br>this concept has the potential to integrate a large body of studies that <br>are often unconnected. While aspects of fairness and justice are often <br>on the forefront of this research, we are particularly interested in <br>functional aspects, i.e. in negative consequences of for the production <br>of knowledge that arise from constraints on the inclusion of researchers <br>in their scientific communities. This led us to the following abstract: <br> <br>*Inclusion in scientific communities* <br> <br>The original conception of scientific communities by Robert Merton, <br>Thomas Kuhn and Michael Polanyi implied the idea that all members of <br>scientific communities equally participate in the production of <br>scientific knowledge. Meanwhile, science studies have uncovered many <br>constraints that limit the participation of researchers in the knowledge <br>production processes and decision processes of their scientific <br>communities. Examples include constraints based on gender, ethnicity, <br>access to means for research, or non-mainstream approaches in research. <br>At the international level, several scientific communities have begun a <br>discussion about a North-Western dominance in the selection of topics <br>and approaches. In addition to these constraints, which could be <br>considered endogenous to scientific communities, political decision <br>produce constraints by limiting access to resources, imposing secrecy, <br>or restricting travel and other forms of communication and collaboration. <br> <br>The purpose of this open session is to explore the potential of studying <br>these phenomena from a perspective of researchers limited inclusion in <br>(or exclusion from) their scientific communities. We suggest considering <br>inclusion as the way in which researchers participate in knowledge <br>production and decision processes of their scientific communities, and <br>to look at mechanisms that constrain inclusion from a comparative <br>perspective. How are opportunities to participate in knowledge <br>production and decision-making distributed in international scientific <br>communities? Whose participation is restricted, and in which ways? What <br>mechanisms restrict inclusion? How does the inclusion of researchers, <br>national scientific communities, and world regions in the international <br>production of scientific knowledge change historically? <br> <br>The usual conditions (deadlines etc.) apply - you read them many times. <br> <br>Best wishes <br> <br>Jochen Gläser and Nelius Boshoff (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) <br> <br>-- <br>PD Dr Jochen Gläser <br> <br>Prof. Dr. Jochen Gläser <br> <br>Social Studies of Science and Technology <br> <br>Institute of Philosophy, History of Literature, Science, and Technology <br> <br>TU Berlin, HBS 7 <br> <br>Hardenbergstr. 16-18 <br> <br>10623 Berlin <br> <br>Germany <br>_______________________________________________ <br>EASST's Eurograd mailing list <br>Eurograd (at) lists.easst.net <br>Unsubscribe or edit subscription options: http://lists.easst.net/listinfo.cgi/eurograd-easst.net <br> <br>Meet us via https://twitter.com/STSeasst <br> <br>Report abuses of this list to Eurograd-owner@lists.easst.netview formatted text
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