Intercultural communication and science and technology studies. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Luis Reyes-Galindo, Tiago Ribeiro Duarte, editors.
• Editors: Reyes-Galindo, Luis; Duarte, Tiago Ribeiro
• Contents: Intercultural communication and science and technology studies / Luis Reyes-Galindo and Tiago Ribeiro Duarte -- Linking the subcultures of physics : virtual empiricism and the bonding role of trust / Luis Reyes-Galindo -- Mutual linguistic socialisation in interdisciplinary collaboration / Tiago Ribeiro Duarte -- Science and policies of deforestation in the Amazon : reflecting ethnographically on multidisciplinary collaboration / Marko Monteiro -- From "climate sceptic" to "dendro-sociologist" : considering the role of trust in the communication of science in action / Meritxell Ramírez-i-Ollé -- Epistemic interactions within and outside scientific communities : different or analogous processes? / Carina G. Cortassa -- "The year of the gull" : demonisation of wildlife, pestilence and science in the British press -- Lisa Carr and Luis Reyes-Galindo -- From trading zones to buffer zones : art and metaphor in the communication of psychiatric genetics to publics / Jamie Lewis and Julia M. Thomas -- Communication in international technical cooperation : an anthropological systems approach / Letícia Cesarino. Acknowledgements; Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Figures ; List of Tables ; Chapter 1: Introduction: Intercultural Communication and Science and Technology Studies; Intercultural Models in STS (1): Trading Zones; Intercultural Models in STS (2): Trust; Intercultural Models in STS (3): Expertise and Enculturation; Intercultural Models in STS (4): Boundary Objects; Book Structure; Note; References; Part I: Interdisciplinary Communication; Chapter 2: Linking the Subcultures of Physics: Virtual Empiricism and the Bonding Role of Trust; The Social Gap Between High-Theory and Experiment. You Need a Busload of Faith to Get By; Other Conceptual and Technical Barriers to Communication; Varieties of Trust; Trust and Social Distance; A Bundle of Trust: Virtual Empiricism; Reassessing Trust in STS Using Virtual Empiricism: Two Cases; Notes; References; Chapter 3: Mutual Linguistic Socialisation in Interdisciplinary Collaboration; Introduction; Paleoclimatology and Paleo-Modelling; Trade at Work: Collaboration Between Paleoclimatologists and Paleo-Modellers; Paleo-Modellers and Interactional Expertise in Paleoclimatology. Paleoclimatologists and Interactional Expertise in Paleo-Modelling; The Mutual Linguistic Socialisation Process: Formal Courses; Mutual Linguistic Socialisation: Joint Supervision; Mutual Linguistic Socialisation in Scientific Events and in Research Projects; Mutual Linguistic Socialisation: Ambassadors; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 4: Science and Policies of Deforestation in the Amazon: Reflecting Ethnographically on Multidisciplinary Collaboration; Introduction; Environmental Science and the Amazon; Doing Ethnography of Science-Policy Interfaces; Following the Amazalert Project. Reducing Society into Models; Potential Contributions from Ethnography; Making Results Humbler; Conclusions; Notes; References; Chapter 5: From "Climate Sceptic" to "Dendro-ƯSociologist": Considering the Role of Trust in the Communication of Science in Action; The Challenge of Communicating Science in Action; Overcoming Suspicions; Performing a Scientific Status; Eye-Witnessing Completeness; Encouraging Civil Scepticism; The Limits of Trust and Communication; Notes; References; Part II: Intercultural Communication Beyond Science's Boundaries. Chapter 6: Epistemic Interactions Within and Outside Scientific Communities: Different or Analogous Processes?; Introduction; PUS Studies: From the Cognitive Deficit Towards the Cognitive Deference; The Cognitive Deficit; The Deficits of the Deficit (And of Its Critics); The Cognitive Deference; Acquiring Knowledge from Others; Epistemic Exchanges Among Scientists; The Place of Testimony in the Epistemic Exchange; Assessing the Credibility of Epistemic Authorities; Concluding Remarks; Notes; References.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 238 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 303.48/2; Social sciences; Intercultural communication; Interdisciplinary research; Communication in science; Communication of technical information; Communication in science; Communication of technical information; Intercultural communication; Interdisciplinary research; Social Science -- General; Cultural studies; Technology—Sociological aspects; Culture; Technology; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Sociology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319583655; 3319583654
• Related ISBNs: 9783319583648
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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