Turning Experts Into Self-Reflexive Speakers: The Problematization of Technical-Scientific Expertise Relative to Alternative Forms of Expertise. (February 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mogendorff, Karen; te Molder, Hedwig; van Woerkum, Cees; Gremmen, Bart
• Is Part Of: Science communication. Volume 38:Number 1(2016:Jan.)
• Page Start: 26
• Page End: 50
• Publication Date: 2016-02
• Subjects: experts' discourse -- discursive psychology -- reflexive problematization -- discursive action method -- technical-scientific expertise -- follow-up study; Social sciences -- Periodicals; Knowledge, Sociology of -- Periodicals; Communication in science -- Periodicals; Communication of technical information -- Periodicals; Communication in medicine -- Periodicals; Information scientifique -- Périodiques; Information technique -- Périodiques; Communication en sciences sociales -- Périodiques; Communication en médecine -- Périodiques; 300.14
• DOI: 10.1177/1075547015615113
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1075-5470

Abstract

Bio-experts' portrayals of laypeople are considered problematic. Two discursive action method workshops with 17 participants were organized to discover whether plant experts can engage in reflexive problematization of their own talk about and in front of laypeople and whether plant experts' analyses may offer insights with regard to the hegemony of technical-scientific expertise. Participants discussed the interactional effects of real-life expert talk. Plant experts' discussions indicate that they can problematize how their talk-in-interaction helps reproduce the supremacy of technical-scientific expertise. Results also suggest that plant experts may offer complementary insights to social scientists' analyses of plant experts' talk.