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Notes on the epistemological rupture between scientific and natural thought Open
This article revisits the concept of epistemological rupture by questioning the stark division between scientific and non-scientific thought. Drawing on the theory of representation, it contends that both forms of knowledge are socially co…
View article: `Pandem-icons' — exploring the characteristics of highly visible scientists during the Covid-19 pandemic
`Pandem-icons' — exploring the characteristics of highly visible scientists during the Covid-19 pandemic Open
The Covid-19 pandemic escalated demand for scientific explanations and guidance, creating opportunities for scientists to become publicly visible. In this study, we compared characteristics of visible scientists during the first year of th…
Archaeological representations in the media: the dominance of pseudo-Archeology Open
Contrary to a prevalent impression within the research community, pseudo-science is far from a marginal phenomenon, far from being a mere epiphenomenon in the mediascape. As this article shows, it constitutes a dominant trend since the 201…
View article: The COVID-19 mirror: reflecting science-society relationships across 11 countries
The COVID-19 mirror: reflecting science-society relationships across 11 countries Open
Twelve researchers from 11 countries used autoethnographic techniques, keeping diaries over 10 weeks of the COVID-19 crisis, to observe and reflect on changes in the role and cultural authority of science during important stages of viral a…
Introduction: A global trend, an emerging field, a multiplicity of understandings: Science communication in 39 countries Open
A global trend, an emerging field, a multiplicity of understandings: Science communication in 39 countries Toss Gascoigne and Bernard SchieleThis book is a comprehensive attempt to chart the history of science communication as it developed…
View article: Communicating Science: A Global Perspective
Communicating Science: A Global Perspective Open
Modern science communication has emerged in the twentieth century as a field of study, a body of practice and a profession—and it is a practice with deep historical roots. We have seen the birth of interactive science centres, the first un…
Cultures of Scientific Culture Open
The sciencescape has been completely transformed in just over 30 years. Science exerts such impact on today's society as to have completely remodelled it. The ways of appropriating knowledge, individual and collective, in terms of parcelli…