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List of contents
Introduction
Part I Revolutionizing Science as Intersubjective Accomplishment
2. Negotiating Asymmetrical Boundary Objects Between Science and Industry
3. Environmental Problems as Expert Claims Making Activity
Part II Public Sociology, Scientific Expertise and Environmental Risk
4. Ethnographic Public Sociology: Accomplishing Mode 2 interdisciplinary collaboration
5. Green Frustrations: The contested public perception of ‘eco-friendly technology
Part III Troubled Science: Turning to First Nations for Inspiration and Collaboration
6. First Nations TEK as a Resource for Managing Science-Activist Identities
7. Uncovering Flawed Technocratic Risk Logics in First Nations Water
8. Conclusion
Summary
An ethnographic study of environmental scientists and engineers involved in an initiative to create alternative forms of knowledge production and exchange, this book sheds light on the growing movement in science aimed at democratizing and humanizing science, and making space for lay expertise in an effort to more effectively address social, economic, and environmental risks. Following the lived experience of participatory science, as members collaborate with potential stakeholders in industry, government, the public and First Nations on ‘real’ problems, the author explores the modification of science as an ongoing accomplishment based on a new paradigm that involves non-scientific partners.
