November 23, 2010
by peter.taylor
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This post describes an activity that addresses the shortcomings and potentialities of i. Intersecting process accounts, ii. Mapping by researchers of “connections” that motivated, facilitated, or constrained their inquiry and action; and iii. Historical Scan to set the scene in … Continue reading
November 22, 2010
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I want more people to think in terms of intersecting processes, which means being able to read the diagrams I present, appreciate the theoretical implications of the concept, start to make their own accounts and diagrammatic depictions, and teach others … Continue reading
November 21, 2010
by peter.taylor
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Although the goals of mapping workshops were not fully met in the initial experiments described in the previous post, lessons can be drawn for the more general project of helping researchers reflect on their situatedness and act self-consciously to change … Continue reading
November 20, 2010
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According to the perspective of heterogeneous construction, scientists mobilize a diversity of resources and, in so doing, engage with a range of social agents. Similarly, when interpreters of science delimit the relevant resources and agents, they also mobilize resources and … Continue reading
November 18, 2010
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Attention to practice—to what scientists actually do—was a key development in the interpretation of science during the 1980s. This development is covered well by the collection of essays, Science as Practice and Culture (Pickering 1992a), and in the editor’s introduction … Continue reading
November 17, 2010
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In its broadest sense, the claim that scientific knowledge is constructed amounts to saying that it is not simply drawn from nature. According to a minimal definition of constructionism, what counts as knowledge is contingent on the scientific method or … Continue reading
November 16, 2010
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The description of the building of the KFM [in the previous posts], although brief and partial, is sufficient to introduce six themes or propositions about the processes of making science and interpretation of those processes. These themes are put forward … Continue reading
November 15, 2010
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My analysis of the Kerang project begins with the modeling because that was the part that I, as a participant, observed most closely. I refer to myself in the third person as “the modeler” to express some distance between my … Continue reading
November 14, 2010
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The concept of heterogeneous construction applied to science highlights the ways that scientists mobilize a diversity of resources and, in so doing, engage with a range of social agents. This idea is illustrated in the next three posts. In this … Continue reading
November 13, 2010
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Heterogeneous construction is a variant of the idea of intersecting processes, which, in turn, is an attempt to discipline without suppressing the unruliness of complexity. The concept of heterogeneous construction can be illustrated by reference to the previous post on … Continue reading