Science and the politics of openness : here be monsters /

The phrase 'here be monsters' or 'here be dragons' is commonly believed to have been used on ancient maps to indicate unexplored territories which might hide unknown beasts. This book maps and explores places between science and politics that have been left unexplored, sometimes...

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Other Authors:	Hartley, Sarah (Editor), Nerlich, Brigitte (Editor), Raman, Sujatha (Editor), Smith, Alexander (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Manchester, England : Manchester University Press, 2018.
Subjects:	Science > Social aspects. Science > Political aspects. Science > Moral and ethical aspects. Communication in science. Sciences > Aspect social. Sciences > Aspect politique. Sciences > Aspect moral. Information scientifique. Society and social sciences Society and social sciences. Sociology and anthropology. Sociology. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General. Communication in science Science > Moral and ethical aspects Science > Political aspects Science > Social aspects Expertise Openness Politics Public Religion Responsibility Science Sciene and Technology studies Society Sociology Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction
Chapter 1 : Transparency / Benjamin Worthy
Chapter 2 : Open access : the beast that no-one could - or should - control? / Stephen Curry
Chapter 3 : Assuaging fears of monstrousness : UK and Swiss initiatives to open up animal laboratory research / Carmen M. McLeod
Chapter 4 : What counts as evidence in adjudicating asylum claims? Locating the monsters in the machine : an investigation of faith-based claims / Roda Madziva and Vivien Lowndes
Chapter 5 : Responsibility / Barbara Prainsack and Sabina Leonelli
Chapter 6 : Leviathan and the hybrid network : Future Earth, co-production and the experimental life of a global institution / Eleanor Hadley Kershaw
Chapter 7 : 'Opening up' energy transitions research for development / Alison Mohr
Chapter 8 : The monstrous regiment versus Monsters Inc. : competing imaginaries of science and social order in responsible (research and) innovation / Stevienna de Saille and Paul Martin
Chapter 9 : Expertise / Mark B. Brown
Chapter 10 : Disentangling risk assessment: new roles for experts and publics / Sarah Hartley and Adam Kokotovich
Chapter 11 : Monstrous materialities : ash dieback and plant biosecurity in Britain / Judith Tsouvalis
Chapter 12 : An Inconvenient Truth: a social representation of scientific expertise / Warren Pearce and Brigitte Nerlich
Chapter 13 : Science matters and the public interest : the role of minority engagement / Sujatha Raman, Pru Hobson-West, Mimi E. Lam and Kate Millar
Chapter 14 : Faith / Chris Toumey
Chapter 15 : Re-examining 'creationist' monsters in the uncharted waters of social studies of science and religion / Fern Elsdon-Baker
Chapter 16 : Playing God : religious influences on the depictions of science in mainstream movies / David A. Kirby and Amy C. Chambers
Chapter 17 : Afterword : monstrous markets : neo-liberalism, populism and the demise of the public university / John Holmwood and Jan Balon
Chapter 18 : Epilogue : publics, hybrids, transparency, monsters and the changing landscape around science / Stephen Turner