Article ID: CBB152974027

Science Communication as a Boundary Space: An Interactive Installation about the Social Responsibility of Science (May 2022)

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Science communication has traditionally been seen as a means of crossing the boundary of science: moving scientific knowledge into the public. This paper presents an alternative understanding. Drawing upon a particular case of social science communication in the form of an interactive installation about the social responsibility of science, it develops the concept of boundary space where phenomena can simultaneously belong to science and nonscience. In addition, the paper describes how the installation functions as a space for interaction between knowledge communication and knowledge production. The paper argues that we should understand science communication as a social practice, which allows scientists and nonscientists to cooperate in performing science as an important part of society. The aim is to add a new kind of analysis to traditional criticisms of deficit-thinking and popularization by asking what can we say more about science communication if we understand it as part of (rather than separated in time and space from) science as a social activity.

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Authors & Contributors
Pia Vuolanto
Andreas Folkers
Sven Opitz
Nina Klimburg-Witjes
Luis Reyes-Galindo
Lovett, Jessica Manning
Concepts
Technoscience; science and technology studies
Boundary work
Communication of scientific ideas
Case studies
Expertise
Controversies and disputes
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
20th century, late
Places
India
Arabian peninsula
Netherlands
Japan
Finland
China
Institutions
Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
Gulf Cooperation Council
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