Book ID: CBB458388554

Creativity from the Periphery: Trading Zones of Scientific Exchange in Colonial India (2021)

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Dasgupta, Deepanwita (Author)


University of Pittsburgh Press


Publication Date: 2021
Physical Details: 312
Language: English

Science is usually known by its most successful figures and resource-rich institutions. In stark contrast, Creativity from the Periphery draws our attention to unknown figures in science--those who remain marginalized, even neglected, within its practices. Researchers in early twentieth-century colonial India, for example, have made significant contributions to the stock of scientific knowledge and have provided science with new breakthroughs and novel ideas, but to little acclaim. As Deepanwita Dasgupta argues, sometimes the best ideas in science are born from difficult and resource-poor conditions. In this study, she turns our attention to these peripheral actors, shedding new light on how scientific creativity operates in lesser-known, marginalized contexts, and how the work of self-trained researchers, though largely ignored , has contributed to important conceptual shifts. Her book presents a new philosophical framework for understanding this peripheral creativity in science through the lens of trading zones--where knowledge is exchanged between two unequal communities--and explores the implications for the future diversity of transnational science.

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Authors & Contributors
Axelby, Richard
Arnab Chakraborty
Bhargava, Prakrati
Manjapra, Kris
Johnson-Roehr, Susan N.
Gibson, Mary Ellis
Concepts
Colonialism
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Great Britain, colonies
India, civilization and culture
Science and society
Medicine
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
17th century
Early modern
20th century
Places
India
Calcutta (India)
North Africa
Japan
Germany
British Isles
Institutions
Botanic Garden (Calcutta, India)
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
British East India Company
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