Geissler, P. Wenzel (Author)
Ann H. Kelly (Author)
Social Studies of Science
Volume: 46
Issue: 6
Pages: 797-808
Edition Details: Guest edited issue on the Field Station, edited by P. Wenzel Geissler, Ann H. Kelly, and Sergio Sismondo
Language: English
A ‘halfway house’ between the generic, purified space of the laboratory and the varied and particular spaces of the field, the field station is a controlled yet uncontained setting from which nature can be accessed and anchored. As living quarters for visiting scientists, field stations are also enmeshed in the routine and rhythms of everyday domestic life, and in longer cycles of habitation, wear, and repair. This introduction considers the empirical and conceptual significance of Polar and Tropical field stations as homes for scientific work and scientific lives. The field station’s extra-territorial yet intimate character affects the credibility and circulation of knowledge along science’s frontiers. The challenge of making a home in the (non-temperate) field and the mundane experiences of expatriation and appropriation establish particular political dynamics of knowledge-making in these locations. They bring into focus the imaginaries of nature and science that drive transnational research and put into relief the aesthetic and affective dimensions of work and life in these distant homes for science. All these themes are pursued and amplified in a different medium by the artists who contributed to our research and are also featured in this special issue.
...MoreArticle P. Wenzel Geissler (December 2016) Exhibition: Science, ethnography, art. Social Studies of Science (pp. 961-981).
Article Alice Street (December 2016) The hospital and the hospital: Infrastructure, human tissue, labour and the scientific production of relational value. Social Studies of Science (pp. 938-960).
Article P. Wenzel Geissler; Ann H. Kelly (December 2016) Field station as stage: Re-enacting scientific work and life in Amani, Tanzania. Social Studies of Science (pp. 912-937).
Article Peder Roberts; Eric Paglia (December 2016) Science as national belonging: The construction of Svalbard as a Norwegian space. Social Studies of Science (pp. 894-911).
Article Guillaume Lachenal (December 2016) At home in the postcolony: Ecology, empire and domesticity at the Lamto field station, Ivory Coast. Social Studies of Science (pp. 877-893).
Article Martin Skrydstrup (December 2016) Of spheres and squares: Can Sloterdijk help us rethink the architecture of climate science?. Social Studies of Science (pp. 854-876).
Article Lys Alcayna-Stevens (December 2016) Habituating field scientists. Social Studies of Science (pp. 833-853).
Article Vanessa Heggie (December 2016) Higher and colder: The success and failure of boundaries in high altitude and Antarctic research stations. Social Studies of Science (pp. 809-832).
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