Article ID: CBB952096867

Explaining Structural Constraints on Lay Participation in Field Science (2019)

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Using an example from the author’s work on field science in the American West in the early twentieth century, this essay considers how structural constraints on the interactions between scientists and lay people in the field might be explained. Not only is there unusually abundant source evidence about a local ranching family living near a paleontological field site, but the Cooks were especially assertive in attempting to exert influence. This example functions as a thickly documented limiting case for testing the constraints on lay participation in field practice during this period.

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Authors & Contributors
Priebe, Norman F.
Charles G.M. Paxton
Strapac, Joseph A.
Cataldi, Maddalena
Zizzamia, Daniel
Jordan C. Mallon
Concepts
Paleontology
Public understanding of science
Fossils
Field work
Science and society
Geology
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
17th century
10th century
Places
Western states (U.S.)
United States
Canada
Barcelona (Spain)
Italy
Germany
Institutions
Cornell University, Laboratory of Ornithology
Cornell Library of Natural Sounds
Great Northern Railway Company
University of Padua
Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Pittsburgh)
University of Nebraska
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