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Science and technology in a multicultural world: The cultural politics of facts and artifacts (1995)

Hess, David J. (Author)

Columbia University Press
Publication date: 1995

Publication Date: 1995
Physical Details: xii + 311 pp.; notes; bibl.; index

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Description Contents: The cultural construction of science and technology. The origins of western science: Technototems in the Scientific Revolution. Temporal cultures and technoscience. The social relations and structures of scientific and technical communities. Science and technology at large: Cultural reconstruction in broader society. Other ways of knowing and doing: The ethnoknowledges and non-western medicines. Cosmopolitan technologies, native peoples, and resistance struggles. Conclusions: Science, technology, and the multicultural education.

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Review Heath, D. (1997) Review of "Science and technology in a multicultural world: The cultural politics of facts and artifacts". American Anthropologist (pp. 144-46). unapi

Review Inkster, I. (1996) Review of "Science and technology in a multicultural world: The cultural politics of facts and artifacts". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 527-28). unapi

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