Intercultural communication and science and technology studiesLuis Reyes-Galindo, Tiago Ribeiro Duarte, editors. - Cham : Springer International Publishing, (c)2017. - 1 online resource (244 pages)

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Acknowledgements; Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Figures ; List of Tables ; Chapter 1: Introduction: Intercultural Communication and Science and Technology Studies; Intercultural Models in STS (1): Trading Zones; Intercultural Models in STS (2): Trust; Intercultural Models in STS (3): Expertise and Enculturation; Intercultural Models in STS (4): Boundary Objects; Book Structure; Note; References; Part I: Interdisciplinary Communication; Chapter 2: Linking the Subcultures of Physics: Virtual Empiricism and the Bonding Role of Trust; The Social Gap Between High-Theory and Experiment You Need a Busload of Faith to Get ByOther Conceptual and Technical Barriers to Communication; Varieties of Trust; Trust and Social Distance; A Bundle of Trust: Virtual Empiricism; Reassessing Trust in STS Using Virtual Empiricism: Two Cases; Notes; References; Chapter 3: Mutual Linguistic Socialisation in Interdisciplinary Collaboration; Introduction; Paleoclimatology and Paleo-Modelling; Trade at Work: Collaboration Between Paleoclimatologists and Paleo-Modellers; Paleo-Modellers and Interactional Expertise in Paleoclimatology Paleoclimatologists and Interactional Expertise in Paleo-ModellingThe Mutual Linguistic Socialisation Process: Formal Courses; Mutual Linguistic Socialisation: Joint Supervision; Mutual Linguistic Socialisation in Scientific Events and in Research Projects; Mutual Linguistic Socialisation: Ambassadors; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 4: Science and Policies of Deforestation in the Amazon: Reflecting Ethnographically on Multidisciplinary Collaboration; Introduction; Environmental Science and the Amazon; Doing Ethnography of Science-Policy Interfaces; Following the Amazalert Project Reducing Society into ModelsPotential Contributions from Ethnography; Making Results Humbler; Conclusions; Notes; References; Chapter 5: From "Climate Sceptic" to "Dendro-­Sociologist": Considering the Role of Trust in the Communication of Science in Action; The Challenge of Communicating Science in Action; Overcoming Suspicions; Performing a Scientific Status; Eye-Witnessing Completeness; Encouraging Civil Scepticism; The Limits of Trust and Communication; Notes; References; Part II: Intercultural Communication Beyond Science's Boundaries Chapter 6: Epistemic Interactions Within and Outside Scientific Communities: Different or Analogous Processes?Introduction; PUS Studies: From the Cognitive Deficit Towards the Cognitive Deference; The Cognitive Deficit; The Deficits of the Deficit (And of Its Critics); The Cognitive Deference; Acquiring Knowledge from Others; Epistemic Exchanges Among Scientists; The Place of Testimony in the Epistemic Exchange; Assessing the Credibility of Epistemic Authorities; Concluding Remarks; Notes; References



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Intercultural communication.
Interdisciplinary research.
Communication in science.
Communication of technical information.


Electronic Books.

HM1211 / .I584 2017