Jeanette (Hrsg.) Edwards

Anthropology and Science

Epistemologies in Practice

Buch

What does it mean to know something - scientifically, anthropologically, socially? What is the relationship between different forms of knowledge and ways of knowing? How is knowledge mobilised in society and to what ends? Drawing on ethnographic examples from across the world, and from the virtual and global places created by new information technologies, Anthropology and Science presents examples of living and dynamic epistemologies and practices, and of how scientific ways of knowing operate in the world. Authors address the nature of both scientific and experiential knowledge, and look at competing and alternative ideas about what it means… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Harvey, Penny (Hrsg.) / Wade, Peter (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-84520-499-0
EAN: 9781845204990
Produktnummer: 33592886
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Seitenangabe: 220 S.
Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D0.0 cm
Sonstiges: Tertiary Education (US: College)

Über den Autor

Jeanette Edwards is Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester. Penny Harvey is Professor of Social Anthropology, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester.Peter Wade is Professor of Social Anthropology, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester.