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Which responsibility? -part 2- (…continues from the previous entry)
19/03
2006
2006
First of all thanks to all those who have so far contributed to this call for comments, which I plan to close on April 1st. I briefly recapitulate the line ... Which responsibility? -part 2- (…continues from the previous entry)
Science, Politics and Responsibility: An Agenda for the Governance of Innovation and Technology
07/03
2006
2006
"When we go from ‘daily life’ to scientific activity, from the man in the street to the man in the laboratory, from politics to expert opinion, we do not go ... Science, Politics and Responsibility: An Agenda for the Governance of Innovation and Technology
An extract from the Oxford English Dictionary about the definition of the term ‘policy’
06/03
2006
2006
III. 8. attrib. and Comb., as (sense 5) policy decision, document, -maker, -making, statement; policy-making adj.; policy science (see quot. 1951); hence policy scientist. 1960 I. JEFFERIES Dignity & Purity ... An extract from the Oxford English Dictionary about the definition of the term ‘policy’
Which responsibility? – part 1- …This call for comments continues in the next entry…
02/02
2006
2006
The ambitious goal of this call is that of initiating an exploration of possible ways of reflecting on the concepts of responsibility and innovation, without losing sight of the social, ... Which responsibility? – part 1- …This call for comments continues in the next entry…
Practice and Cognition, an anthropological view
14/11
2005
2005
About the topic, already touched upon in the previous posts, of the role played by communities of practice in the processes of emergence and management of innovation, I wish to ... Practice and Cognition, an anthropological view
Art and innovation
12/09
2005
2005
This is the first of a series of reviews that Valentina Porcellana will present on the anthropology of art as innovation. Many aspects of artistic practice are linked to the ... Art and innovation
‘Audit Cultures’, by Marilyn Strathern – Book review
22/07
2005
2005
In her edited collection Audit Cultures published in 2000 by Routledge, one of the leading figures of British anthropology, Marilyn Strathern, sets out to chart a new “kind of culture ... ‘Audit Cultures’, by Marilyn Strathern – Book review
On the Governance of Scientific Innovation and the Avoidance of Irresponsibility (PART 2)
05/07
2005
2005
It is widely acknowledged that in a number of countries trust in political organisations has recently declined. Some are under attack as a result of their non-compliance with issues of ... On the Governance of Scientific Innovation and the Avoidance of Irresponsibility (PART 2)
Introduction
04/06
2005
2005
This space is devoted to the anthropology of innovation and strives to offer both a service to the readers and a scientific contribution. The aim is precisely to try and ... Introduction
On the Governance of Scientific Innovation and the Avoidance of Irresponsibility (PART 1)
01/06
2005
2005
At the centre of the debate within the EU as well as across the Atlantic is a rising problematisation of the definition of roles and responsibilities over the way in ... On the Governance of Scientific Innovation and the Avoidance of Irresponsibility (PART 1)
The democratic responsibility of scientific power
01/05
2005
2005
Public governance of science challenges the very same definition of what is considered scientific, and therefore in a variety of respects, elitist, closed and unaccountable to the laymen before the ... The democratic responsibility of scientific power
Terri Schiavo: Innovation, Decision Making and the Future of Ethics
02/04
2005
2005
Across the Atlantic, people are shocked to watch in real time the ‘phasing out’ of Terri Schiavo, which has been declared as living in a ‘vegetative state’ as a result ... Terri Schiavo: Innovation, Decision Making and the Future of Ethics