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Author Krautwurst, Udo R. (Udo Rainer), 1959- author.

Title Culturing bioscience / Udo Krautwurst.

Publication Info. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Teaching culture: UTP ethnographies for the classroom
Teaching culture.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Intralude -- A theoretical and methodological intralude -- Intra-action and doing science : experiments, people, and technology -- Re-visioning scientific practice through the ACCBR -- What can you do in, to, and with a university? -- Science and/as development -- Globalizing bioscience and/as biocapital -- Concluding: Lessons from an open concept lab -- Appendix 1: A parable on changing assumptions, or, How to approximate agential realism -- Appendix 2: Fieldwork in the academy, and the ethics of ethics.
Summary "Charting the rise and fall of an experimental biomedical facility at a North American university, Culturing Bioscience offers a fascinating glimpse into scientific culture and the social and political context in which that culture operates. Krautwurst nests the discussion of scientific culture within a series of levels from the lab to the global political economy. In the process he explores a number of topics, including: the social impact of technology; researchers' relationships with sophisticated equipment; what scientists actually do in a laboratory; what role science plays in the contemporary university; and the way bioscience interacts with local, regional, and global governments. The result is a rich case study that illustrates a host of contemporary issues in the social study of science."--Publisher's description.
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Subject Life sciences -- Social aspects -- Case studies.
Life sciences -- Social aspects.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject Life sciences.
Life sciences -- Political aspects -- Case studies.
Life sciences -- Political aspects.
Life sciences -- Economic aspects -- Case studies.
Life sciences -- Government policy -- Case studies.
Government policy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Case studies.
Other Form: Print version:Krautwurst, Udo R. (Udo Rainer), 1959- Culturing bioscience. Teaching culture Teaching culture: UTP ethnographies for the classroom (CaOONL)20149020031
ISBN 9781442604636 (electronic book)
1442604638 (electronic book)