Although controversial, science studies has emerged in the 1990s as a significant culture
area within anthropology. Various histories inform the cultural analysis of science, both …

The current development towards 'science for all'in all parts of the globe necessitates that
consideration be given to how pupils move between their everyday life‐world and the world …

Meet the people who design the algorithms that capture our musical tastes. The people who
make music recommender systems have lofty goals: they want to broaden listeners' horizons …

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is the sender and receiver of messages in my e-mail address. So let us investigate how this …

How does science create knowledge? Epistemic cultures, shaped by affinity, necessity, and
historical coincidence, determine how we know what we know. In this book, Karin Knorr …

INTRODUCING QUALITATIVE METHODS provides a series of volumes which introduce
qualitative research to the student and beginning researcher. The approach is …

The most common social phenomenon of Western societies is the organization, yet those
involved in real-world managing are not always willing to reveal the intricacies of their …

This book critically examines the potential of, and suggests ways forward in, harnessing a
versatile and powerful method of research-focus groups. The book challenges some of the …

Rich with the voices and stories of participants, these touching, firsthand accounts examine
how women of diverse racial, ethnic, class and religious backgrounds perceive prenatal …