Inside Science: Stories from the Field in Human and Animal Science - Couverture rigide

Kohler, Robert E

 
9780226617985: Inside Science: Stories from the Field in Human and Animal Science
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 022661798X ISBN 13 : 9780226617985
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2019

Synopsis

Context and situation always matter in both human and animal lives. Unique insights can be gleaned from conducting scientific studies from within human communities and animal habitats. Inside Science is a novel treatment of this distinctive mode of fieldwork. Robert E. Kohler illuminates these resident practices through close analyses of classic studies: of Trobriand Islanders, Chicago hobos, corner boys in Boston's North End, Jane Goodall's chimpanzees of the Gombe Stream Reserve, and more. Intensive firsthand observation; a preference for generalizing from observed particulars, rather than from universal principles; and an ultimate framing of their results in narrative form characterize these inside stories from the field.

Resident observing takes place across a range of sciences, from anthropology and sociology to primatology, wildlife ecology, and beyond. What makes it special, Kohler argues, is the direct access it affords scientists to the contexts in which their subjects live and act. These scientists understand their subjects not by keeping their distance but by living among them and engaging with them in ways large and small. This approach also demonstrates how science and everyday life--often assumed to be different and separate ways of knowing--are in fact overlapping aspects of the human experience. This story-driven exploration is perfect for historians, sociologists, and philosophers who want to know how scientists go about making robust knowledge of nature and society.

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À propos de l'auteur

Robert E. Kohler is a professor of the history and sociology of science at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Lords of the Fly: Drosophila Genetics and the Experimental Life, published by the University of Chicago Press.

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Éditeur
University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
022661798X
ISBN 13 
9780226617985
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
264
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