Instrumental Lives - Couverture rigide

Sekhsaria, Pankaj

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1138587672 ISBN 13 : 9781138587670

Editeur : Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

The book is an account of instrument making in a modern Indian scientific laboratory. It uses qualitative research methods such as interviews, historical analysis and laboratory ethnography, to present the micro-details of this enterprise, the counter-intuitive methods employed, and the un-expected material, human and intellectual resources that were mobilised in the process. It locates scientific research and innovation within the social, political and cultural context of a laboratory's physical location and asks important questions of the dominant narratives of innovation that remain fixated on quantitative metrics of publishing, patenting and generating commerce.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Pankaj Sekhsaria is Associate Professor at the Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas (C-TARA), IIT Bombay. He was until recently Senior Project Scientist at the DST-Centre for Policy Research, Department of Humanities and Social Science, IIT-Delhi. His research interests lie at the intersection of science, environment, technology and society. He has a PhD in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from the Maastricht University in the Netherlands and has written extensively on issues of environment, development and wildlife conservation in India with a special focus on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1138587672
• ISBN 13: 9781138587670
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 148
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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