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Boundary-work and the demarcation of science from non-science: Strains and interests in professional
- T. Gieryn
- Education
- 1 December 1983
The demarcation of science from other intellectual activities-long an analytic problem for philosophers and sociologists-is here examined as a practical problem for scientists. Construction of a…
A Space for Place in Sociology
- T. Gieryn
- Sociology
- 1 August 2000
Sociological studies sensitive to the issue of place are rarely labeled thus, and at the same time there are far too many of them to fit in this review. It may be a good thing that this research is…
Cultural Boundaries of Science: Credibility on the Line
- T. Gieryn
- Education
- 15 January 1999
Why is science so credible? Usual answers centre on scientists' objective methods or their powerful instruments. This text argues that a better explanation for the cultural authority of science lies…
Shaping Technology/Building Society: Studies in Sociotechnical Change
Technology is everywhere, yet a theory of technology and its social dimension remains to be fully developed. Building on the influential book The Social Construction of Technological Systems, this…
What buildings do
- T. Gieryn
- Political Science
- 1 February 2002
Buildings stabilize social life. They give structure to social institutions, durability to social networks, persistence to behavior patterns. What we build solidifies society against time and its…
Boundaries of Science
- T. Gieryn
- Art, Education
- 1995
The working title of this Handbook presumed three neatly bounded territories: science, technology, and society. This chapter makes those territories and especially their borders into objects for…
City as Truth-Spot
- T. Gieryn
- History
- 1 February 2006
How does ‘place’ contribute to the credibility of scientific claims? The Chicago School of urban studies (1918-32) had close ties to the city for which it was named: its social scientists lived in…
Three truth-spots.
- T. Gieryn
- Geography, MedicineJournal of the history of the behavioral sciences
- 1 March 2002
Professionalization of American Scientists: Public Science in the Creation/ Evolution Trials
- T. Gieryn, George M. Bevins, Stephen Zehr
- Education
- 1 June 1985
The boundary between science and religion has long been a site for cultural and professional conflict. We examine the testimony of scientists at the Scopes "Monkey Trial" in 1925 and at the McLean…
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