Science and Society in Latin America: Peripheral Modernities

ISBN-13: 9781032093260 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 280 str.

Pablo Kreimer

Opis

This book explores some crucial topics in understanding the role of science in Latin America. It aims to show the various tensions that go through the production and use of knowledge, between centers and peripheries, challenging the hegemonic theoretical perspectives in social studies of science.

Spis treści

1. On Peripheral Modernities, Scientific Development, Complexities, and How to Approach Them  2. Studying Scientific Development from Latin America: Problems of Definition, Levels of Analysis, and Concepts  3. Social and Scientific Problems—A View from the History of Science: Chagas Disease as a Model (Part 1)  4. Three Theoretical Divertimentos: Chagas Disease as a Model (Part 2)  5. Rowing Against the Tide? New Research Fields in Peripheral Contexts: Molecular Biology from the Pioneers to the New Genomics (1957–2017)  6. Controversies on the Periphery: To Treat or Not to Treat (Chronic Chagas Disease Patients)?  7. Centers and Peripheries Revisited—Internationalization of Latin American Science: From "Bricoleur" Scientists to the International Division of Scientific Work  8. Globalization or Neo-Imperialism?: Latin American Science in the Era of Globalization  9. International Scientific Collaborations at the End of the World: Local Resources and Global Research in Tierra del Fuego

O autorze

Pablo Kreimer is principal investigator at CONICET (National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina), professor at the National University of Quilmes, and director of the STS Center at Maimónides University.