寻求曝光：非洲一座城市中科学知识的转化
Seeking exposure: conversions of scientific knowledge in an African city.
作者信息
Aellah Gemma, Geissler P Wenzel
机构信息
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine , Keppel Street , London WC1E 7HT , United Kingdom and The Royal Anthropological Institute , 50 Fitzroy Street , London W1T 5BT , United Kingdom.
Department of Social Anthropology , University of Oslo , Norway and Department of Archaeology and Anthropology , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , United Kingdom.
出版信息
J Mod Afr Stud. 2016 Sep;54(3):389-417. doi: 10.1017/S0022278X16000240.
Transnational medical research has become a common feature in many parts of Africa. This paper explores the contribution such activity makes to the social and economic lives of those involved, including both trial subjects and local staff. By considering the value of the 'exposure' that involvement brings to staff and research participants, we reflect on the conversion of scientific knowledge into practical knowledge and its value to sustaining precarious livelihoods in an economically fragile city. We consider the interplay between science and sociality and argue for a need to take seriously the circulation of scientific knowledge beyond the confines of expert spaces.
跨国医学研究已成为非洲许多地区的一个常见现象。本文探讨了此类活动对相关人员的社会和经济生活所做的贡献，这些人员包括试验对象和当地工作人员。通过考量参与活动给工作人员和研究参与者带来的 “接触机会” 的价值，我们思考了科学知识向实践知识的转化及其在经济脆弱城市维持不稳定生计方面的价值。我们考量了科学与社会性之间的相互作用，并主张有必要认真对待科学知识在专家领域之外的传播。
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