Citizen science is an increasingly popular activity, from bird counts to amateur water sample
collection to air quality monitoring. Researchers and theorists in the field of science and …

As modern societies have become increasingly technological, science has become both
more important and more politicized. Funding shifts into new research fields and out of old …

The first comprehensive survey of the nascent field of" science studies" Thrust into the public
eye by the contentious" Science Wars"—played out most recently by physicist Alan Sokal's …

Steven Epstein experiential knowledge of illness possessed or cultivated by patient groups
or health movements? What sorts of challenges do these lay actors pose to the authority of …

This article explores the changing relationship between the academy and new public
formations of scientific research, which we term “civic technoscience.” Civic technoscience …

ABSTRACT STS and social movement scholars have shown the importance of 'getting
undone science done'to advance the goals of social movements fighting environmental …

Across the United States, the race for new energy sources is picking up speed and reaching
more places, with natural gas in the lead. While the toxic and polluting qualities of …

Social movements can be distinguished from several other types of collective, intentional
efforts to promote or resist social change. Although all definitions need to acknowledge the …

Automated monitoring devices are useful technologies for communities seeking to document
and solve environmental problems. However, without deeper scrutiny of their design and …

The triple disaster that struck Japan in March 2011 forced people living there to confront new
risks in their lives. Despite the Japanese government's reassurance that radiation exposure …