Bringing Visibility To the Invisible
Towards A Social Understanding of Nanotechnology
Auteur(s): Fogelberg HansGlimell Hans
Date de publication: 2003
Publié par: GÖTEBORGS UNIVERSITET
Sommaire
1. A Brief Introduction 1
Hans Glimell and Hans Fogelberg
2. Molecular Matters: In Search of The Real Stuff 5
Hans Fogelberg and Hans Glimell
Introduction 5
The Claim: Reinventing Manufacture
Through Masterly Molecular Control 6
The Technology: Opening the door to a World of
Buckminister Fullerenes and Molecular Assemblers 15
Instead of Conclusions: Sorting Things Out a Little 26
3. The Grand Politics of Technoscience:
Contextualizing Nanotechnology 33
Hans Fogelberg
Introduction: The Big Picture 33
The very Idea 35
Tools For the Task 37
Nano Becomes ’Public’ 38
Nano Becomes ’Political’ 39
Themes and Patterns 48
References 52
4. A Nano Narrative: The Micropolitics of a
New Generic Enabling Technology 55
Hans Glimell
The Joint Appropriation of a National Interest 55
Dressed for Success 67
5. Dynamics of the Emerging Field of Nanoscience 79
Hans Glimell
Introduction 79
Cognitive Dynamics 79
Social Dynamics 81
Cultural Dynamics 82
Beyond Business As Usual 84
Reference 84
6. ´Science´and ´Technology´ as Knowledge Cultures 87
Hans Fogelberg
Introduction 87
The Political Rhethoric of Nanotechnology 88
A Non-Hierarchical Conception of the
Science-Technology Relationship 88
Social Contextualisation in the
History and Sociology of Technology 91
Tracing the Sub-Cultures Within
Science and Technology 92
Transgressing Concepts that Attempts to
Bridge and Link Sub-Cultures 94
Conclusion 95
References 96
7. The Material Culture of Nanotechnology 99
Hans Fogelberg
Introduction 99
Fabrication and Characterisation 101
Models and Simulations 103
Visual Representations 107
Questions for Further Research 110
Appendix: Examples of Visualisation of Nanotechnology 111
References 113
8. Challenging Limits: Excerpts From an Emerging
Ethnography of Nano Physicists 115
Hans Glimell
The General Setting: A Culture of Multiple Epistemologies 115
’Moore’ of the Same vs Breaking New Ground 118
Coping With Cutting-Edge Competition:
An Account of a Nano Research Group in Action 122
Making the Most of Matters: A Few Concluding Remarks 137
Langue(s): Anglais
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