de Saille, S. (2014) Fighting Science with Social Science: Activist Scholarship in an International Resistance Project. Sociological Research Online, 19 (3). 18. ISSN 1360-7804
Abstract
This paper draws on a socio-historic case study of the Feminist International Network of Resistance to Reproductive and Genetic Engineering (FINRRAGE) in order to consider the ways in which activists create and develop knowledge in movements around complex emergent technologies. Using documentary and interview data, and an analytic framework drawn from Eyerman and Jamison's cognitive praxis paradigm, the paper outlines certain conditions under which activists may be able to create both social and social scientific knowledge in support of their claims. The paradigm itself is also interrogated, and suggestions made for extending and refining the framework through incorporation of theories of knowledge drawn from science and technology studies.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 Sage Publications. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Sociological Research Online. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Social Movements; Knowledge; Cognitive Praxis; Reproductive Technologies; Feminism; Activism |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Sociological Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 16 Nov 2015 14:59 |
Last Modified: | 23 Mar 2018 05:03 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5153/sro.3331 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.5153/sro.3331 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:91388 |