de Saille, S. (2015) Dis-inviting the Unruly Public. Science as Culture, 24 (1). 99 - 107. ISSN 0950-5431
Abstract
Recently, Welsh and Wynne have argued that policy efforts to include ‘the public’ in dialogue about technoscience have been accompanied by a simultaneous rise in control over uninvited publics, particularly protestors. Research with a group of knowledge-based activists in the UK suggests a further category between invited and uninvited. The concept of an ‘unruly public’ functions within the sociotechnical imaginary to disinvite those whose response is unwanted or unpredictable, while still appearing to be engaging with ‘the public’ as a whole. Listening to the unexpected questions of the unruly public may in fact support, rather than hinder, efforts to incorporate social concerns into frameworks for responsible innovation at both national and European levels.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 Stevienna de Saille. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Science as Culture. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | social movements; responsible innovation; public engagement |
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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: | 04 Nov 2015 16:13 |
Last Modified: | 25 Mar 2018 17:08 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09505431.2014.986323 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/09505431.2014.986323 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:91495 |