This essay provides a brief overview of the 'anthropology of science', identifying key thinkers in the field and describing the methods through which anthropologists and sociologists study 'laboratory life'. It ends with a brief description of a Deakin University study of the Walter Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research.
The artifact comes from the Max Charlesworth archive, currently held at Deakin University.
Max Charlesworth, "Life Among the Scientists: Four Talks", contributed by Benjamin Nicoll, STS Infrastructures, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 31 July 2018, accessed 26 April 2024. https://stsinfrastructures.org/content/life-among-scientists-four-talks
Critical Commentary
This essay provides a brief overview of the 'anthropology of science', identifying key thinkers in the field and describing the methods through which anthropologists and sociologists study 'laboratory life'. It ends with a brief description of a Deakin University study of the Walter Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research.
The artifact comes from the Max Charlesworth archive, currently held at Deakin University.