Mads Solberg
A Cognitive Ethnography of Knowledge and Material Culture: Cognition, Experiment, and the Science of Salmon Lice
A Cognitive Ethnography of Knowledge and Material Culture: Cognition, Experiment, and the Science of Salmon Lice
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This cognitive ethnography explores how scientists create meaning about biological phenomena through experimental practices in the laboratory, offering a frontline perspective on how new insights come to life. It follows a community of biologists in Western Norway as they build a novel experimental system for research on Lepeoptheirus salmonis, a parasite that has become a major pest in salmon aquaculture. The book shows how experimentation contributes to knowledge production through a broader set of epistemic actions and offers a unique contribution to cultural psychology, psychological anthropology, science and technology studies, and the philosophy of science.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 450 pages
Publication date: 17 June 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
This cognitive ethnography delves into the intricate process by which scientists generate meaning about biological phenomena through experimental practices in the laboratory, providing a firsthand account of how new insights emerge. Conducted as an exercise in the anthropology of knowledge, this narrative follows a community of biologists in Western Norway as they embark on a mission to develop a groundbreaking experimental system for research on Lepeoptheirus salmonis, a parasite that has emerged as a significant threat to salmon aquaculture. Through this captivating book, readers gain a unique perspective on the creation of this material culture of science, witnessing how biological phenomena and their representations are skillfully transformed and imbued with meaning within a complex cognitive ecology.
Conventional accounts of experiments often view their role as merely supplementary, serving as aides to theory. However, by closely examining experimental activities and their materiality, this book demonstrates how experimentation plays a vital role in knowledge production through a broader range of epistemic actions. By drawing upon a diverse array of approaches from anthropology and cognitive science, this work offers a distinctive contribution to the fields of cultural psychology, psychological anthropology, science and technology studies, and the philosophy of science.
Weight: 617g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030725136
Edition number: 1st ed. 2021
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