Four States of Knowledge: A Cultural Theory of the Co-Production of Science, Social Order, and Scientific, Cultural, and Policy Change
38 Pages Posted: 8 Sep 2010
Date Written: September 2, 2010
Abstract
In States of Knowledge (2004), Sheila Jasanoff argues that we gain explanatory power by thinking of natural and social orders as being produced together, but she and her volume contributors do not yet offer a theory of the co-production of scientific knowledge and social order. This article uses Mary Douglas’s cultural theory to identify four recurring states of knowledge and specifies political cultural conditions for the co-production of scientific knowledge, social order, and scientific, cultural, and policy change. The plausibility of this theory is illustrated by using it to explain the co-production and transformation of forest and wildlife science and management in the Pacific Northwest.
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