“… a certain amount of engineering involved”: Constructing the public in participatory governance arrangements
Kathrin Braun,Susanne Schultz +1 more
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The study shows that the main purposes of participatory arrangements in the issue area of genetic testing in Germany and the UK are knowledge production and education rather than political deliberation and decision-making.Abstract:
This paper argues that it is time for public understanding of science to develop a critical inventory of the forms, formats and methods of public participation and their respective implications and ambiguities. It highlights the need for analysing not only the limitations and deficiencies of participatory arrangements but also their constructive dimension, in particular the construction of the subject of participation. Looking into participatory governance arrangements in the issue area of genetic testing in Germany and the UK the paper presents a typology of formats according to the way the respective public is constructed and identifies four major constructions of publics: the general public, the pure public, the affected public and the partisan public. Each of these enables certain speaking positions while foreclosing others. The study shows that the main purposes of participatory arrangements in this issue area are knowledge production and education rather than political deliberation and decision-making.read more
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Machineries for Making Publics: Inscribing and De-scribing Publics in Public Engagement
Ulrike Felt,Maximilian Fochler +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the dynamic and performative construction of publics in public engagement exercises and develop conclusions about the public up-take of public participation in technoscience and the role of public engagement in current techno-political cultures.
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Participation in Transition(s): Reconceiving Public Engagements in Energy Transitions as Co-Produced, Emergent and Diverse
Jason Chilvers,Noel Longhurst +1 more
TL;DR: This article brought the transitions literature into conversation with constructivist Science and Technology Studies (STS) perspectives on participation for the first time, and put forward a transition-based approach to participation.
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The mobilization of scientists for public engagement
Martin W. Bauer,Pablo Jensen +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the mobilization of scientists in public engagement activities, and investigate intensity, e.g. identifying occasions when active scientists take part, and the proportion of scientists that take part in any such events.
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Sociotechnical agendas : Reviewing future directions for energy and climate research
Benjamin K. Sovacool,David J. Hess,Sulfikar Amir,Frank W. Geels,Richard F. Hirsh,Leandro Rodriguez Medina,Clark A. Miller,Carla Alvial Palavicino,Roopali Phadke,Marianne Ryghaug,Johan Schot,Anntii Silvast,Jennie C. Stephens,Andrew Stirling,Bruno Turnheim,Erik van der Vleuten,Harro van Lente,Steven Yearley +17 more
TL;DR: The sociotechnical concepts or tools from science and technology studies (STS) are useful at better understanding energy-related social science, to reflect on prominent themes and topics within those approaches, and to identify current research gaps and directions for the future as mentioned in this paper.
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