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The art of unnoticing

American Ethnologist, Volume 49, Issue 4, Page 580-594, November 2022., 2022
ABSTRACT In China many petrochemical plants are adjacent to residential areas. Despite this, the people who live in these areas appear indifferent to the threat of toxic pollution and chemical explosions, even though they are aware of the danger. Building on historical and social studies of ignorance, I show how residents in a southern Chinese city ...
LORETTA IENG TAK LOU
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Normalisation et « retour au sol » des résidus organiques

Revue d'anthropologie des connaissances, 2021
In effect since the 1970s, the AFNOR NF U44-051 standard governs the conditions for the marketing of compost produced from organic waste in France. According to this norm, since 2007, for each category of pollutants, thresholds must not be exceeded in ...
François-Joseph Daniel
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Ignorancia(s)

Revue d'anthropologie des connaissances, 2021
For over twenty years, ignorance has been a thriving research topic in sociology, philosophy, history, and anthropology, leading to a rich body of literature. This article critically rethinks the contributions and limitations of ignorance studies.
Laura Barbier, Soraya Boudia, Maël Goumri, Justyna Moizard-Lanvin   +3 more
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Artificial ignorance: Understanding the role of AI in modern agnotology [PDF]

This paper explores the concept of agnotology, the deliberate production of ignorance, within the context of modern scientific endeavors, particularly in the corporate and technological sectors.
Ray, Amit, Nolan, Michael
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Paraquat, Parkinson\u27s Disease, and Agnotology [PDF]

, 2023
This commentary examines the controversial relationship between paraquat, a widely used herbicide, and Parkinson\u27s disease through the lens of agnotology—the deliberate production of ignorance for commercial gain.
Ray, Amit, Dorsey, E. Ray
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Lessons from history: Agnotology and the crown [PDF]

Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2021
The current English brouhaha over the revelations of the Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry are undoubtedly personally significant for the people involved – and for all the millions who positively ...
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Artificial Intelligence and Education. An analysis from Agnotology [PDF]

, 2022
Slides presentation introducing the Agnotology as academical discipline.The starting point. What's ignorance? Ignorance is a condition in which a person has no knowledge regarding something or doesn't have information regarding a topic or an issue ...
Matas-Terrón, Antonio
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Doing Memory, Documenting Disasters. The commemoration of the Palomares 1966 and the Buffalo Creek 1972 disasters in documentary films

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This paper examines how public commemorative practices can challenge the strategic production of ignorance surrounding disasters. Focusing on three documentaries—Broken Arrow 29 (Dina Hecht, 1986), which revisits the 1966 Palomares disaster, and Buffalo
Cécile Stehrenberger, María Escobar-Aguiar   +1 more
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Ignorance, sciences et droit

Cahiers Droit, Sciences & Technologies
To what extent do the a priori and a posteriori approach to ignorance inform us about the relationship between science and law ? This paper sets out to explore the answers in five stages. How are we ignorant ?
Jean-Sylvestre Bergé
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Decolonizing Epistemological Violence: Settler Colonialism and Intracommunal Violence and Crime in Palestinian Society in Israel

Sociology Compass, Volume 20, Issue 10, October 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper critically examines production of knowledge about intracommunal violence and crime within Palestinian society in Israel, highlighting the relationship between power structures and epistemological frameworks. It centers the ontological relationship of power to settler colonial structures, interrogating how knowledge is shaped within ...
Areej Sabbagh‐Khoury
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