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Undone Science and Blind Spots in Medical Treatment Research: A Case Study
Social MedicineAge-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is a serious eye disease. Two similar drugs, Lucentis and Avastin, are available to slow the progression of wet AMD. Research has been carried out on the highly profitable drug Lucentis, so governments have licensed
Tom Cleary
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Ineffective Right and Undone Science: the case of the access to administrative algorithms in France
Specification of administrative algorithms, and tools for making them accountable to the public, represent both an undone science and an ineffective right. We aim at developping knowledge in this twin field -both in computer science, by studying the possible definitions, and in law science, by studying the extent to which such an accountability exists ...
Pellissier, Luc, Wagener, Noé
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Revue d'anthropologie des connaissances, 2021 The Covid-19 pandemic provides a novel opportunity to study the production of knowledge in the face of an 'unknown but knowable' global disease, particularly in the settings favored by 'global health' interventions: the so-called developing countries ...
Marine Al Dahdah +2 more
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Journal for the History of Knowledge, 2021 Currently, “scientific ignorance,” that is, the blind spots and knowledge gaps of science itself, appears to be an important and legitimate research topic in the sociology, history, and philosophy of science.
Peter Wehling
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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 +3 more
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Environmental Science & Policy, 2022 In global climate governance, anticipatory assessments map future options and pathways, in light of prospective risks and uncertainties, to inform present-day planning. Using data from 125 interviews, we ask: How are foundational experts contesting the conduct of anticipatory assessment of carbon removal and solar geoengineering – as two emerging but ...
Low, Sean +2 more
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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 +3 more
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Revue d'anthropologie des connaissances, 2021 The Covid-19 pandemic provides a novel opportunity to study the production of knowledge in the face of an ‘unknown but knowable’ global disease, particularly in the settings favored by ‘global health’ interventions: the so-called developing countries ...
Marine Al Dahdah +2 more
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Researching new diseases: assumptions and trajectories [PDF]
Research Ideas and Outcomes, 2018 New diseases in humans and animals have been the subject of considerable research as well as policy development and popular attention. Researchers commonly proceed on the basis of plausible assumptions about mechanisms, pathways, and dangers but seldom ...
Josephine Warren, Brian Martin
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What you don’t know won’t hurt you – Agnotology in anti-doping
Current Issues in Sport Science, 2023 When studying the production of knowledge for policy, focus is typically on science that is being done and taken up. This paper looks at the other side of the coin: science that remains undone or unseen.
Marjolaine Viret, Fabien Ohl
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