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Technologies of Humility: Citizen Participation in Governing Science

Technologies of Humility: Citizen Participation in Governing Science Building on recent theories ofscience in society, such as that provided bythe `Mode 2' framework, this paper argues thatgovernments should reconsider existingrelations among decision-makers, experts, andcitizens in the management of technology.Policy-makers need a set of `technologies ofhumility' for systematically assessing theunknown and the uncertain. Appropriate focalpoints for such modest assessments are framing,vulnerability, distribution, and learning. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Minerva Springer Journals

Technologies of Humility: Citizen Participation in Governing Science

Jasanoff, Sheila
Minerva , Volume 41 (3) – Oct 7, 2004
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2003 by Kluwer Academic Publishers
Subject
Social Sciences; Science and Technology Studies; Social Sciences, general; Higher Education
ISSN
0026-4695
eISSN
1573-1871
DOI
10.1023/A:1025557512320
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Abstract

Building on recent theories ofscience in society, such as that provided bythe `Mode 2' framework, this paper argues thatgovernments should reconsider existingrelations among decision-makers, experts, andcitizens in the management of technology.Policy-makers need a set of `technologies ofhumility' for systematically assessing theunknown and the uncertain. Appropriate focalpoints for such modest assessments are framing,vulnerability, distribution, and learning.

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Minerva – Springer Journals

Published: Oct 7, 2004

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