Opening the Black-box of Academic Research: Assessment, Publishing and Critical Perspectives

  • Paolo Magaudda University of Padova (Italy)
  • Attila Bruni University of Trento (Italy)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/TEKN.54674
Keywords: Science & Technology Studies, Scientific publishing, Open access

Abstract

What does it mean today to take a critical stance on scientific knowledge, its production and its dissemination? And what tactics should one adopt for this purpose? These questions are relevant to all disciplines; but for STS they are crucial, because the processes by which knowledge is produced and institutionalized are among the main themes of the entire STS field of study. This paper tries to answer the above questions by outlining the main features of the scenario in which the production and assessment of scientific knowledge today take place. It then concentrates on a concrete case in the field of open-access scientific publishing in order to show some of the tactics useful for pursuing a critical perspective on both the production and dissemination of knowledge at academic level.

 

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Paolo Magaudda, University of Padova (Italy)
Post-doc Research Fellow in Sociology at the Padova University – Dept. FISPPA and I work with the PaSTIS research unit. My research focusses on the mutual co-shaping between technology, culture and society, with a special focus on digital media, consumer processes, popular culture and music.
Attila Bruni, University of Trento (Italy)
Lecturer at the Department of Sociology and Social Research of the Faculty of Sociology of the Trento University, where he teaches Sociology of Technological Phenomena and Sociology of Economic and Labour Processes (at the faculty of Cognitive Science of the Trento University – Rovereto district).
He is a senior member of the Research Unit on Communication, Organizational Learning and Aesthetics of the Department of Sociology and Social Research of the Trento University, where he has defended his PhD thesis on the sociality of objects (2003).
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2017-06-16
How to Cite
Magaudda P. y Bruni A. (2017). Opening the Black-box of Academic Research: Assessment, Publishing and Critical Perspectives. Teknokultura. Revista de Cultura Digital y Movimientos Sociales, 14(1), 57-65. https://doi.org/10.5209/TEKN.54674
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Vol. 14 No. 1 (2017): ICTs and STS dissemination: regulation and resistance strategies of different stakeholders
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