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https://doi.org/10.15176/vol50no107

From Producers of “Cognizant Publics” to Apolitical Experts? Analysing the Media Engagements of Scientists in Post-Socialist Serbia

Andrew John Hodges ; Manchester, UK


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Abstract

This article explores ethnographically the various media engagements of astrophysics researchers in Belgrade, Serbia. At one extreme, I explore engagements whose primary objectives include engaging with and enlisting a “public” and a new generation of scientists. At the other extreme, I explore engagements which took the form of polemical discussions concerning complex social and political issues. I interpret these as connected as much with power struggles within existing groupings of academics as in trying to enlist a public. I finally bring these different strands together through Verdery’s concept of “cognizant publics” and the idea of a “scientific expert”.

Keywords

ethnography; science; post-socialism; Serbia; media

Hrčak ID:

105576

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/105576

Publication date:

10.7.2013.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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