Ontological politics and situated public policies

Ivan da Costa Marques

Science and Public Policy, 2012, vol. 39, issue 5, 570-578

Abstract: This paper calls attention to the 'new directions' proposed for the sociology and history of science and technology, based on anthropological studies since the 1970s. A series of examples is then presented, on different scales and in very diverse fields, of lines of flight and ways out from the so-called universal and neutral frames of reference that establish themselves as overarching views of the modern world. A way forward is then proposed for the practice of ontological politics. It is suggested that Latin Americans can translate and modify those 'new directions' in order to better prepare themselves--in the sense of being more successful in their inclusion processes--to deal with issues that involve science and public policy. Copyright The Author 2012. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com, Oxford University Press.

Date: 2012
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