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- Karlsson, Mattis, 1986-
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From Fossil To Fact : The Denisova Discovery as Science in Action
- 2022
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- From Fossil to Fact: The Denisova Discovery as Science in Action is a study of the (actor) networked relations that make and shape science through the case of the discovery of the Denisova human.In 2010, Nature published the article “The complete mitochondrial DNA genome of an unknown hominin from southern Siberia”, the article revealed the results of mtDNA sequencing of a fossilised finger bone excavated from the Denisova Cave in Siberia, showing that the fossil belonged to an individual of a previously unknown type of humans, the Denisovans. This thesis identifies, describes and analyses how a set of actors and actions – a network – made the Denisovan’s transformation(s) from fossil to fact happen. The study relies on materials regarding the Denisovan from multiple types of sources, such as scientific journals, news articles and Wikipedia entries, which make it possible to describe a collective process of knowledge production that surpasses a science community autonomy, and to highlight the diverse, multidimensional and sophisticated mesh of people, places and things that came together in the making of the Denisova human (as a) fact.Drawing on methodological guidelines and theoretical premises from actor network theory and Bruno Latour’s principles for science in action, this thesis deals with the Denisova discovery as a case of science in the making. The thesis traces actions of significance for the Denisovan’s representation, analysing them as part of a materialisation, to illustrate how the Denisova human was made, and made to fit the major paradigms and narratives of (a)DNA and evolutionary science. The thesis actualises questions about social influence in science, problematising imaginaries of science/non-science divides, and highlights how the authority of genetic science is subject to and dependent on dramatisation.This thesis lists actors and actions that were central to the discovery and the making of the fact. This list includes actors from various fields, showing how the Denisova human was designed to hold in accordance with the rules and cultures of a heterogenous network that includes scientists, experts, journalists and Wikipedia editors.This complicated network made the Denisova human through transformations and drove it to become a fact, allowing it to be written into the history of human evolution. Mapping this network provides an answer to how the Denisova human has been made and remade, but also provides insight into the relationship and roles of science, science news and Wikipedia in the representations of scientific results.
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Svensk snillrikhet? : Nationella föreställningar om entreprenörer och teknisk begåvning 1800-2000
- 2014
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Uppfinningsrikedom och entreprenörsanda beskrivs ofta som svenska paradgrenar. Innovatörerna har blivit nationsbärare och symboler för varumärket Sverige i en samling idéer med djupa historiska rötter. Media, politik och industri har bidragit till att etablera tankegångarna som odiskutabla sanningar.I Svensk snillrikhet? belyser forskare från olika discipliner hur personer som Gustaf Dahlén och Alfred Nobel, eller företag som Volvo, framställs i stereotypa framgångsberättelser som skapat föreställningar om svensk fallenhet för teknik. Författarna blottlägger en vurm för det manliga geniet och en bergfast tro på tekniska framsteg. Den kombinationen har bidragit till en förenklad bild av nationen Sverige - dess modernisering, invånare och framtid. En bild som lever och ständigt reproduceras.Författarna sätter in aktörerna i idéhistoriska, politiska och ekonomiska sammanhang och visar hur idéerna använts i politiska syften. Snillet, innovatören och entreprenören blir förebilder i debatter om allt från skolfostran av barn och lanseringar av akademiska initiativ till satsningar på teknikdrivna företag.
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- Bergwik, Staffan
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A Fractured Position in a Stable Partnership : Ebba Hult, Gerard De Geer, and Early Twentieth Century Swedish Geology
- 2014
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Ingår i: Science in Context. - 0269-8897 .- 1474-0664. ; 27:3, s. 423-451
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article explores the scientific partnership between geology professor Gerard De Geer and his wife Ebba Hult following their marriage in 1908. De Geer was an influential participant in Swedish academia and international geology. Hult worked as his assistant until his death in 1943. The partnership was beneficial for both spouses, in particular through the semi-private Geochronological Institute, which they controlled. The article argues that marriage was a culturally acknowledged form of collaboration in the academic community, and as such it offered Hult access to geological research. However, the paper also argues that the gendered scientific institutions produced a fractured position. Partly, Hult managed to create her own role as researcher in geochronology. As a woman and a wife, however, she never moved out of her husband's shadow. Gender is understood as a relational category: Hult was an outsider who participated partially in standardized structures which gave great power to her husband and other men. The fact that she shared this status with other women in Swedish science at the time indicates the structural nature of their position. Nevertheless, they all had individual trajectories through academia. Indeed, the study of collaborative couples illustrates the multifaceted links between individual actions and the historical context of science.
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- Bergwik, Staffan
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Arrhenius i sessionssalen
- 2018
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Ingår i: Kunskap i rörelse. - Göteborg : Makadam Förlag. - 9789170612626
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Bergwik, Staffan
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Arrhenius in the Session Hall
- 2018
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Ingår i: Knowledge in motion. - Gothenburg : Makadam Förlag. - 9789170612633
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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