Democratic governance of technoscience
As argued in the ‘history’ section, the emergence of science as both a practical activity and form of knowledge is closely interconnected with the emergence of modern notions of ‘the public’ and ‘public sphere’. This section explores the intersections between public spaces and technoscientific spaces. In doing so it raises questions about theoretical and empirical approaches to studying the democratic governance of science and technology. The term governance is used here to refer to the institutions, practices, and other ordering devices that produce collective action, and the justification of collective action, through appeal to the common good, pubic interest, or other such figures of democratic polities.
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