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The working title of this Handbook presumed three neatly bounded territories: science, technology, and society. This chapter makes those territories and especially their borders into objects for sociological interpretation and seeks to recover their messiness, contentiousness, and practical significance in everyday life. Its focus is on the “boundary problem” in science and technology studies: Where does science leave off, and society — or technology — begin? Where is the border between science and non-science? Which claims or practices are scientific? Who is a scientist? What is science?
Chapter 18 in S. Jasanoff, G.E. Markle, J.C. Petersen and T. Pinch (eds.), Handbook of Science and Technology Studies (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1995), pp. 393–407; 424—443.
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Gieryn, T.F. (1995). Boundaries of Science. In: Tauber, A.I. (eds) Science and the Quest for Reality. Main Trends of the Modern World. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25249-7_12
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