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Participating in the Knowledge Society: Research beyond University Walls

By Ruth Finnegan

Book information

Year
2005
ISBN
1403939462, 9781403939463, 9780230523043
LCC
Q180.55.I48 P37 2005
Open Library ID
OL22709499M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1317577 bytes)
Pages
304\307
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This interdisciplinary and transhistorical volume focuses on independent researchers creating and participating in knowledge outside the academy, from seventeenth century north-country astronomers or Victorian naturalists to today's think tanks, community historians and web opportunities. These intriguing cases raise challenging issues about the location, definition, and validation of "research", about active participation in knowledge-generation, and about the perhaps changing boundaries of university today.

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