Masons, Tricksters and Cartographers: Comparative Studies in the Sociology of Scientific and Indigenous Knowledge

By David Turnbull

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In an eclectic and highly original study, Turnbull brings together traditions as diverse as cathedral building, Micronesian navigation, cartography and turbulence research. He argues that all our differing ways of producing knowledge - including science - are messy, spatial and local. Every culture has its own ways of assembling local knowledge, thereby creating space thrugh the linking of people, practices and places. The spaces we inhabit and assemblages we work with are not as homogenous and coherent as our modernist perspectives have led us to believe - rather they are complex and heterogeneous motleys.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:9058230015

ISBN13:9789058230010

Release Date:August 2000

Publisher:Taylor & Francis

Length:276 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology Social Science Social Sciences

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