The spaces of knowledge: contributions towards a historical geography of science Export

@article{citeulike:4760235, abstract = {In recent times there has been a remarkable spatial turn within a variety of academic discourses. Historians, social theorists, anthropologists, and philosophers have all redrawn attention to the constitutive significance of place and space, site and situation, locality and territoriality. After briefly sketching some of the major features of this 'geographical recovery', I examine some of its implications for the study of the scientific enterprise. Such issues as the regionalisation of scientific style, the political topography of scientific commitment, and the social and material spaces of laboratories and scientific societies are considered. These materials provide both a framework and a suite of case studies for the elaboration of a historical geography of science. Last, I briefly draw attention to some implications that a spatialised historiography has for understanding the history of the geographical tradition itself.}, author = {Livingstone, D. N.}, citeulike-article-id = {4760235}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/d130005}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.envplan.com/abstract.cgi?id=d130005}, doi = {10.1068/d130005}, issn = {0263-7758}, journal = {Environment and Planning D: Society and Space}, keywords = {geography, historyofscience, placeandspace}, number = {1}, pages = {5--34}, posted-at = {2009-06-06 10:20:16}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Pion Ltd}, title = {The spaces of knowledge: contributions towards a historical geography of science}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/d130005}, volume = {13}, year = {1995} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4760235 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4760235 N2 - In recent times there has been a remarkable spatial turn within a variety of academic discourses. Historians, social theorists, anthropologists, and philosophers have all redrawn attention to the constitutive significance of place and space, site and situation, locality and territoriality. After briefly sketching some of the major features of this 'geographical recovery', I examine some of its implications for the study of the scientific enterprise. Such issues as the regionalisation of scientific style, the political topography of scientific commitment, and the social and material spaces of laboratories and scientific societies are considered. These materials provide both a framework and a suite of case studies for the elaboration of a historical geography of science. Last, I briefly draw attention to some implications that a spatialised historiography has for understanding the history of the geographical tradition itself. IS - 1 JF - Environment and Planning D: Society and Space SN - 0263-7758 EP - 34 TI - The spaces of knowledge: contributions towards a historical geography of science PB - Pion Ltd VL - 13 SP - 5 KW - geography KW - historyofscience KW - placeandspace AU - Livingstone, DN PY - 1995/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/d130005 ER -