The New Production of Knowledge: The Dynamics of Science and Research in Contemporary Societies
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The New Production of Knowledge: The Dynamics of Science and Research in Contemporary Societies
Abstract/Description
In this provocative and broad-ranging work, the authors argue that the ways in which knowledge - scientific, social and cultural - is produced are undergoing fundamental changes at the end of the twentieth century. They claim that these changes mark a distinct shift into a new mode of knowledge production which is replacing or reforming established institutions, disciplines, practices and policies. Identifying features of the new mode of knowledge production - reflexivity, transdisciplinarity, heterogeneity - the authors show how these features connect with the changing role of knowledge in social relations. While the knowledge produced by research and development in science and technology is accorded central concern, the authors also outline the changing dimensions of social scientific and humanities knowledge and the relations between the production of knowledge and its dissemination through education.
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Date
Publisher
SAGE
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Medium
Print
Background/context type
Conceptual
IRE Approach/Concept
Open access/free-text available
Yes
ISBN
978-1-4462-6587-1
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Citation
Gibbons, M., Limoges, C., Nowotny, H., Schwartzman, S., Scott, P., & Trow, M. (1994). The New Production of Knowledge: The Dynamics of Science and Research in Contemporary Societies. SAGE.
Num pages
192
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