Invisibility can be unjust; it can also be powerful. What is invisible to whom, and when does this matter? How do power structures built on hierarchies of race, gender, class and nation frame what can be seen? And for those observing science: When does the recovery of the ‘invisible’ serve social justice and when does it invade privacy? Tackling head-on the silences and dilemmas that can haunt historians, this book transforms invisibility into a guide for exploring the moral sensibilities and politics of science and its history.
Invisibility can be unjust; it can also be powerful. What is invisible to whom, and when does this matter? How do power structures built on hierarchies of race, gender, class and nation frame what can be seen? And for those observing science: When does the recovery of the ‘invisible’ serve social justice and when does it invade privacy? Tackling head-on the silences and dilemmas that can haunt historians, this book transforms invisibility into a guide for exploring the moral sensibilities and politics of science and its history.

Invisible Labour in Modern Science
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Invisible Labour in Modern Science
354Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781538171561 |
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Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic |
Publication date: | 04/15/2024 |
Series: | Global Epistemics |
Pages: | 354 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.79(d) |