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From 'cold' science to 'hot' research: the texture of controversy

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Morgan Meyer (Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation, Mines ParisTech)
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Examines the changing roles of science exhibitions from places of 'cold' science, where secure, closed and fixed knowledge is communicated, to places that increasingly engage with 'hot', controversial research and open debates.

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Paper provided by Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation (CSI), Mines ParisTech in its series CSI Working Papers Series with number 016.

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Date of creation: Sep 2009
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Keywords: Science and technology studies; museums; science exhibitions; controversies;

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Z10 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - General
Z11 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economics of the Arts and Literature
Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Social Norms and Social Capital; Social Networks Economic Anthropology

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