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The Exotic Glasses of Rennes (France): Local Knowledge-Making in Global Telecommunication

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  • Pierre Teissier

    (CFV - Centre François Viète : épistémologie, histoire des sciences et des techniques - EA1161 - UN UFR ST - Université de Nantes - UFR des Sciences et des Techniques - UN - Université de Nantes - UBO - Université de Brest - UFRLL - Université de Nantes - UFR Lettres et Langages - UN - Université de Nantes)

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This chapter tackles the question of local knowledge-making in changing scientific and economic environments in the field of advanced materials. It relies on a case study at the University of Rennes, in Western France, where the chemistry laboratory of Jacques Lucas conducted a program on non-oxide glass materials from the 1960s onwards. The chapter aims at explaining how the local production of these "exotic glasses" in Rennes was both shaped by a bench culture of solid-state chemistry and international R&D supported by the telecommunications industry. This case exhibits how research on materials was organized by a transatlantic division of labor in the Western world.

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  • Pierre Teissier, 2017. "The Exotic Glasses of Rennes (France): Local Knowledge-Making in Global Telecommunication," Post-Print halshs-01566003, HAL.
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    1. Bartle, Ian, 2002. "When Institutions No Longer Matter: Reform of Telecommunications and Electricity in Germany, France and Britain," Journal of Public Policy, Cambridge University Press, vol. 22(1), pages 1-27, January.
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    materials science and engineering; solid-state chemistry; glass materials; differentiation of labor; bench culture; scientific disciplines; telecommunication R&D;
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