Simultaneously legitimizes some knowledge and de-legitimizes other knowledge Discuss NORMS and Merton Discuss all of teh boundary maintentence by scientists we’ve discussed in class (e.g. postcolonial)

There are lots of good pieces critiquing conspiracy theory on its scientific merit, and discussing the way it spreads Given the focus in this course on situated knowledge and the “impurity” of science, this piece takes a ‘cultural sociological’ approach

Contested boundary

- Kuhn and Collins describe the way that scientific paradigms restrict the kind of knowledge that is seen as legitimate - Haraway and Tallbear show the way that cultural and social contexts dramatically alter what can be known - Benjamin and Poudrier (and gould) underscore the way that science is often at the service of existing biases - Adams and Allen show the specific ways that non-dominant knowledge is excluded Kuhn - The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Collins - The Seven Sexes: A Study in the Sociology of a Phenomenon, or the Replication of Experiments in Physics Haraway - Situated Knowledges Tallbear - Genomic Articulations of Indigeneity Benjamin - Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code Poudrier - The Geneticization of Aboriginal Diabetes and Obesity: Adding Another Scene to the Story of the Thrifty Gene Adams - Randomized Controlled Crime: Postcolonial Sciences in Alternative Medicine Research Allen - Strongly Participatory Science and Knowledge Justice in an Environmentally Contested Region

Takeaway is not “all knowledge should be considered legitimate” Rather: sources of legitimacy should be treated critically Bring up scientific racism, e.g.