Narratives of Science Outreach in Elite Contexts of Academic Science
Narratives of Science Outreach in Elite Contexts of Academic Science
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学术科学精英背景下的科学推广叙事
DOI：
10.1177/1075547013499142
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发表时间：
2014
影响因子：
9
通讯作者：
Anne E. Lincoln
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作者：
D. Johnson;E. Ecklund;Anne E. Lincoln
我们使用来自133位在美国精英研究型大学工作的物理学家和生物学家的访谈数据，分析了外展的叙述。我们确定了具体学科的障碍，以推广和性别的具体理由的承诺。物理学家认为外展是科学作用之外的，可能会对声誉造成威胁。生物学家更重视外展，但他们对公众的看法抑制了承诺。最后，妇女比男子更有可能参与外联活动，这一承诺往往导致同侪的非正式制裁。该研究揭示了学科的文化属性，包括妇女的地位，如何塑造科学推广的意义和经验。
Using data from interviews with 133 physicists and biologists working at elite research universities in the United States, we analyze narratives of outreach. We identify discipline-specific barriers to outreach and gender-specific rationales for commitment. Physicists view outreach as outside of the scientific role and a possible threat to reputation. Biologists assign greater value to outreach, but their perceptions of the public inhibit commitment. Finally, women are more likely than men to participate in outreach, a commitment that often results in peer-based informal sanctions. The study reveals how the cultural properties of disciplines, including the status of women, shape the meaning and experience of science outreach.