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The bad expert.

Paige L Sweet¹, Danielle Giffort²

¹University of Michigan, USA.

Social Studies of Science

|November 10, 2020

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Constructing a "bad expert" helps establish new cultures of expertise. By performing the opposite of this flawed figure, professionals create turning points and redefine scientific credibility.

Keywords:

boundaries culture expertise knowledge

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Area of Science:

Sociology of Professions
Science and Technology Studies
Cultural Studies

Background:

Cultures of expertise are shaped by narratives and performances.
Defining expertise often involves contrasting with perceived 'bad experts' or ostracized figures.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze how 'antithesis performances' construct new cultures of expertise.
To link sociological and science and technology studies models of expertise.

Main Methods:

Case study analysis of feminist therapeutic expertise in domestic violence.
Case study analysis of the revival of psychedelic medicine.
Examination of narrative and embodied performances in constructing expertise.

Main Results:

Antithesis performances, by defining against a 'bad expert,' are key to establishing new expertise cultures.
Cultural factors like narratives and embodied performances integrate expert domains.
New boundaries of expert practice are forged through these processes.

Conclusions:

The study links jurisdictional and network models of expertise.
Narrative and performance are crucial for the emergence and redefinition of expertise.
This dynamic is evident in both feminist therapy and psychedelic medicine revival.