"漂浮物"和方法论的漂移:在北太平洋的鬼物质的解释
1University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA.
Social studies of science
|January 25, 2024
概括
数百万的日本海碎片或"漂浮物"神秘地消失了,挑战了到达北美海岸的预期. 这项研究探讨了它们令人难以置信的存在,以及对这些缺席的材料提供以正义为导向的护理的需要.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 科学和技术的社会学.
- 女权主义科学研究 女权主义科学研究
背景情况:
- 2011年日本海使数百万的物质流入海洋.
- 这些材料到达北美海岸的预期尚未正式实现,造成了它们的下落之.
- 现有的担忧往往集中在海洋塑料污染上,可能会掩盖海产生的废物的独特性质.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查失踪的日本海碎片的"奥秘",幸存者称之为"漂浮物".
- 应用幽灵和STS (科学和技术研究) 的理论来理解环境环境中的缺席和不可见性.
- 通过检查缺少什么并挑战关于"应该做什么"的假设,以建立女权主义方法.
主要方法:
- 通过戈登的工作和关于缺席和不可见性的STS讨论来概念化困扰.
- 分析幸存者的术语 ("漂浮的东西") 并将其与机构实践对比.
- 检查海洋科学研究中材料是如何被忽视,清理或重新使用的.
- 通过海冲洗,轨迹建模和个人实践追踪'漂浮物'的持久性.
主要成果:
- 尽管机构努力消除或忽视它们",漂浮物"仍然存在于海上的痕迹和模拟的轨迹上.
- 个人实践和幸存者关系表明拒绝让这些材料完全消失.
- 该研究强调了"浮动物体"如何挑战海洋科学研究和污染叙述.
结论:
- 通过"倾听鬼魂"来处理这些缺席材料的"鬼魂",对于以正义为导向的护理至关重要.
- 尊重幸存者与'漂浮物'的关系是必不可少的.
- 在解决这些环境缺失时,必须抵制太平洋地区外部危险的叙述.
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