Alternative pathways in science and industry: activism, innovation, and the environment in an era of globalization; David J. Hess
Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: This book concerns concessions" (p.1); thus David J. Hess describes his latest work, Alternative Pathways in Science and Industry.The book, resulting from a huge effort of synthesis, deals with social movements that attempt to influence decisions in different areas; including nuclear energy, organic food production, urban design and popular credit.Thanks to the quantity and diversity of the described experiences, this work will be of interest to a wide range of people, specifically those involved in the debate on social movements, environment, science and technology, and communitarian development.Hess works in the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, where he is a professor at the Department of Science and Technology Studies, and the director of the Ecological Economics, Values and Policy Program.He has a Masters Degree and Doctorate in Anthropology as well as a degree in Economics.With his knowledge of anthropology, he utilises an anthropologic perspective in his research in order to evaluate the influence of cultural aspects on scientific and technological development.His lines of research include the relation of science and technology with the fields of health and the environment.In the area of health, he developed ethnographic and historical research regarding alternative and complementary therapies.In the decades of 1980 and 1990, he was in Brazil carrying out research on the relation between Kardecism, the State, the Catholic Church and practicing doctors.Afterwards, he returned his focus to political aspects and scientific movements linked to alternative medicine, principally its relation with food and
Source: Reciis
Author: Bruno Milanez
Language: English
Subfield: Demography
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4243329943