PERCEPCIÓN PÚBLICA DE LA CIENCIA: ¿QUÉ CIENCIA?; ¿QUÉ PÚBLICO? UNA APROXIMACIÓN AL IMPACTO DE LOS ENFOQUES ETNOGRÁFICOS EN LOS ESTUDIOS DE PERCEPCIÓN PÚBLICA DE LA CIENCIA
PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF SCIENCE: WHAT IS SCIENCE? WHAT IS PUBLIC? THE IMPACT OF ETHNOGRAPHIC APPROACHES IN STUDIES OF THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF SCIENCE
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Percepção Pública da Ciência; Modelo de Déficit; Enfoques Etnográficos.Abstract
El presente trabajo tiene por objeto estudiar el impacto del enfoque etnográfico en el desarrollo del campo de estudios de percepción pública de la ciencia. Con tal objeto, presento, en primer lugar, los linea- mientos sobre los cuales se desarrollaron los primeros estudios y las con- cepciones de ciencia y público en las cuales se apoyaron. En segundo lugar, abordo las perspectivas etnográficas que dieron forma a un nuevo modelo de análisis de la percepción pública de la ciencia. Por último, a modo de cierre, propongo un breve balance de los alcances y limitaciones de este modelo de análisis y de la situación actual del campo de los estu- dios de percepción pública de la ciencia.
This paper examines the impact of the ethnographic approach in the public understanding of science. First of all, I present the guide lines on which the first studies were developed and the conceptions of science and public which supported them. Secondly, I introduce the ethnographic perspective that guided a new analysis model for the public perception of science. Finally, I conclude with a brief balance of the scope and the limitations of that perspective and the field current situation.
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