Action, Expertise, Knowledge. On Works of Harry Collins

Authors

  • Marcin Zaród Uniwersytet Warszawski, Instytut Socjologii, ul. Karowa 18, 00-927 Warszawa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-8069.11.4.08

Keywords:

Science and Technology Studies (STS), Harry Collins, Tacit Knowledge, Ethnography, Strong Edinburgh Programme, Actor-Network Theory

Abstract

The review essay discusses books of Harry Collins and co-authors (“trilogy of expertise”). The discussed works are attempts to sort out theoretical outcomes from the ethnographic studies done within Science and Technology Studies. The review essay collates these books with theoretical proposals of Bruno Latour, and pinpoints the potential of application these have within general qualitative research, especially in studies of craftsmanship, expertise, and tacit knowledge.

Author Biography

  • Marcin Zaród, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Instytut Socjologii, ul. Karowa 18, 00-927 Warszawa

    mgr inż. Marcin Zaród, doktorant socjologii, zainteresowany konstruktywistycznymi odmianami socjologii nauki i techniki. Aktualnie prowadzi badanie etnograficzne w środowisku hakerskim. Członek Laboratorium Ekonomii Cyfrowej UW (Digital Economy Lab).

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2015-11-30

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Zaród, Marcin. 2015. “Action, Expertise, Knowledge. On Works of Harry Collins”. Przegląd Socjologii Jakościowej 11 (4): 192-206. https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-8069.11.4.08.