Deliberation, Dialogue or Dissemination: Changing Objectives in the Communication of Science and Technology in Denmark

Horst, Maja

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“…It is ironic, then, that the configuration of science and society in Denmark has moved in the opposite direction to that of the UK-away from institutionalised participation, and towards an emphasis on deficit model-style, unidirectional communication (Horst 2012;Mejlgaard 2009). The policy context has now moved away from the use of the highly deliberative and egalitarian structures-exemplified most of all in the internationally-recognised Danish Board of Technology, or DBT-that were developed through the 1980s and '90s, and towards a new emphasis on innovation and knowledge dissemination.…”

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“…But it does indicate a very different kind of context for dealing with questions of responsibility in science from the UK-one which does, certainly, retain the hallmarks of a peculiarly Danish culture around equality of status (and thereby the problematisation of experts and expertise), but which is increasingly turning that drive to equity against 'experts of community' such as the DBT-or, indeed, social scientists (Horst 2012).…”

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“…For det andet fordi diskussionerne afspejler elementer fra den saerlige danske 'konsensuskultur', som går tilbage til Grundtvig og højskolebevaegelsen (Horst & Irwin 2010). Her går ideer om dialog og faelles forståelse hånd i hånd med foragt for autoriteter og en tro på laegmands fornuft (Horst 2012), hvilket vi vil uddybe naermere i diskussionen. Denne politiske kultur er udbredt i tid og rum, og vi argumenterer for, at den også vil performe i andre danske fora, hvor videnskabelig viden indgår i politiske processer.…”

Section: Klimabevaegelsen I Danmarks Landsudvalgunclassified

“…I stedet fremmede man almuens uddannelse, den almene dannelse og personligt engagement i samfundet som den gode form for viden. Håndens og åndens arbejde kunne ikke adskilles (Horst 2012). Desuden pointeredes dialog og samtale som den rette vej til et godt samfund.…”

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Kampen om sandheden – Klimavidenskab som aktivisme

Glerup

Degnbol

2014

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This paper shows how political cultures in uence the use of scienti c data in the construction of critique among climate change activists. Based on an ethnographic study of the Danish NGO, „ e Climate Move- ment in Denmark’s“, steering committee, it is shown how the members carefully choose speci c scienti c references in their work. ey are chosen based on two criteria. First, the committee’s perceived ideas about the references’ ability to convince the Danish population about the severe consequences of climate change. And second, the references’ ability to unite all citizens across political and social barriers in the battle. In its way of using science, the committee assumes that the entire nation would be united in solidarity, if they were not blinded by what we (with thanks to Marx and Engels) have chosen to call ‘false con ictuality’; the idea that con icting scienti c statements divide and confuse ordinary people which prevent them from protesting. Following this, it becomes the NGO’s task to enlighten and thereby unite. e focus on creat- ing consensus among citizens with di erent backgrounds and con icting interest is interpreted as a typical instance of traditional Danish ‘Consensus Culture’ where agreement is seen as a precondition for change. But the paper nally argues that it might prove di cult to create solidarity solely based on carefully chosen scienti c statements without any reference to cultural visions for a better common future.

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“…The translation of science from a highly specialized language to general public knowledge has long concerned intellectuals (Berman, 1978;Broks, 2006;Dewey, 1927;Fleck, 1935Fleck, /1979Gross, 1994;LaFollette, 1990). In Denmark, according to Horst (2012), the participatory governance of science and technology is founded on cultural traditions of dialogue. This dialogical tradition is also well established in Norway (Hetland, 2014).…”

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Constructing publics in museums’ science communication

Hetland

2019

Public Underst Sci

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This article investigates how scientists at natural history museums construct publics in science communication and identifies four major constructions based on Braun and Schultz’s categories: the general public, the pure public, the affected public, and the partisan public. This study draws on data from 17 research scientists at two natural history research museums in Norway who were interviewed about their public outreach activities focusing on practices, settings, designated outcomes, scientists’ incentives to communicate science, and, finally, the speaking positions available for the different publics; the aim was to provide an understanding of the four constructed publics in museums’ science communication. When scientists construct different publics, they emphasize relevance as an important quality assurance device.

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Deliberation, Dialogue or Dissemination: Changing Objectives in the Communication of Science and Technology in Denmark

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