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Performing publics of science in the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study in Austria, Bolivia, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and Portugal
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Participantes de fora da FMUP
- Machado, Helena
- Fiske, Amelia
- Radhuber, Isabella
- Silva, Susana
- Grimaldo-Rodriguez, Christian O.
- Botrugno, Carlo
- Kinner, Ralph
- Marelli, Luca
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Abstract
Research about science and publics in the COVID-19 pandemic often focuses on public trust and on identifying and correcting public attitudes. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 209 residents in six countries-Austria, Bolivia, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and Portugal-this article uses the concept of performativity to explore how participants understand, and relate to science, in the COVID-19 context. By performativity, we mean the ways by which participants understand themselves as particular sorts of publics through identification with, and differentiation from, various other actors in matters that are perceived as controversies surrounding science: COVID-19 vaccination, media communication of science, and the interactions between governments and scientists. The criteria used to construct the similarities and differences among publics were heterogeneous and fluid, showing how epistemic beliefs about the nature of, and trust in, scientific knowledge are intermingled with social and cultural memberships embedded in specific contexts and across disparate places.
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- ISSN/ISSNe:
- 0963-6625, 1361-6609
- Tipo:
- Article
- Páginas:
- 466-482
- Link para outro recurso:
- www.scopus.com
Public Understanding of Science SAGE Publications Ltd
Citações Recebidas na Web of Science: 2
Citações Recebidas na Scopus: 1
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Keywords
- COVID-19; mistrust; performativity; public trust in science; publics of science
Proyectos asociados
Breastfeeding, industry marketing and migration in the era of Globalization
Investigador Principal: Cláudia Susana Soares de Freitas
Estudo Clínico Académico . 2023
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Machado H,de Freitas C,Fiske A,Radhuber I,Silva S,Grimaldo CO,Botrugno C,Kinner R,Marelli L. Performing publics of science in the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study in Austria, Bolivia, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and Portugal. Public Underst. Sci. 2024. 33. (4):p. 466-482. IF:4,100. (1).
