Queering Science Communication : Representations, Theory, and Practice /
A book on queer themes and science communication is timely, if not well overdue. LGBTIQA+ people have unique contributions to make and issues to meet through science communication. So, bringing 'queer' and 'science communication' together is an important step for queer protest, l...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol :
Bristol University Press,
2023.
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Colección: | Contemporary issues in science communication
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover
- Series page
- Queering Science Communication: Representations, Theory, and Practice
- Copyright information
- Table of Contents
- Series Editor Preface
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Terminology and Sensitive Content in This Book
- Introduction
- Queer as noun, queer as adjective, queer as verb
- A short history of 'queer'
- The many dimensions of queering science communication
- Representing LGBTIQA+ diversity in the book
- Inventing a subgenre during a global pandemic
- A guide to navigating this book
- References
- PART I Negotiating Queer Identities with Science, Technology, and Medicine
- 1 Where to 'Keep' the Queer: Contestations and Anxieties in Clinical Communications
- To pathologize, neutralize, or affirm: the dilemma with queerness in mental health sciences
- Queerness and mental health sciences in India
- The metaphor of 'risky sexuality' and selective audiences for AIDS-based communication
- AIDS discourse and India: takeaways
- Conclusion
- References
- Practice Spotlight
- References
- 2 The Question of Queer Complexity: Science Communication and Queer Activism
- Shattering the queer community
- Kameny, Gittings, and the argument for free choice
- Free choice for consenting adults vs sin and crime
- Gender as a social construct
- Born this way
- Conclusions
- References
- 3 Queer Interests in Technology and Innovation Discourse
- Defining the conditions of queer existence
- Technology and innovation as emancipation
- Resistance as participation in technology and innovation discourse
- Lessons for queering science communication
- References
- Practice Spotlight
- References
- Practice Spotlight
- Notes
- References
- Teaching Notes for Part I
- PART II Representations of Queerness in Public Science Communication
- 4 Queering Science Museums, Science Centres, and Other Public Science Institutions
- Queering the scene at the science institution
- Queering the frontstage: what the public sees
- Queering backstage: behind the scenes
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Practice Spotlight
- Practice Spotlight
- First steps
- Exploring formats
- Looking forward
- Practice Spotlight
- 5 Queer Characters in Science-themed Fiction
- Queerness and sciencyness in canonically queer scientist characters
- Fantastical pan/bi sciencyness in Torchwood
- Sexuality and gender affirming science in Star Trek: Discovery
- Scientifically credible queers and transforming scientific culture
- When we don't know if a scientist character is queer
- Characters are fictional so we don't know
- Queer audience interpretations
- Conclusions: implications for science communicators
- References
- Practice Spotlight
- Note
- Practice Spotlight
- References
- Teaching Notes for Part II
- PART III Queer People in Science Communication Communities