Knowledge Constructions in Research Communities: The Example of Agri-Rural Researchers in Denmark

Autor/inn/en	Madsen, Lene Moller; Adriansen, Hanne Kirstine
Titel	Knowledge Constructions in Research Communities: The Example of Agri-Rural Researchers in Denmark
Quelle	In: Journal of Rural Studies, 22 (2006) 4, S.456-468 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-0167
DOI	10.1016/j.jrurstud.2006.02.001
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Agriculture; Rural Areas; Ethnography; Research Projects; Geographic Location; Denmark; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Landwirtschaft; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Ethnografie; Forschungsvorhaben; Dänemark; Großbritannien
Abstract	Construction of scientific knowledge can be seen as a struggle over who should define the terms and conditions of legitimate fields of research. Sociologists of scientific knowledge (SSK) have pointed to the importance of analysing scientific knowledge in the same way as other types of knowledge. This idea guides the present paper on Danish research in agriculture and rural areas. Based on an ethnographic study of researchers involved in rural studies, we take stock of the agri-rural research community in Denmark and reflect upon the how and why "fashions" in Danish rural studies differ from "fashions" in rural studies in the UK. In the analysis, we show how a research community construct and reconstruct itself in relation to what is perceived as legitimate fields of research. Finally, the paper gives insight into the research world of those doing research outside the UK and adds to the discussion of "putting philosophies of geography into practice" that is on-going in British geography. (Author).
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