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Now It Is Impossible 'Simply To Continue Along Previous Lines': A Partial Design Sketch of Enactable Social Theorizing
Working Papers on Science in a Changing World
  • Peter J Taylor
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-15-2012
Keywords
  • environmental studies,
  • group process,
  • intersecting processes,
  • science and technology studies,
  • social theory
Abstract

A compilation of 39 notes provides the basis for two shifts: from shaping a better social theory to allowing for social theorizing; and from representing social dynamics to enacting the social theorizing so as to repeatedly define and pursue engagements in the heterogeneous dynamics that intersect in all kinds of society-making. A key move is to bring the multiple strandedness of changing social life into the center by combining, on one hand, the analysis of intersecting processes, which link across scales in the production of any outcome and in their own on-going transformation, and, on the other hand, a participatory group process, the historical scan, to generate a repeatable group-specific praxis. The notes are mostly drawn from my previous contributions to environmental studies, social analysis of science (STS), and innovation in teaching and group processes.

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No, this is not community-engaged.
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Citation Information
Peter J Taylor. "Now It Is Impossible 'Simply To Continue Along Previous Lines': A Partial Design Sketch of Enactable Social Theorizing" (2012)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/peter_taylor/19/