b. What counts as truth is socially constructed everywher c. How can anthropology be global and local simultaneously 8. Studying scientists people who are working on secret or proprietary information ii. People who are very powerful, pressed for time, have no incentive to work with anthropologists b. Scientists are also media savvy. Will respond to how they are portrayed, both positive and negative c. Scientists who do let you into their lab have agendas as well d. Many people who go study anthropology of science do have scientifi training It's about half insiders and half outsiders Anthropology of science is still pretty marginal, but growing steadily Many of the people discussed in this lecture are from MIT. Much of the reason for this is the fact that MIT is a great place to study scientistsb. What counts as truth is socially constructed everywhere c. How can anthropology be global and local simultaneously? 8. Studying Scientists a. Questions of access to: i. people who are working on secret or proprietary information ii. People who are very powerful, pressed for time, have no incentive to work with anthropologists b. Scientists are also media savvy. Will respond to how they are portrayed, both positive and negative. c. Scientists who do let you into their lab have agendas as well d. Many people who go study anthropology of science do have scientific training. It’s about half insiders and half outsiders. • Anthropology of science is still pretty marginal, but growing steadily. • Many of the people discussed in this lecture are from MIT. Much of the reason for this is the fact that MIT is a great place to study scientists