I am interested NOT in research in the area of the philosophy of science (e.g. Kuhn, Popper, Feyerabend, etc), but, specifically, in the sociology of science with a particular focus on scientists' use of and reliance on non-epistemic values (e.g. social, moral, aesthetic, etc.) and social practices. Thank you.
I guess the first entry into this area was Latour's Laboratory Life, but ANT generally since then has been less directly concerned with the issues you are speaking of although you'd find some useful sources (if the approach is not too offputting - not everyone writes as well as Latour!).Steve Woolgar's work might also be a resource. However, the work of John Law on the relation between ANT and STS could be more helpful - try his paper On Sociology and STS in Sociological Review 56.4 2008 to get you started, Donna Haraway and Susan Leigh Star also come to mind, although they have a more technological interest. I personally love Allucquere Rosanne Stone's "On the War of Desire and Technology at the Close of the Mechanical Age" (1996) as a great read - a sort of avant-garde sociological classic. I've also found the journal "Science as Culture" very useful for crossover studies. Chris Grey has a recent book on the organization of Alan Turing's group and the relationof secrecy and organization that might be relevant Decoding Organization : Bletchley Park, Codebreaking and Organization Studies. / Grey, Christopher.Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. 340 p. Hope some of this is useful!
Thank you Dr. Linstead. Your leads are great. Please, do explain the abbreviation ANT--does it stand for Anthropology? Thank you.
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