Science-Activists and their Contested Paradigms

An ethnographic study of environmental scientists and engineers involved in an initiative to create alternative forms of knowledge production and exchange, this book sheds light on the growing movement in science aimed at democratizing and humanizing science, and making space for lay expertise in an effort to more effectively address social, economic, and environmental risks. Following the lived experience of participatory science, as members collaborate with potential stakeholders in industry, government, the public and First Nations on ‘real’ problems, the author explores the modification of science as an ongoing accomplishment based on a new paradigm that involves non-scientific partners.