Creativity from the Periphery: Trading Zones of Scientific Exchange in Colonial India (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780822946564)

Science is usually known by its most successful figures and resource-rich institutions. In stark contrast, Creativity from the Periphery draws our attention to unknown figures in science--those who remain marginalized, even neglected, within its practices. Researchers in early twentieth-century colonial India, for example, have made significant contributions to the stock of scientific knowledge and have provided science with new breakthroughs and novel ideas, but to little acclaim. As Deepanwita Dasgupta argues, sometimes the best ideas in science are born from difficult and resource-poor conditions. In this study, she turns our attention to these peripheral actors, shedding new light on how scientific creativity operates in lesser-known, marginalized contexts, and how the work of self-trained researchers, though largely ignored, has contributed to important conceptual shifts. Her book presents a new philosophical framework for understanding this peripheral creativity in science through the lens of trading zones--where knowledge is exchanged between two unequal communities--and explores the implications for the future diversity of transnational science.

Author: Deepanwita Dasgupta
ISBN-10: 0822946564
ISBN-13: 9780822946564
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Language: English
Published: 06/15/2021
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.30w x 1.02d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2022