Education & Educational Research
; History & Philosophy Of Science
; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
WOS研究方向:
Education & Educational Research
; History & Philosophy of Science
; Social Sciences - Other Topics
英文摘要:
Over the last few decades climate change has been gaining importance in international scientific and political debates. However, the social sciences, especially in Latin America, have only lately become interested in the subject and their approach is still vague. Scientific understanding of global environmental change and the process of designing public policies to face them are characterized by their complexity as well as by epistemic and normative uncertainties. This makes it necessary to problematize the way in which research efforts understand 'the social' of climate change. How do 'the climate' and 'the social' interpenetrate as scientific objects? What does the resulting field look like? Is the combination capable of promoting reflexivity and collaboration on the issue, or does it merely become dispersed with diffuse boundaries? Our paper seeks to answer these and other related questions using Chile as a case study and examining peer-reviewed scientific research on the topic. By combining in-depth qualitative content analysis of each paper with a statistical meta-analysis, we were able to: characterize the key content and forms of such literature; identify divisions and patterns within it; and, discuss some factors and trends that may help explain these. We conclude that the literature displays two competing trends: while it is inclined to become fragmented beyond the scope of the 'mitigation' black box, it also tends to cluster along the lines of methodological distinctions traditionally contested within the social sciences. This, in turn, highlights the persistence of disciplinary divisions within an allegedly interdisciplinary field.
1.Ctr Climate & Resilience Res CR 2, Av Blanco Encalada 2002,Piso 4, Santiago, Chile 2.Univ Adolfo Ibanez, Escuela Gobierno, Diagonal Las Torres 2640, Penalolen, Santiago De Chi, Chile 3.Univ Adolfo Ibanez, Ctr Estudios Modelos Crisis, Diagonal Las Torres 2640, Penalolen, Santiago De Chi, Chile 4.Univ Austral Chile, Ctr Invest Dinam Ecosistemas Marinos Altas Latitu, Campus Isla Teja,Casilla 567, Valdivia, Chile 5.Univ Austral Chile, Inst Hist & Ciencias Sociales, Campus Isla Teja,Casilla 567, Valdivia, Chile 6.Univ Chile, Fac Ciencias Sociales, Av Capitan Ignacio Carrera Pinto 1045, Nunoa, Santiago De Chi, Chile
Recommended Citation:
Billi, Marco,Blanco, Gustavo,Urquiza, Anahi. What is the 'Social' in Climate Change Research? A Case Study on Scientific Representations from Chile[J]. MINERVA,2019-01-01,57(3):293-315