Three Blind Spots? A Comment on the Sociology of Science by a Puzzled Outsider

A sociologist from another specialism read a selection of literature from the last fifteen years of the sociology of science. Three lacunae were discovered, each an area apparently neglected by sociologists of every theoretical persuasion writing in the sociology of science. These three omissions ar...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Social studies of science 1987-02, Vol.17 (1), p.163-170
Main Author: Delamont, Sara
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Comment
Educational environment
Educational sociology
Ethnography
Gender studies
Occupations
Optic disk
Science education
Social research
Social studies learning
Social theories
Sociological Theory
Sociology of Science
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
cited_by cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c281t-6c45dffe4068b3971ea6b9ad739058bba3ed38612ffbbbe168fe5ab1f9ac072c3
cites
container_end_page 170
container_issue 1
container_start_page 163
container_title Social studies of science
container_volume 17
creator Delamont, Sara
description A sociologist from another specialism read a selection of literature from the last fifteen years of the sociology of science. Three lacunae were discovered, each an area apparently neglected by sociologists of every theoretical persuasion writing in the sociology of science. These three omissions are: treating science as a variety of work; studying the socialization of scientists and learning environments in science; and researching gender divisions in science. It is argued that neglect of these areas is causing the sociology of science to depart from its own agenda and programme.
doi_str_mv 10.1177/030631287017001008
format article
fullrecord <record><control><sourceid>jstor_proqu</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_60973717</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><jstor_id>285073</jstor_id><sage_id>10.1177_030631287017001008</sage_id><sourcerecordid>285073</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-c281t-6c45dffe4068b3971ea6b9ad739058bba3ed38612ffbbbe168fe5ab1f9ac072c3</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNp9kEtLAzEUhYMoWB9_QDcBwd3Ym0knyaxEiy8QK7SuhyRz006ZTmoys6i_3ikVEQVXd_N951wOIWcMrhiTcggcBGepksAkAANQe2TARgISLrJ8nwy2QNIT8pAcxbgEACkzMSAvs0VApLd11ZR0uvZtvKY3dOxXK2xa6hvaLpBOva187ecb6h2d2gobi9RsqKav3cdHjSWddG2sSgwn5MDpOuLp1z0mb_d3s_Fj8jx5eBrfPCc2VaxNhB1lpXM4AqEMzyVDLUyuS8lzyJQxmmPJlWCpc8YYZEI5zLRhLtcWZGr5Mbnc5a6Df-8wtsWqihbrWjfou1gIyCWXTPbgxS9w6bvQ9L8VjEOay4yrrKfSHWWDjzGgK9ahWumwKRgU24GLvwP30nAnRT3HH7H_Gec7YxlbH747UpWB5PwT7zmCxQ</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Aggregation Database</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype><pqid>1302975385</pqid></control><display><type>article</type><title>Three Blind Spots? A Comment on the Sociology of Science by a Puzzled Outsider</title><source>JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection</source><source>Sociological Abstracts</source><source>SAGE Complete Deep Backfile Purchase 2012</source><creator>Delamont, Sara</creator><creatorcontrib>Delamont, Sara</creatorcontrib><description>A sociologist from another specialism read a selection of literature from the last fifteen years of the sociology of science. Three lacunae were discovered, each an area apparently neglected by sociologists of every theoretical persuasion writing in the sociology of science. These three omissions are: treating science as a variety of work; studying the socialization of scientists and learning environments in science; and researching gender divisions in science. It is argued that neglect of these areas is causing the sociology of science to depart from its own agenda and programme.</description><identifier>ISSN: 0306-3127</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1460-3659</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.1177/030631287017001008</identifier><identifier>CODEN: SSTSD2</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>London: Sage Publications</publisher><subject>Comment ; Educational environment ; Educational sociology ; Ethnography ; Gender studies ; Occupations ; Optic disk ; Science education ; Social research ; Social studies learning ; Social theories ; Sociological Theory ; Sociology of Science</subject><ispartof>Social studies of science, 1987-02, Vol.17 (1), p.163-170</ispartof><rights>Copyright 1987 Sage Publications Ltd</rights><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><citedby>FETCH-LOGICAL-c281t-6c45dffe4068b3971ea6b9ad739058bba3ed38612ffbbbe168fe5ab1f9ac072c3</citedby></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><linktopdf>$$Uhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/285073$$EPDF$$P50$$Gjstor$$H</linktopdf><linktohtml>$$Uhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/285073$$EHTML$$P50$$Gjstor$$H</linktohtml><link.rule.ids>314,780,784,21845,27924,27925,33775,45082,45470,58238,58471</link.rule.ids></links><search><creatorcontrib>Delamont, Sara</creatorcontrib><title>Three Blind Spots? A Comment on the Sociology of Science by a Puzzled Outsider</title><title>Social studies of science</title><description>A sociologist from another specialism read a selection of literature from the last fifteen years of the sociology of science. Three lacunae were discovered, each an area apparently neglected by sociologists of every theoretical persuasion writing in the sociology of science. These three omissions are: treating science as a variety of work; studying the socialization of scientists and learning environments in science; and researching gender divisions in science. It is argued that neglect of these areas is causing the sociology of science to depart from its own agenda and programme.</description><subject>Comment</subject><subject>Educational environment</subject><subject>Educational sociology</subject><subject>Ethnography</subject><subject>Gender studies</subject><subject>Occupations</subject><subject>Optic disk</subject><subject>Science education</subject><subject>Social research</subject><subject>Social studies learning</subject><subject>Social theories</subject><subject>Sociological Theory</subject><subject>Sociology of Science</subject><issn>0306-3127</issn><issn>1460-3659</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>1987</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><sourceid>BHHNA</sourceid><recordid>eNp9kEtLAzEUhYMoWB9_QDcBwd3Ym0knyaxEiy8QK7SuhyRz006ZTmoys6i_3ikVEQVXd_N951wOIWcMrhiTcggcBGepksAkAANQe2TARgISLrJ8nwy2QNIT8pAcxbgEACkzMSAvs0VApLd11ZR0uvZtvKY3dOxXK2xa6hvaLpBOva187ecb6h2d2gobi9RsqKav3cdHjSWddG2sSgwn5MDpOuLp1z0mb_d3s_Fj8jx5eBrfPCc2VaxNhB1lpXM4AqEMzyVDLUyuS8lzyJQxmmPJlWCpc8YYZEI5zLRhLtcWZGr5Mbnc5a6Df-8wtsWqihbrWjfou1gIyCWXTPbgxS9w6bvQ9L8VjEOay4yrrKfSHWWDjzGgK9ahWumwKRgU24GLvwP30nAnRT3HH7H_Gec7YxlbH747UpWB5PwT7zmCxQ</recordid><startdate>198702</startdate><enddate>198702</enddate><creator>Delamont, Sara</creator><general>Sage Publications</general><general>SAGE Publications</general><scope>AAYXX</scope><scope>CITATION</scope><scope>HGTKA</scope><scope>IBDFT</scope><scope>K30</scope><scope>PAAUG</scope><scope>PAWHS</scope><scope>PAWZZ</scope><scope>PAXOH</scope><scope>PBHAV</scope><scope>PBQSW</scope><scope>PBYQZ</scope><scope>PCIWU</scope><scope>PCMID</scope><scope>PCZJX</scope><scope>PDGRG</scope><scope>PDWWI</scope><scope>PETMR</scope><scope>PFVGT</scope><scope>PGXDX</scope><scope>PIHIL</scope><scope>PISVA</scope><scope>PJCTQ</scope><scope>PJTMS</scope><scope>PLCHJ</scope><scope>PMHAD</scope><scope>PNQDJ</scope><scope>POUND</scope><scope>PPLAD</scope><scope>PQAPC</scope><scope>PQCAN</scope><scope>PQCMW</scope><scope>PQEME</scope><scope>PQHKH</scope><scope>PQMID</scope><scope>PQNCT</scope><scope>PQNET</scope><scope>PQSCT</scope><scope>PQSET</scope><scope>PSVJG</scope><scope>PVMQY</scope><scope>PZGFC</scope><scope>7U4</scope><scope>BHHNA</scope><scope>DWI</scope><scope>WZK</scope></search><sort><creationdate>198702</creationdate><title>Three Blind Spots? A Comment on the Sociology of Science by a Puzzled Outsider</title><author>Delamont, Sara</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c281t-6c45dffe4068b3971ea6b9ad739058bba3ed38612ffbbbe168fe5ab1f9ac072c3</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>1987</creationdate><topic>Comment</topic><topic>Educational environment</topic><topic>Educational sociology</topic><topic>Ethnography</topic><topic>Gender studies</topic><topic>Occupations</topic><topic>Optic disk</topic><topic>Science education</topic><topic>Social research</topic><topic>Social studies learning</topic><topic>Social theories</topic><topic>Sociological Theory</topic><topic>Sociology of Science</topic><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Delamont, Sara</creatorcontrib><collection>CrossRef</collection><collection>Periodicals Index Online Segment 18</collection><collection>Periodicals Index Online Segment 27</collection><collection>Periodicals Index Online</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - West</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - International</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access &amp; Build (Plan A) - MEA</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - Midwest</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - Northeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - Southeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - North Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - Southeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - South Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access &amp; Build (Plan A) - UK / I</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - Canada</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - EMEALA</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - North Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - South Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access &amp; Build (Plan A) - International</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - International</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - West</collection><collection>Periodicals Index Online Segments 1-50</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - APAC</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - Midwest</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - MEA</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - Canada</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - UK / I</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - EMEALA</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access &amp; Build (Plan A) - APAC</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access &amp; Build (Plan A) - Canada</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access &amp; Build (Plan A) - West</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access &amp; Build (Plan A) - EMEALA</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - Northeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access &amp; Build (Plan A) - Midwest</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access &amp; Build (Plan A) - North Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access &amp; Build (Plan A) - Northeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access &amp; Build (Plan A) - South Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access &amp; Build (Plan A) - Southeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - UK / I</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - APAC</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - MEA</collection><collection>Sociological Abstracts (pre-2017)</collection><collection>Sociological Abstracts</collection><collection>Sociological Abstracts</collection><collection>Sociological Abstracts (Ovid)</collection><jtitle>Social studies of science</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Delamont, Sara</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>Three Blind Spots? A Comment on the Sociology of Science by a Puzzled Outsider</atitle><jtitle>Social studies of science</jtitle><date>1987-02</date><risdate>1987</risdate><volume>17</volume><issue>1</issue><spage>163</spage><epage>170</epage><pages>163-170</pages><issn>0306-3127</issn><eissn>1460-3659</eissn><coden>SSTSD2</coden><abstract>A sociologist from another specialism read a selection of literature from the last fifteen years of the sociology of science. Three lacunae were discovered, each an area apparently neglected by sociologists of every theoretical persuasion writing in the sociology of science. These three omissions are: treating science as a variety of work; studying the socialization of scientists and learning environments in science; and researching gender divisions in science. It is argued that neglect of these areas is causing the sociology of science to depart from its own agenda and programme.</abstract><cop>London</cop><pub>Sage Publications</pub><doi>10.1177/030631287017001008</doi><tpages>8</tpages></addata></record>
fulltext fulltext
identifier ISSN: 0306-3127
ispartof Social studies of science, 1987-02, Vol.17 (1), p.163-170
issn 0306-3127
1460-3659
language eng
recordid cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_60973717
source JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection; Sociological Abstracts; SAGE Complete Deep Backfile Purchase 2012
subjects Comment
Educational environment
Educational sociology
Ethnography
Gender studies
Occupations
Optic disk
Science education
Social research
Social studies learning
Social theories
Sociological Theory
Sociology of Science
title Three Blind Spots? A Comment on the Sociology of Science by a Puzzled Outsider
url http://sfxeu10.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/loughborough?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2025-01-08T04%3A56%3A03IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-jstor_proqu&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Three%20Blind%20Spots?%20A%20Comment%20on%20the%20Sociology%20of%20Science%20by%20a%20Puzzled%20Outsider&rft.jtitle=Social%20studies%20of%20science&rft.au=Delamont,%20Sara&rft.date=1987-02&rft.volume=17&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=163&rft.epage=170&rft.pages=163-170&rft.issn=0306-3127&rft.eissn=1460-3659&rft.coden=SSTSD2&rft_id=info:doi/10.1177/030631287017001008&rft_dat=%3Cjstor_proqu%3E285073%3C/jstor_proqu%3E%3Cgrp_id%3Ecdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c281t-6c45dffe4068b3971ea6b9ad739058bba3ed38612ffbbbe168fe5ab1f9ac072c3%3C/grp_id%3E%3Coa%3E%3C/oa%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_pqid=1302975385&rft_id=info:pmid/&rft_jstor_id=285073&rft_sage_id=10.1177_030631287017001008&rfr_iscdi=true