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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1177/1075547007309103
Titel (primär) Communicating ignorance and the development of post-mining landscapes
Autor Gross, M.
Quelle Science Communication
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
Department SUSOZ
Band/Volume 29
Heft 2
Seite von 264
Seite bis 270
Sprache englisch
Keywords ignorance; non-knowledge; landscape design; science in public;surface mining
Abstract Scientific knowledge is always limited by ignorance. This essay discusses the design of landscapes altered by strip-mining in Eastern Germany, which started with a clear acknowledgement of the limits of knowing as a foundation for acting in face of ignorance. However, after more than fifteen years, communication about the limits of knowing in landscape design is increasingly founded on the belief that uncertainty and risk need to be answered with more certainty via expert knowledge, which has led to a development stalemate or "lock-in." This observation supports the thesis that laying open the limits of scientific knowledge to the public can improve public confidence in applied research and thus open new room to maneuver at the local level.
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Gross, M. (2007):
Communicating ignorance and the development of post-mining landscapes
Sci. Commun. 29 (2), 264 - 270 10.1177/1075547007309103