Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| DOI | 10.1177/1075547007309103 |
| Title (Primary) | Communicating ignorance and the development of post-mining landscapes |
| Author | Gross, M. |
| Source Titel | Science Communication |
| Year | 2007 |
| Department | SUSOZ |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Page From | 264 |
| Page To | 270 |
| Language | 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. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=1809 |
| Gross, M. (2007): Communicating ignorance and the development of post-mining landscapes Sci. Commun. 29 (2), 264 - 270 10.1177/1075547007309103 |
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