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Taxonomy at a Crossroads: science, publics and policy in biodiversity

Taxonomy at a Crossroads: science, publics and policy in biodiversity. An ESRC-funded project carried out by Lancaster University, and the NHM, UK Claire Waterton, Rebecca Ellis, Brian Wynne Johannes Vogel, Mark Carine. The sociology of science (STS).

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Taxonomy at a Crossroads: science, publics and policy in biodiversity

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  1. Taxonomy at a Crossroads: science, publics and policy in biodiversity An ESRC-funded project carried out by Lancaster University, and the NHM, UK Claire Waterton, Rebecca Ellis, Brian Wynne Johannes Vogel, Mark Carine

  2. The sociology of science (STS) • Science and technology are social activities • Societies shape scientific trajectories • Diverse social groups in society are knowledge-actors, users, contributors • Science and technology shaped by nature and society • STS is ‘anti-essentialist’

  3. How we study the sociology of science • ‘Science in Action’! (Latour 1987) • Follow scientists and engineers through society • What are scientists doing? • Innovating in methodology – study this!

  4. Why are we interested in Barcoding? • Taxonomy and classification as social/natural ordering • Innovation in taxonomy is a social/natural journey • Barcoding brings together science, publics, policy Room for social, political, philosophical, policy and normative thinking?

  5. What do we mean by innovation? • In science - sequencing and bioinformatics • In the social - changing producers and users of taxonomic knowledge • In economics - new markets for barcoding expertise • In infrastructure - digitisation, accessibility • Politically - creation of global standards

  6. The barcode is ‘generative’, it enables • Identification/labelling but also………… • Speed • Mobility • Exchange • Accounting/stocktaking • Biodiversity Commons • Commodity • Re-classifying • Nature as high technology

  7. Making room for dialogue

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