{"product_id":"laboratory-epistemologies-a-hands-on-perspective-9781478030966","title":"Laboratory Epistemologies: A Hands-On Perspective","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jenny Boulboullé\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Anthropology - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLaboratory Epistemologies: A Hands-On Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e, Jenny Boulboullé examines the significance of hands-on experiences in contemporary life sciences laboratories. Addressing the relationship between contemplation and manipulation in epistemology, Boulboullé combines participant observations in molecular genetics labs and microbiological cleanrooms with a \u003ci\u003elongue durée\u003c\/i\u003e study of the history and philosophy of science. She radically rereads Descartes's key epistemological text \u003ci\u003eMeditations on First Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, reframing the philosopher as a hands-on knowledge maker. With this reading, Boulboullé subverts the pervasive modern conception of the disembodied knower and puts the hands-on experimenter at the heart of life sciences research. In so doing, she contributes a theoretical model for understanding how life processes on cellular and molecular levels are manually produced in today's techno-scientific spaces. By reassessing the Cartesian legacy and arguing that epistemology should be grounded in the standpoint of a hands-on practitioner, Boulboullé offers the philosophical and historical foundation to understand and study contemporary life sciences research as multisensory embodied practices.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45036784681111,"sku":"9781478030966","price":3197.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781478030966.webp?v=1769213918","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/laboratory-epistemologies-a-hands-on-perspective-9781478030966","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}