Capital and the Scientific Endeavour. An Appraisal of Some Marxist Contributions to the Debate on the Commodification of Science

Arboledas-Lérida, Luis

doi:10.1080/03017605.2020.1850631

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“…The article highlights an often neglected aspect in the science communication literature, the economic context, and aims to contribute to the developing literature in this direction (Arboledas-Lérida, 2020; Thorpe and Gregory, 2010; Werskey, 2007). A historical analysis on the axis of political economy will be the most important component of the long-term picture, and for this reason, the article divides the history of popular science magazines into periods by placing particular importance on the relations of production.…”

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Different periods, similar challenges, opposing paths: Exploring the social structure of popular science magazines in Turkey

Canpolat

2023

Public Underst Sci

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This study questions the social relations behind the challenges that popular science magazines in Turkey have faced from their onset, by focusing on the peculiarities of different historical periods and prevailing relations of production. The history of popular science magazines from the Ottoman Empire to the present day is also the history of the transition from artisan-like relations of production to factory-like relations of production and more. In this long historical period, premodern social relations and market conditions come to the fore as the main source of the challenges these magazines face. In recent years, big capital’s interest in popular science and the enthusiastic struggle of “zero capital” magazines on the other hand reveal two different sides of the picture. Similar challenges and divergent experiences across different periods indicate that popularizing science goes far beyond bringing science to lay people. This study shows that it is possible to trace a frustrated story of modernization, as well as economic and political turmoil, in these magazines’ survival struggle in a country which has not been closely studied in this respect.

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confidence: 99%