Repetition Strain Injury in Australia: Medical Knowledge, Social Movement, and De Facto Partisanship

Thinking Outside the Master's House: New Knowledge Movements and the Emergence of Academic Disciplines

“…At the same time, the women's studies NKM has faced significant countermovement mobilization, primarily from backlash groups that want to privilege the traditional white male dominated canon over newer forms of knowledge (Yamane 2001). In fact, it is the countermovements which often provide the greatest support for our understanding of NKMs as movements (Bammer and Martin 1992)-for instance, Clark Kerr has ignored the role of identity-based studies in the contemporary higher education and academic spheres because he sees them as political rather than academic, professional, or vocational (Kerr 1995). As noted above, women's studies today has become significantly institutionalized in political, cultural, and organizational terms.…”

“…This focus limits their ability to understand NKMs that challenge established "truths" themselves. Finally, Frickel and Gross do not explore the existence of countermovements, an exploration which can often serve to highlight the important movement characteristics of NKMs themselves (Bammer and Martin 1992).…”

The demise of repetitive strain injury in sceptical governing rationalities of workplace managers

“…RSI has always been a medically‐controversial problem, possibly because of its aetiological complexity including inconsistent clinical signs and prognosis (Bammer and Martin 1992, Silversides 1997, Ranney 1997, Norman and Wells 2000). This controversy is evident in how the problem of RSI has been considered in scientific journals and in the courts.…”

“…This controversy is evident in how the problem of RSI has been considered in scientific journals and in the courts. For instance, in 1988, shortly after the peak of the Australian epidemic, the Medical Journal of Australia imposed a one‐year ban on all letters and articles on RSI in a move to quash medical controversy (Bammer and Martin 1992). In 1993, Judge Prosser in the UK ruled that RSI had ‘no place in the medical books’, but three months later a UK typist won a record £79,900 compensation for RSI (Dyer 1994).…”

Dissent and heresy in medicine: models, methods, and strategies

“…Even when social scientists are personally indifferent to the issues and claimants, their writings and comments can be used by partisans to advance a particular side to the dispute (Scott, Richards & Martin, 1990). Furthermore, the choice of a framework of analysis and the choice of an issue to study contribute to a "de facto partisanship" by the analyst (Bammer & Martin, 1992). Thus, the issue of symmetry versus asymmetry is far more complex than it might appear on the surface.…”