Strategic unknowns: towards a sociology of ignorance

McGoey, Linsey

doi:10.1080/03085147.2011.637330

Cited by 351 publications

(231 citation statements)

References 28 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

216

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…A classic example of this effect is the propensity of prosperous people to avoid poor neighborhoods where observing the residents' living conditions might induce guilt about their own relative privilege and, potentially, compel them to give to charity (Cain, Dana, and Newman 2014;Dana, Cain, and Dawes 2006;McGoey 2012).…”

Section: We Commonly Think Of Information As a Means To An End Howevmentioning

confidence: 99%

Information Avoidance

Golman

Hagmann

Loewenstein

2017

Journal of Economic Literature

564

198

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: We Commonly Think Of Information As a Means To An End Howevmentioning

confidence: 99%

Information Avoidance

Golman

Hagmann

Loewenstein

2017

Journal of Economic Literature

564

198

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Ironically, the notion of the usefully participating, evidence-engaged patient or citizen has become ubiquitous at the same time as ignorance (McGoey, 2012) and "bullshit" (Frankfurt, 2005) have been successfully harnessed as resources in "post-truth" politics. Simultaneously, UK health policy is being subordinated to the demands of the market while socialized health care is subjected to forces of marketization and privatization (Whitfield, 2012).…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Beware Zombies and Unicorns: Toward Critical Patient and Public Involvement in Health Research in a Neoliberal Context

2017

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Patient and public involvement (PPI) in UK National Health Service (NHS) research has become an imperative in policy and practice. However, lack of clarity on what PPI is (or might be) has given rise to a poorly monitored, complex field of activity, variously framed by the expectations of policy makers, funders, host organizations, researchers, health professionals, individual recruits, volunteers, activists, and third sector organizations. The normative shift toward PPI has taken place within a neoliberal policy context, the implications of which needs to be explicitly considered, particularly after the Brexit referendum which has left policy makers and researchers wondering how to better appeal to a distrustful public subjected to "post-truth" and "dog whistle" politics. This commentary examines the prospects for a more critical approach to PPI which addresses context, is evidence-informed and mindful of persistent inequalities in health outcomes, at a time when models of PPI in NHS health research tend to be conceptually vague, derived from limited clinical and managerial settings, and centered on a construction of the abstract, rational, compliant, and self-managing patient or layperson.

show abstract

“…Este artículo tiene como punto de partida, las propuestas de los estudios de ignorancia, que plantean que la ignorancia necesita ser entendida y teorizada como una característica regular de la toma de decisiones en general, en las interacciones sociales y en comunicación cotidiana, en ese sentido promueve entender la ignorancia como un elemento propio de las interacciones y no como una desviación (Gross y McGoey 2015a;McGoey 2012). Inicialmente se realizó un análisis temático para identificar ideas generales, y después, una segunda ronda de codificación permitió establecer relaciones entre estos temas y los planteamientos de los estudios de la ignorancia, específicamente, su importancia para entender la producción de seguridad e inseguridad (Rappert y Balmer 2015).…”

Section: Introductionunclassified

Estudios de ignorancia, inteligencia y la guerra contra las drogas en Colombia/ Ignorance studies, intelligence and the war on drugs in Colombia

Guerrero-Castro

2017

Urvio

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

ResumenLos enormes recursos invertidos en la inteligencia en la guerra contra las drogas han permitido a las agencias estatales acumular un importante conocimiento sobre el actuar de las redes internacionales del narcotráfico. La inteligencia juega un papel central en la planeación y conducción de operaciones de interdicción marítima. La utilización de la inteligencia en este tipo de operaciones tiene, sin embargo, limitaciones; y no menos importante, la interpretación y reinterpretación que se hace de los resultados. Propongo que los estudios de ignorancia pueden servir para explicar estos resultados paradójicos, así como el rol y los límites de la inteligencia en la guerra contra las drogas. En este artículo se reflexiona sobre las posibilidades de los estudios de ignorancia para entender las diferentes interpretaciones del uso de la inteligencia y los resultados de esta. El presente análisis se basa en una serie de entrevistas realizadas a miembros de la Armada en diversas partes del país.Palabras clave: estudios de ignorancia; guerra contra las drogas; inteligencia; interdicción marítima. AbstractThe enormous resources invested in intelligence in the war on drugs have allowed state agencies to accumulate a valuable knowledge about the actions of international drug trafficking networks. Intelligence plays a central role in planning and conducting maritime interdiction operations. The use of intelligence in this type of operations, however, has limitations, not least the interpretation and reinterpretation of the results. I propose that studies of ignorance can serve to explain these paradoxical results, as well as the role and limits of intelligence in the war on drugs. In this article, we reflect on the possibilities of ignorance studies to understand the different interpretations of the use of intelligence and the results of this. The present analysis was based on a series of interviews with members of the Navy in various regions of the country.

show abstract

Strategic unknowns: towards a sociology of ignorance

Cited by 351 publications

References 28 publications

Information Avoidance

Information Avoidance

Beware Zombies and Unicorns: Toward Critical Patient and Public Involvement in Health Research in a Neoliberal Context

Estudios de ignorancia, inteligencia y la guerra contra las drogas en Colombia/ Ignorance studies, intelligence and the war on drugs in Colombia

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About