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Title(s)Convergence or mediation? Experts of vulnerability and the vulnerability of experts' discourses on nanotechnologies - a case study
DOI10.48548/pubdata-1265
Handle20.500.14123/1328
CreatorPapilloud, Christian
Ott, Ingrid  136759203
AbstractRecent discussions about the evolvement of nanotechnologies criticize that the notion ‘risk’ is too abstract and an all-inclusive category. Moreover, the concept of risk is not precise enough to describe the potential issues related to the development of nanotechnologies. Instead, experts of technological development speak more about risk communication. Within the field of nanotechnologies, they even redefined this expression in February 2005 and related it to the question of the societal acceptance of nanotechnologies. Risk communication is about to gain stakeholder acceptance of policy decisions, whereas public and stakeholders are encouraged to participate actively in the communication process through public consultations, hearings, etc. Thus on the one hand, the category of risk has been pragmatically nuanced in order to better highlight the vulnerability of the communication on nanotechnologies. On the other hand, this vulnerable communication is not the result of a deficit of information. It is based on the idea of participation, where the vulnerability relies on the social groups specialized in the design, the application, and the diffusion of nanotechnologies within society. How is this participation possible, and what does it mean? We develop this question in the framework of a comparative survey on experts that are involved in the deployment of nanotechnologies in Grenoble (France) and Hamburg (Germany).
LanguageGerman
KeywordsNanotechnologies; Society; Risk; Collaboration; Nanotechnologie; Gesellschaft; Risiko; Kollaboration
DDC330 :: Wirtschaft
Year of publication in PubData2007
Publishing typeFirst publication
Publication versionPublished version
Date issued2007-08-20
Creation contextResearch
Faculty / departmentFrühere Fachbereiche
Series title and numberWorking paper series in economics
58
Alternative Idenfier(s)urn:nbn:de:gbv:luen4-opus4-5168
Date of Availability2024-08-23T07:46:38Z
Archiving Facility Medien- und Informationszentrum (Leuphana Universität Lüneburg  02w2y2t16)
Published byMedien- und Informationszentrum, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
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