Science as Culture

期刊简介：To view details of recent special issues, click here . Our culture is a scientific one, defining what is natural and what is rational. Its values can be seen in what are sought out as facts and made as artefacts, what are designed as processes and products, and what are forged as weapons and filmed as wonders. In our daily experience, power is exercised through expertise, e.g. in science, technology and medicine. Science as Culture explores how all these shape the values which contend for influence over the wider society. Science mediates our cultural experience. It increasingly defines what it is to be a person, through genetics, medicine and information technology. Its values get embodied and naturalized in concepts, techniques, research priorities, gadgets and advertising. Many films, artworks and novels express popular concerns about these developments. In a society where icons of progress are drawn from science, technology and medicine, they are either celebrated or demonised. Often their progress is feared as ’unnatural’, while their critics are labelled ’irrational’. Public concerns are rebuffed by ostensibly value-neutral experts and positivist polemics. Yet the culture of science is open to study like any other culture. Cultural studies analyses the role of expertise throughout society. Many journals address the history, philosophy and social studies of science, its popularisation, and the public understanding of society. Amidst these journals, Science as Culture is ’the only source of critique of the way science is going’, as one of our readers put it. Not simply criticism, critique analyses the underlying frameworks, assumptions and terms of reference. It emphasizes the fundamental role of values, interests, ideology and purposes -- which would otherwise remain hidden in the guise of neutrality and objectivity. Science as Culture places science within the wider debate on the values which constitute culture; it is not the journal for a particular academic discipline. Science as Culture encompasses people’s experiences -- at the workplace, the cinema, the computer, the hospital, the home and the academy. The articles are readable, attractive, lively, often humorous, and always jargon-free. Science as Culture aims to be read at leisure, and to be a pleasure. Book and Media Reviews : Offers of book reviews are welcome. See the list, editorial guidance and contact email address here . Peer Review Policy All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor. If found suitable for further consideration, papers are subject to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized and submissions can be made online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/csac . If you are considering an article submission to Science as Culture , you can watch this short video with co-Editor Kean Birch where he offers insights on the review process, what to consider when submitting to the journal, and some general tips on academic writing.

【译文】要查看最近特刊的详细信息，请单击此处。我们的文化是一种科学文化，定义什么是自然、什么是理性。它的价值可以体现在作为事实被寻找、作为人工制品制造的东西、作为流程和产品设计的东西、以及作为武器锻造和作为奇迹拍摄的东西。在我们的日常经验中，权力是通过专业知识来行使的，例如在科学、技术和医学领域。作为文化的科学探讨了所有这些如何塑造对更广泛的社会产生影响的价值观。科学调解我们的文化体验。它通过遗传学、医学和信息技术越来越多地定义了人的本质。它的价值观在概念、技术、研究重点、小工具和广告中得到体现和自然化。许多电影、艺术品和小说都表达了人们对这些发展的担忧。在一个进步的标志来自于科学、技术和医学的社会中，它们要么受到赞扬，要么被妖魔化。人们常常担心他们的进步是“不自然的”，而他们的批评者则被贴上“非理性”的标签。表面上价值中立的专家和实证主义的论战驳斥了公众的担忧。然而，科学文化像任何其他文化一样对研究开放。文化研究分析了专业知识在整个社会中的作用。许多期刊涉及科学的历史、哲学和社会研究、科学的普及以及公众对社会的理解。正如我们的一位读者所说，在这些期刊中，《科学作为文化》是“对科学发展方式进行批评的唯一来源”。批评不仅仅是批评，而是分析潜在的框架、假设和职权范围。它强调价值观、利益、意识形态和目的的根本作用——否则这些作用将隐藏在中立和客观的幌子下。作为文化的科学将科学置于关于构成文化的价值观的更广泛的辩论中；它不是特定学科的期刊。科学作为文化涵盖了人们在工作场所、电影院、计算机、医院、家庭和学院的经历。这些文章可读性强、有吸引力、生动、幽默，而且始终没有行话。作为文化的科学旨在休闲阅读，并成为一种乐趣。书评和媒体评论：欢迎提供书评。请参阅此处的列表、编辑指南和联系电子邮件地址。同行评审政策 所有提交的手稿均需经过编辑的初步评估。如果发现适合进一步考虑，论文将接受独立、匿名专家审稿人的同行评审。所有同行评审都是单一匿名的，可以通过 http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/csac 在线提交。如果您正在考虑向 Science as Culture 提交文章，您可以观看联合编辑 Kean Birch 的这段短视频，他在视频中提供了有关审稿过程的见解、向期刊提交文章时应考虑的事项以及学术写作的一些一般技巧。