Comments on: Have we really moved beyond PUS? http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=3705 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:36:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Sylvia S Tognetti http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=3705&cpage=1#comment-2775 Sylvia S Tognetti Tue, 24 Jan 2006 18:52:16 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheusreborn/?p=3705#comment-2775 Hi Roger, It was with those same thoughts that I started the Post-Normal Times blog - if I take my time posting it is because it is hard to write about these issues concisely - it never "fits" within the prevailing discourse - the reason for the subtitle "all the news that doesn't fit." But I think blogs are a great way to generate discourse on this subject and engage people in a different way. We aren't confined to soundbites... Hi Roger,
It was with those same thoughts that I started the Post-Normal Times blog – if I take my time posting it is because it is hard to write about these issues concisely – it never “fits” within the prevailing discourse – the reason for the subtitle “all the news that doesn’t fit.” But I think blogs are a great way to generate discourse on this subject and engage people in a different way. We aren’t confined to soundbites…

]]> By: Roger Pielke Jr. http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=3705&cpage=1#comment-2774 Roger Pielke Jr. Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:21:53 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheusreborn/?p=3705#comment-2774 Lisa- Although I haven't come up with an acronym as methaphorically cute, it seems that there is an equally falwed model of "scientists understanding science studies" (SUSS?) that relies on much the same dynamic of PUS! Will upstream engagement work in this instance? Maybe this blog is an experiment in upstream engagement as an alternative to SUSS ;-) Lisa-

Although I haven’t come up with an acronym as methaphorically cute, it seems that there is an equally falwed model of “scientists understanding science studies” (SUSS?) that relies on much the same dynamic of PUS!

Will upstream engagement work in this instance? Maybe this blog is an experiment in upstream engagement as an alternative to SUSS ;-)

]]> By: Lisa Dilling http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=3705&cpage=1#comment-2773 Lisa Dilling Tue, 24 Jan 2006 15:56:29 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheusreborn/?p=3705#comment-2773 Of course I love how the writers play with the PUS metaphor.. And I agree that PUS is still alive and well, at least in the science communities I'm familiar with. This is the case even though those who study public understanding of science have suggested that the deficit model (just give the public more info. and they will then "understand" and make the "right" decision) is an unrealistic way to expect science and society to work. Suggests that much of social science research in this area has not yet flowed across boundaries to inform science culture or policy decisions. We all, even in social science, still have some of these same models operating, and it would behoove all disciplines to more openly consider the alternatives for science-society interaction. Of course I love how the writers play with the PUS metaphor.. And I agree that PUS is still alive and well, at least in the science communities I’m familiar with. This is the case even though those who study public understanding of science have suggested that the deficit model (just give the public more info. and they will then “understand” and make the “right” decision) is an unrealistic way to expect science and society to work. Suggests that much of social science research in this area has not yet flowed across boundaries to inform science culture or policy decisions. We all, even in social science, still have some of these same models operating, and it would behoove all disciplines to more openly consider the alternatives for science-society interaction.

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