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Curiosity studies : a new ecology of knowledge / Perry Zurn and Arjun Shankar, editors ; foreword by Pamela Grossman and John L. Jackson Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Curiosity.
- Curiosity in children.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (349 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis ; London : University of Minnesota Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- "Curiosity Studies marshals scholars from more than a dozen fields not only to define curiosity but also to grapple with its ethics as well as its role in technological advancement and global citizenship."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: What is curiosity studies? / Perry Zurn and Arjun Shankar
- Exploring the costs of curiosity : an environmental scientist's dilemma / Seeta Sistla
- Curious ecologies of knowledge : more-than-human anthropology / Heather Anne Swanson
- Curiosity, ethics, and the medical management of intersex anatomies / Ellen K. Feder
- A network science of the practice of curiosity / Danielle S. Bassett
- Why should this be so? The waxing and waning of children's curiosity / Susan Engel
- The Dude abides, or, why curiosity is important for education today / Tyson Lewis
- "The campus is sick" : capitalist curiosity and student mental health / Arjun Shankar
- Autism, neurodiversity, and curiosity / Kristina T. Johnson
- Obstacles to curiosity and concern : exploring the racist imagination / Narendra Keval
- Curious entanglements : opacity and ethical relation in Latina/o aesthetics / Christina León
- Transsexuality, the curio, and the transgender tipping point / Amy Marvin
- Peeping and transgression : curiosity and collecting in English literature / Barbara M. Benedict
- Curiosity and political resistance / Perry Zurn
- Curiosity at the end of the world : women, fiction, electricity / Hilary M. Schor
- Conclusion: On teaching curiosity / Arjun Shankar and Perry Zurn
- Afterword / Helga Nowotny.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4529-6363-0
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