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Steve Woolgar

Sociology

Steve Woolgar is a British sociologist, born in 1950, who worked closely with Bruno Latour, with whom he co-wrote Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts (1979). This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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1950 1
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Knowledge and Science 2
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1. Wikidata: Steve Woolgar
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2. Steve Woolgar (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    Stephen William Woolgar is a British sociologist. He worked closely with Bruno Latour, with whom he wrote Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts (1979).
  • Lead, subfield knowledge-science
    He worked closely with Bruno Latour, with whom he wrote Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts (1979).
  • Associated With: University of Oxford, Article text
    He then held the Chair of Sociology and Marketing at the University of Oxford where he was a fellow at Green Templeton College.
  • Associated With: University of Cambridge, Article text
    He worked closely with Bruno Latour, with whom he wrote Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts (1979). == Education == Stephen Woolgar holds a BA (First Class Honours) in engineering and a PhD in sociology, both at the University of Cambridge. == Career == Woolgar was Professor of Sociology and Head of the Department of Human Sciences and director of CRICT (Centre for Research into Innovation, Culture and Technology) at Brunel University until 2000.
  • Shaped By: Social Constructionism, Article text, Social Constructionism
    Woolgar espouses a radically relativist and constructionist position.
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