AO: The analysts argue that every contributor should be able to draw the project into new and original directions and that the project should continually shift because of its
AO: The group looks at phenomena of “contingent connection” to trace the comparative cases over time and space. However, they do not detail how they do this technically.Read more
AO: The analysts are interested in the relational ethics of medical research in Africa. They are particularly worried about ethics in these contexts because the global
AO: Analysts do not provide a “right answer” at the end of their fictitious stories, highlighting their assumption that there is not one right way to tackle the ethics
AO: Tsing notes : “taking the knowledge claims of scientists—which focus on connection, not difference—at face value as well as training ourselves (anthropologists) in mycology and
AO: the analysts argued for three levels of debate and action: individual, institutional and structural (page 15). They argue that ethical challenges arise from
AO: Arguing against, “big science” model, Tsing notes that since good fieldwork is supposed to change the fieldworker’s research questions, standardized questions, goals, and methods
AO: Authors are worried about how the prevalent model splits research contribution into fractions such that every collaborator dilutes the pool and they are interested in changing
AO: Tsing mentions several binaries: to describe their work: two models of collaboration “big science” model and intimate authorship arrangements (their collabo is somewhere in
Peter Galison looks a the collaborative practices of microphysicists to develop his theory of "trading zones". Read more