科学を対象とする文化人類学的アプローチ(<特集>科学技術と人間の創造性)
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概要
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A turning point in Japanese science policy for the promotion of the basic research has come, and research of the organizational features of research activities may contribute to the reformation of the system for scientific research in Japan.The methodology and concepts of the cultural anthropology have offered many suggestions regarding the social environment producing scientific knowledge. Its inductive approach identifies social factors of creative research activities and its methods are effective for the creation and modification of hypotheses and the verification of the validity of concepts and measurements.This article presents the author's research project in which he has observed participants in laboratories in Japan from September 1990.the project investigates organizational features, such as research autonomy, research-networks, and inter-organizational relationships, through participant observation, interviews, and descriptions of researchers, daily activities. Through this project, the author intends to clarify the cost/benefit for one researcher considering all of the individual's research activity.
- 研究・技術計画学会の論文
- 1991-10-25