Warmed sciences and worlds: mixed narratives of climate change in Sao Paulo

• Grant number: 12/23739-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: April 01, 2013
• End date: January 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Anthropology
• Principal Investigator: Stelio Alessandro Marras
• Grantee: André Secchieri Bailão
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This study concerns a description of nature and society production, according to Bruno Latour, in the human and non-human networks of climate change science in Sao Paulo. Climate change is at the eye of the storm in one of the most important scientific and sociopolitical debates of our time, due to the risks it presents to the old classifications of modern science, which distinguish the human and natural dominions. This study aimed at promoting developments in anthropological theory and ethnography in the fields of climate change, anthropology of science and technology, science studies, and actor-network-theory. The research started with mapping the network of climate change scientists in Sao Paulo dedicated to the production, development, and use of computer climate models and with selecting the literature concerning anthropology and history of science and climate change science. Based on interviews of mapped researchers and the selected literature, this study discusses following actor-network-theory the history of human and natural classifications at risk in climate change science and the different sociotechnical elements and relations that compose it and are produced by it. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

BAILÃO, André Sicchieri. Sciences and heated worlds: mixed narratives of climatic changes in São Paulo. 2014. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.