Sciences and heated worlds: mixed narratives of climatic changes in São Paulo

Author(s)

André Sicchieri Bailão

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
• Defense date: 2014-10-13

Examining board members

Stelio Alessandro Marras; Marko Synesio Alves Monteiro; Renzo Romano Taddei

• Advisor: Stelio Alessandro Marras

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)

• FAPESP's process: 12/23739-9 - Warmed sciences and worlds: mixed narratives of climate change in Sao Paulo
• Grantee: André Secchieri Bailão
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master