The Grand Challenges Discourse: Transforming Identity Work in Science and Science Policy     

David Kaldewey 《Minerva》2018,56(2):161-182

This article analyzes the concept of “grand challenges” as part of a shift in how scientists and policymakers frame and communicate their respective agendas. The history of the grand challenges discourse helps to understand how identity work in science and science policy has been transformed in recent decades. Furthermore, the question is raised whether this discourse is only an indicator, or also a factor in this transformation. Building on conceptual history and historical semantics, the two parts of the article reconstruct two discursive shifts. First, the observation that in scientific communication references to “problems” are increasingly substituted by references to “challenges” indicates a broader cultural trend of how attitudes towards what is problematic have shifted in the last decades. Second, as the grand challenges discourse is rooted in the sphere of sports and competition, it introduces a specific new set of societal values and practices into the spheres of science and technology. The article concludes that this process can be characterized as the sportification of science, which contributes to self-mobilization and, ultimately, to self-optimization of the participating scientists, engineers, and policymakers.  相似文献   

Progress Is Not an Illusion     

Oren Harman 《Science & Education》2018,27(1-2):219-224

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Letters     

Seth Forman 《Academic Questions》2018,31(3):251-251

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Kuhn’s Image of Science     

William Rehg 《Metascience》2018,27(2):213-215

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Disconnect: Kentucky and the Political Ideology of its Public Universities     

Ben Foster 《Academic Questions》2018,31(3):313-321

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The Evolution of U.S. Museums and Science Centers as Informal Learning Environments     

Renee M. Clary 《Science & Education》2018,27(3-4):371-377

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The Historical Heart of Atmospheric Science     

Anthony J. Sadar 《Science & Education》2018,27(1-2):233-235

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论普通高校高水平篮球运动员竞赛心理障碍及对策     

邓集钢  杨小球 《体育科技》2003,24(3):33-35

运用征询法结合自己近年来带队参加CUBA比赛的经验 ,借鉴运动心理学有关心理训练的基本理论 ,以运动员产生竞赛心理障碍的功利性、挫折性两个主要因素及其主要表现为切入点 ,对调控竞赛心理障碍的改变情景法、成功体验法、精神释放法等有效方法进行了分析讨论。  相似文献   

安徽省农村体育的现状与对策(二)   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

高维岭  崔立新  卢节生  顾玉飞  邓玉  成守允  刘东辉  张成美  高宗霞 《安徽体育科技》2004,25(4)

通过对安徽省农村体育的组织管理网络层次及其工作强度、场地、设施性质及其配布、农村体育主体主要活动形式及其倾向、体育消费及其特点以及有关影响的因素等现状进行了如实反映及分析.结果表明,安徽省农村体育符合社会发展规律和节奏,但部分指标滞后、措施强度不够同时也制约着总体发展.基于现实情况,提出了改进安徽省农村体育工作的相关建议.  相似文献   

Fußball in Geschichte und Gesellschaft     

Tina Nobis 《Sportwissenschaft》2004,34(4):510-513

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