Call for Papers for the organisation of a session on Appropriation of mental measurement in the periphery
Call for Papers for the organisation of a session on Appropriation of mental measurement in the periphery
at the 7th STEP Meeting (Galway, Irland, 17-20th of June, 2010)
The concept of appropriation has become central to the STEP group. It is time to exam this process of appropriation in more detail by looking on how certain scientific techniques and measurements circulated within Europe. Specific case studies dealing with the reactions provoked by the popularization of mental tests in European and non European periphery could be expected to shed new light on the process of appropriation of scientific knowledge and practice. Probably the historical process of appropriation in the periphery in the case of mental measurement may differ from the dynamics of appropriation of methods and techniques of a different kind like physical, chemical, or geographical measuring, due to the fact that in the latter case complicated and often costly instrumental devices are needed.
at the 7th STEP Meeting (Galway, Irland, 17-20th of June, 2010)
The concept of appropriation has become central to the STEP group. It is time to exam this process of appropriation in more detail by looking on how certain scientific techniques and measurements circulated within Europe. Specific case studies dealing with the reactions provoked by the popularization of mental tests in European and non European periphery could be expected to shed new light on the process of appropriation of scientific knowledge and practice. Probably the historical process of appropriation in the periphery in the case of mental measurement may differ from the dynamics of appropriation of methods and techniques of a different kind like physical, chemical, or geographical measuring, due to the fact that in the latter case complicated and often costly instrumental devices are needed.