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The Professionalisation of Science – Claim and Refusal: Discipline Building and Ideals of Scientific Autonomy in the Growth of Prehistoric Archaeology. The Case of Georges Laplace's Group of Typologie Analytique, 1950s–1990s

Plutniak, Sébastien (2017) The Professionalisation of Science – Claim and Refusal: Discipline Building and Ideals of Scientific Autonomy in the Growth of Prehistoric Archaeology. The Case of Georges Laplace's Group of Typologie Analytique, 1950s–1990s. Organon, 49. pp. 105-154. ISSN 0078-6500

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Abstract

The majority of analyses investigating the professionalisation of scientific domains tend to assume the linear and general features of this transformation. These studies focus on the shift from a non-professionalised state to a professionalised state. This dual approach, however, crucially lacks some other aspects of the process of professionalisation. This issue is discussed within the context of the growth of prehistoric archaeology in France from the 1940s, by observing scientific societies, national research organisations and their social networks. Looking at the scale of Georges Laplace’s career and that of his research group, which studied the typologie analytique method, this article demonstrates the benefits of a ternary model which also encompasses the modes of refusal of professionalisation.


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Item Type: Published Article or Volume
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Plutniak, Sébastien0000-0002-6674-3806
Keywords: prehistoric archaeology, professionalisation, scientific societies, scientific specialties, scientific autonomy, social network analysis, Georges Laplace
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Anthropology
Specific Sciences > Archaeology
General Issues > History of Science Case Studies
General Issues > Values In Science
Depositing User: Dr Sébastien Plutniak
Date Deposited: 17 Jan 2018 16:09
Last Modified: 25 May 2019 17:40
Item ID: 14298
Journal or Publication Title: Organon
Official URL: http://www.ihnpan.waw.pl/wp-content/uploads/2017/1...
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Anthropology
Specific Sciences > Archaeology
General Issues > History of Science Case Studies
General Issues > Values In Science
Date: December 2017
Page Range: pp. 105-154
Volume: 49
ISSN: 0078-6500
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/14298

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